Cold War

[Cookiely]

Did we or did we not have stockpiles of food and water stored in each city during the height of the cold war? Do any of you remember when we took boxes of food and water to school and had our name labled on the box? I know for sure that many of the caverns in Alabama have stores of food and water. I know this may sound simplistic and I know the complexities of the situation in New Orleans but it would seem like this would have been part of the plan for the city. Its not like they didn't know the big one was going to happen sooner or later. It takes time for FEMA to gear up and the city would have to sustain the people for several days until major help arrives.

[aumoore]

I think they feed all the old MRE's to us Floridian's last year. You know many parts of a MRE are edible.

Actually the new MRE's are pretty good meals. Just don't look at the food before your eat it.

[themusk]

Did we or did we not have stockpiles of food and water stored in each city during the height of the cold war? Do any of you remember when we took boxes of food and water to school and had our name labled on the box? I know for sure that many of the caverns in Alabama have stores of food and water. I know this may sound simplistic and I know the complexities of the situation in New Orleans but it would seem like this would have been part of the plan for the city. Its not like they didn't know the big one was going to happen sooner or later. It takes time for FEMA to gear up and the city would have to sustain the people for several days until major help arrives.

The Cold War food, wherever it can be still found, is well past edible, and it's no longer preparedness policy to store food in shelters.

The end of this policy, and the replacement of the old civil defense system (complete with block wardens) by a much weaker and much less well funded CERT, has been in my opinion a mistake. Yes, it's not necessary and looks like wasted money 99.9% of the time. But that .1% is the real kicker.

Perhaps after the dust settles from this we can reinstitute such programs, at least in areas prone to wide-scale disaster. Mother nature can, obviously, kick us as hard as any thermonuclear weapon.

[Cookiely]

Did we or did we not have stockpiles of food and water stored in each city during the height of the cold war? Do any of you remember when we took boxes of food and water to school and had our name labled on the box? I know for sure that many of the caverns in Alabama have stores of food and water. I know this may sound simplistic and I know the complexities of the situation in New Orleans but it would seem like this would have been part of the plan for the city. Its not like they didn't know the big one was going to happen sooner or later. It takes time for FEMA to gear up and the city would have to sustain the people for several days until major help arrives.

The Cold War food, wherever it can be still found, is well past edible, and it's no longer preparedness policy to store food in shelters.

The end of this policy, and the replacement of the old civil defense system (complete with block wardens) by a much weaker and much less well funded CERT, has been in my opinion a mistake. Yes, it's not necessary and looks like wasted money 99.9% of the time. But that .1% is the real kicker.

Perhaps after the dust settles from this we can reinstitute such programs, at least in areas prone to wide-scale disaster. Mother nature can, obviously, kick us as hard as any thermonuclear weapon.

Thank you for sharing this information with me.