Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-12-06-bird-flu-prepare_x.htm

For several weeks, Stewart has been assembling a supply of water and food, enough to last three to six months.

He is buying equipment, such as rain barrels to capture fresh water and Mylar bags to store bushels of barley and soybeans. His home is solar-powered, and he has a well. He keeps a few sheep that could provide food if necessary, and he is prepared to provide a safe refuge for his immediate family, his siblings and their families.

He says he has a “varmint gun” at the farm and plans to buy one or two more weapons because, like Woodson, he believes that if employees are too sick to go to work, grocery shelves will empty quickly, and there could be panic.

“I believe there's going to be different classes of marauding people,” he says. “There will be gangs just looting, five or eight people in a gang. Depending on how long this lasts, there could be marauders who are former military. So there will be four male adults in this house who know how to use firearms.”

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“You don't have to go to the extreme of being a survivalist and moving to Montana. There's a middle ground.”

Hey! I resemble that remark!

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interesting article. I like how no matter how much food and water you have, what the media really wants is a soundbite about hwo youre armed and ready to repel boarders.