I found an article this morning that's is germane to the topic, but deals more with the food aspect.
Storm-Proof Your Kitchen for Healthy Nutrition
Quote:
...you can stock your larder with the following foods to make it through the storm like a pro and eat deliciously along the way.

Whole-grain pasta. You can make any meal using whole grain pasta as your base adding the pantry items you already have on hand. Hopefully you have a propane burner on hand to boil water if the power goes out...


My ideas on food is that you should stock what you normally eat, just more of those foods that are shelf stable. We could eat for a couple months here and not touch an MRE.

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