I vote Yea for the new section.

Not that I would EVER WANT to have to do something like that, but I find the CONCEPT very interesting, and I find that you can learn a lot about short term survival from how people do things day to day.
A three day situation, can be handled with few supplies, but with even minor delays, that three days could be extended to a week or two quite easily... And then all of our emergancy supplies start to run out VERY quickly!
The techniques of long term survival can quickly become very usefull.

The current problem in New Orleans(which thankfully seems to have dogged the bullet AGAIN!) could have left people stranded for a week or more!