Thanks for the fantastic replies. In case you are interested here is where I got the idea of the pole shift happening:

I read a book called A New Beginning I: Handbook for Joyous Survival. The book is a written by a woman who is channelling. It is not a book about the survival like this website but they have one chapter on the realignment of the earth chapter 11. It says that the earth slowly gets out of alignment over time. And about every 26,000 years it realigns itself on its axis (of rotation).

Here is an excerpt from the chapter that you may appreciate:

"You may feel that you should make preparations for those you know who will not make preparation for themselves, and while it is a generous intention and satisfying in many ways, it is not a practical plan. As you are storing enough for yourself and for your family for 365 days, it will not be a major expense, and will not require a large amount of storage space, and you will be extremely happy that you have made that preparation."
"However if 365 of your friends or neighbors who have not made preparation join you on the first day, you will all do well for that one day, but there will be much hardship as you are all met with short supply for the rest of the year."
p.79

On another note:
Anyone know how long MRE's will stay good?

MindsEye