If the International borders were closed, what would you do? Are you prepared?

[snaketownpatina]

Back when George H. W. Bush was president, one of his cabinet secretaries, Jack Kemp, said the country would starve if the borders were closed. He was a proponent of having a year's worth of food stored at home. More food is imported than in Jack Kemp's time. Stores don't really keep inventories like they did in the past. The US government used to have a strategic food supply. It was a national storage of wheat. We no longer have that, and we aren't a socialist country that provides for anyone but the poor. Cavemen stored food for the winter as did your ancestors. Does the current political climate make you feel as though you are secure enough to not need it? Under what conditions can you imagine the borders closing?

 

 

 

[tungincheek]

Actually, the current political climate makes me feel more secure.  The economy is flourishing and illegal entry has been reduced dramatically.  Our military is strong and getting stronger.  Nevertheless, preparing for the worst has always been important to me.  I fully agree that everyone should be prepared for disasters.  Just notice how hospitals are filling up lately, with some emergency rooms going on "bypass" because they can't handle the load of cases coming in; and this because of an uptick of flu and norovirus  cases.  Imagine what could happen if a true epidemic broke out.  We are never as secure as we think we are.