Would you die for $100.00?

It is beyond my understanding as to why many people do not stock even the basics of life in their homes. No extra food, water, or medicine. It would be a simple matter to add a few items at a time to ones grocery list, and store the items in a separate place form the regular groceries. Done a little at a time, the expense is minimal.

A reasonable investment of $100.00 worth of supplies, added over time, could save a family from disaster. It is so easy. My thinking is like this. Items purchased from Save a Lot and Wal-Mart stores. You could substitute anything you want for my suggestions, but doing something is better that doing nothing.

1 case each- corn, peas, green beans, about $18
1 case ravioli, about $10.00
1 case beefaroni about $10.00
2 boxes instant mashed potatoes, about $10.00
2 boxes powdered milk, about $26.00
Generic aspirin, acetaminaphen, about $6.00
First aid kit, Wal Mart, $20.00
Water- fill up your next thirty 2 liter soda bottles with fresh tap water, Free.

So there it is. For $100.00, you get to keep on living. It doesn't matter what type of insurance you ever buy, this is the best bang for your buck you could ever find.

Perhaps if a commercial was made showing 2 neighboring families after a disaster, a comparison could be drawn. Suppose a terrible winter condition set in. It has snowed 3 feet a day for four days, with no end in sight. No one can even open the house door, let alone go for groceries. But there are no groceries, because the trucks cannot come.
Family A is miserable. They have no food left. They are melting snow for water. The children have fevers, and the aspirin are all used up.
Family B is not real happy with the situation, but they are persevering. They have food, a way to cook it, water, and medicine. They are, at least, not dying.

I believe that if FEMA would do a commercial like this, in stark reality format, it would wake up a lot of folks. A gravely ill child is not a nice thing to see.
The rest are the weakest link, and they, as in nature, will always die off.

Larry the Hillbilly