From: "Rod Speed" 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.frugal-living misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Stocking up for emergencies
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 09:52:57 +1100

CanopyCo  wrote
> Bob Ward wrote:

>> If you've got a fereezer to keep fresh bread on hand, you might as
>> well allow for keeping mayo in the fridge next to it - but when it
>> comes to down-and-dirty survival, anyone who insists on fresh bread
>> and mayo (and having the crusts cut off the sandwich) isn't hungry
>> enough.  Let him skip a meal or two, living off the fat of the land.

> The freezer will stay for several days before it goes bad.
> The refrigerator will go bad in one day.

Depends on the fridge. Mine doesnt.

> And a generator ran once a day will keep the
> freezer up, but will do nothing for the refrigerator.

See above.

> Also, there will likely be no loss of electricity during a bird flue 
> pandemic,

Depends on the source of what is used to generate the power.

> but you still will not want to run to the store
> and get bread baked by sick cooks.

It aint the cooks that are the problem, its all the other monkeys.

> Also, there is no need for the fridge at all
> if electricity is lost due to an ice storm.

> And this is all for use before you get so low as down and dirty survival.

> No reason to drop back to the stone age before it is forced on us.

> And one solution will not work for every problem,
> thus the reason for stocking for both loss of electricity
> as well as just a loss of ability to go to town.

Covering the first will normally automatically cover the second fine.