HOW MUCH FOOD IS REALY AVAILABLE

The snowstorm hit us late Thursday night. We finally ventured out Saturday afternoon to the nearest Walmart. Approximately 36 hours after the first snow fell, I was amazed at what we saw. Mostly bread, cereal, snacks, sugar, water and frozen pizzas were gone. Oh, and by the way, get yourself a ski cap on the way out. There was still plenty of food. The trucks had just arrived and they were busy as beavers trying to restock. This is at most a 3 day weather event. Temperatures are in the 50's for Monday. This is more evidence of the need to PREP. In a worst case scenario (SHTF) it will be chaos. Also note, there was a lot of healthy, higher priced food left. The government suggests you have three days of provisions. In three days the grocery shelves will be bare. Then what? We have a wealth of storable food available, much is discarded. It should be a national mandate. Every citizen should store 3 weeks minimum food supplies. 3 months would be better. This would go so far to eliminate chaos in a crisis. You can easily store the most basic food items in the extra space in the average hall closet to last 3 weeks.