Do we add to the problem?

[Preppingforwinter]

Chatting with a friend about prepping for this winter and they think prepping causes issues for everyone else. I think the opposite because when the world goes crazy we can be wrapped up warm at home avoiding the shops. Guessing most here share that feeling but wondering if anyone has any evidence of it?

@TigerDroveAgain

I think I can remember tinned carrots from school dinners. Carrots keep for quite a long time, why are you buying tinned ones?

I've never found carrots keep very long, and I don't have a garden where I can grown my own. So tinned ones work well in an emergency.

As others have said, it depends how and when you buy food etc for preparing.

I had never thought of it before living in an earthquake zone. We built a store room in our garage and so when the 8.9 quake struck in 2010 and flattened most of the country we didn’t need anything other than fresh bread and fruit. I was able spend half my monthly budget on non perishable foods to donate to the relief effort for areas worse hit than our location.