RE: Why Americans aren't prepared for the next mega-disaster
Are you willing to kill your neighbors to keep them from your stocked goods? Most people are not, therefore they do not bother stocking up (knowing that their stupid neighbors certainly will not have stocked up). If one family out of 4 were to stock up (which would be an extremely high percentage), then that 3 days worth of goods wouldn't last even 1 day, sharing it with the 3 unstocked families. So the only rational disaster plan is to run away from the disaster area.