PopTarts and beer, breakfast of champions for sure...

The list is entitled "Top 100 Items to Disappear First During a NATIONAL Emergency". You can quibble with the order as much as you want (I know I did), but IMO in a national emergency all 100 are likely to become scarce in pretty short order.

As a household shopping list for long-term emergency preparedness, it's not that bad. I made a copy to play around with.

Frank2135

#24 is interesting. I can see the "real" feminine hygene products, but haircare and skin products? What, ya gotta look good in any emergency???

I did a quick google search to see if I could come up with something, but no luck. Anyone actually in the field of disasters, natural or otherwise, know any government or private studies?

"If I remember correctly, he made this list himself using "common sense and original thinking" so although there are quite a few items that would be on a real top 100 list, this particular compliation isn't really that valid, at least IMHO."

OK, here's a suggestion. Rather than try to come up with our own "Top 100 List" how about a "Top 10" list? I'll give it a try:

1. Bottled water
2. Gasoline & diesel fuel
3. Batteries
4. Generators
5. Candles, lanterns, lantern fuel
6. Propane
7. Paper towels, toilet paper
6. Tobacco products
8. Medicines (esp. those requiring refrigeration)
9. No-heat foods (snack foods, crackers, candies, etc.)
10. Canned foods

How'd I do? I await your critical comments. Also, give it a try yourself.

Frank2135

You're obviously not a woman (the screenname gives it away). I can actually believe it, for a lot of the females I know, skin products are like crack cocaine. Forget about money, gold, or ammo, the real bartering meduium is going to be hand cream and skin lotion.

I think since the list is somewhat vague (what type of emergency, where, what season?) it's going to have some items that probably don't make sense. Firewood and thermals isn't going to be very useful during hurricane season, and items for a ice storm aren't going to be needed for an earthquake.

And I am blessed with a wife who can look great with a minimum of effort and "stuff"...

Thats right up there with my long ago favorite, a Coke and a smoke.

While not technically a "purchase," I'm guessing "cash" would figure prominently on many a procrastinator's list, e.g. ATM withdrawals (assuming still functional). I think, anyway, that the public-at-large increasingly aware that post-event use of credit cards is dicey.

Also wonder if – in this post-Katrina era – ammunition hasn't moved up a few rankings on a hypothetical list.

As someone who's been through 2 storms here in the "plywood state" I have to disagree with the list. The top three are:

1. Common Sense
2. fuel (auto and LP gas)
3. Cash