[Wetwork]

Back when I was stationed on the Oregon coast I kept a three plastic totes filled with bug-out gear. Made sure each could be lifted into a rig by my kids. I bought four months worth of MRE entree's. Not the whole stupid kit, just the entree's. Needs no refrigeration and can last decades in a cool dry place. It was like $2.50 a meal back then. Simple fast convient and takes up no room. And pretty cheap if you spread out the purchase over a few months. Couple of tents, some water purfification and fire starter and I was set. The one warning we had I was home. The rig was loaded and heading for higher ground in just six minutes, and I got to the station to get the boats off-shore in ten.

Now I'm retired and back on the ranch...well no worries. Our ranch didn't get power until the early 50's. All our off grid stuff is still here. We are fancy with a gals and guys outhouses on opposite ends of the lots. Pretty much fallen down now but still useable. I built a full size walk in cooler for hunting season so it's basically a giant fridge I can run on the genny.. If the power went I'd just start pressure canning everything. We pressure can all the lesser venision cuts instead of burger., so I have tons of jars and lids. I also prefer to chamber seal instead of vaccum as the bags are tougher and you get them in boxes of 1000 for a lot less than the vaccum bags.

The nice thing about winter most folks forget is to just set your food outside. Folks let stuff rot just cause the power was out for a week. Of course I live in the mountains so climate dictates. In the shade right now its colder than my frige.

Having those totes with four months of food just sitting, ready to get tossed or dragged somewhere was a huge relief to me. Huge. I still dig into the entree's during hunting season.-WW