There was a thread some time ago discussing if the "three day" rule for supplies that is recommended in various emergency preparedness publications was adequate. IMO, we see in Haiti clear evidence that in a regional disaster, three days is totally inadequate. This is not new information to members of this forum.

Perhaps our emergency preparedness organizations, private and government, need to re-think the "three day" recommendation and replace it with something more realistic. Maybe 30 days????

In any case, we can all re-evaluate our own plans with an eye to increasing the duration of our "go it alone" stocks.