EQs, as well as living in volcanic-sensitive territory!

I routinely stockpile stores of H20, in recycled gallon jugs, from FREE muni water stands!! It helps to rotate as to age, too!!

Aloha   ..  ..  ..

 Just heard on our local PBS/NPR station, KQED in the SF Bay area that tomato growers in the state of California (where nearly all processed tomato products originate) are going to be planting fewer acres of tomatoes this year due to forseen lack of water.  Contracts for this summer's crop have already been signed by growers at $77.00 per ton, moving up from $70.00 per ton.   If base material is going to be 10% higher, you can bet your booties that finished canned tomato products (loaded with energy intensive cooking/processing/shipping costs) are going to inflate in cost even more by the end of summer.  Add in disrupted farm labor market (immigration and etc. problems) and -- oh oh

I believe that the water distribution people have worked out this year's water distribution quotas for growers of most crops in California, and they are reduced from last last years, even though we did get a couple of days of extra rain and snow with this last storm to bring us up to just average for this year.  They only gave info on tomatoes -- I imagine but don't know where to go to confirm if that extends to other crops (fruit and nuts, etc.)

Investing in canned goods  might really be a pretty wise move for those of us on the less dollared end of the spectrum.

NOTE WELL:  be sure to rotate all your stocks of canned goods and mark everything with visible date of expiration dates before storage, or you are at risk of pretty substantial losses!!

don't forget that you need to eat a grain with them to get the protein benefit.

Also, in a crunch, you can sprout whole lentils like the brown ones and in a couple of days have fresh greens.