OK..a 1:30 AM question/idea that struck me reading about desolation's earthquake problem.
has anyone just tried burying food in five gallon pails in the yard? a aluminum pot inside with a sealed bag of rice,salt,so on a foot or so underground and some easy to dig out soil maybe with a lot of those poly beads in it to keep it loose.
it's cool underground and if the house go's down or up in flame a few pails that could be dug up would help keep people fed.
yes i know about the hassle of replacing the chow every few years and you would need a E-tool of some sort handy out side but if you don't or can't have a shed that might work.
the Plains Indians kept stash's of dry buffalo underground for years at a time....