But you do need to give some thought about where you will leave your food, and with whom.

A woman I was talking preparedness with did just what was suggested in this article, leaving several buckets of food (including pet food) in some brightly-colored 5-gallon buckets with some family members. Some months later, she was visiting them and happened to see her unique buckets nested inside each other in their garage. Nested, as in stacked, empty.

She asked them where they put her food, and they just shrugged and said they ate it, and fed the pet food to their pets. No real need, it was just convenient.

So use some judgment -- don't depend on food that is long gone when you need it.

Sue