Maybe the Mormons have the right idea with ~3yrs of food. OTOH, if it’s Yellowstone, most of that half of the country will be gone anyway.
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Replying to @skiballar @MorlockP
It's a year of food and many just go with 6 months, but the idea is sound
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Replying to @ElamBend @skiballar
> just 6 months this is how the rot starts
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Replying to @MorlockP @skiballar
If you’re laying in provisions, might as well lay in with the tools to provide for yourself also. If you haven’t already. Fishing is something I’ve been thinking about.
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I expect that if the caldera went up and food production dropped 50% in northern hemisphere and 30% in southern (a) complete chaos for 1-3 months in US (b) devastation in great plains (c) equilibrium where N hemisphere buys all the food it needs, but mass starvation in S
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Replying to @MorlockP @LibertyFarmNH and
2/ immediate death in US directly affected areas is high, but outside of that max ~5% follow on deaths in N hemisphere < 5% starvation deaths in S hemisphere ~ 10+% (c.f. Egypt today net food importer; w/o western aid, mass starvation)pic.twitter.com/CPHq6V5WsD
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Replying to @MorlockP @LibertyFarmNH and
3/ all of the above my hand-waving theories but the point is: * region with massive lava and ash is quite small * ash elsewhere in US is "snowplow" problem * real problem is harvests * market still the market, yo - rich northerners going to buy all the food they need
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4/ would NOT want to be a poor person in the slums of Rio de Janeiro or Johannasburge tho
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I agree with this. I think the preparation should be for the short term network disruption period.
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And also, it’s just been something on my mind. My father-in-law is a good fisherman, and fishes in the Mississippi.
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