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I know this question has come up many times, but I have never really seen it brought to an agreeable conclusion. What is the best solution for off site storage and what are you comfortable storing out of sight?
If you are living in a major metropolitan area and plan to evacuate in the event of any catastrophe that would seriously impact your quality of life, you clearly cannot pack up everything you would need and take it with you. For the last 2 years, I felt the solution was a rent-a-storage garage off a main highway on route to my final destination. This solution had cost me about $20 a month (which is less than I pay in pet health insurance) and had held about a pallet worth of supplies in a 5x5 room consisting mainly of food, water and stabilized gasoline.
I never kidded myself into believing that in a serious crisis that this cache would be secure for more than 24-48 hours after a critical event. I always told myself that I would have to be very proactive in bugging out and would need to reach my destination early.
Now that I am becoming more comfortable with my "hunting lease," I am beginning to consider the viability of building a root cellar or other type of under ground storage unit that would house things I consider essential to short term "survival."
At this point the question has to be posed: What would you feel comfortable leaving buried in an off-site storage location?
Food and Water seem like a given, but what about firearms or ammunition? You have to concede that there is always the chance some curious individual will find your cache, so I would guess it becomes a question of what you are comfortable putting at risk and does the benefit outweigh the risk itself.
It almost seems like a cruel twist on the "Schrödinger's cat paradox" (big ups to Big Bang Theory) where you truly do not know if your supplies are still intact until you are able to go dig them up for yourself and verify they are there.
(Thank you HH and CAVeman for getting me thinking about this)
If you are living in a major metropolitan area and plan to evacuate in the event of any catastrophe that would seriously impact your quality of life, you clearly cannot pack up everything you would need and take it with you. For the last 2 years, I felt the solution was a rent-a-storage garage off a main highway on route to my final destination. This solution had cost me about $20 a month (which is less than I pay in pet health insurance) and had held about a pallet worth of supplies in a 5x5 room consisting mainly of food, water and stabilized gasoline.
I never kidded myself into believing that in a serious crisis that this cache would be secure for more than 24-48 hours after a critical event. I always told myself that I would have to be very proactive in bugging out and would need to reach my destination early.
Now that I am becoming more comfortable with my "hunting lease," I am beginning to consider the viability of building a root cellar or other type of under ground storage unit that would house things I consider essential to short term "survival."
At this point the question has to be posed: What would you feel comfortable leaving buried in an off-site storage location?
Food and Water seem like a given, but what about firearms or ammunition? You have to concede that there is always the chance some curious individual will find your cache, so I would guess it becomes a question of what you are comfortable putting at risk and does the benefit outweigh the risk itself.
It almost seems like a cruel twist on the "Schrödinger's cat paradox" (big ups to Big Bang Theory) where you truly do not know if your supplies are still intact until you are able to go dig them up for yourself and verify they are there.
(Thank you HH and CAVeman for getting me thinking about this)