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Just In Case: State of Alaska to Stockpile Mass Amounts of Food and Supplies in Giant Warehouses

 

Gov. Sean Parnellworries a major earthquake or

 

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volcanic eruption could leave the state’s 720,000 residents stranded and cut off from food and supply lines. His answer: Build giant warehouses full of emergency food and supplies, just in case.

 

 

For some in the lower 48, it may seem like an extreme step. But Parnell says this is just Alaska.

 

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“We have a different motivation to do this, because help is a long ways away,” said John Madden, Alaska’s emergency management director.

 

The state plans two food stockpiles in or near Fairbanks and Anchorage, two cities that also have military bases. Construction on the two storage facilities will begin this fall, and the first food deliveries are targeted for December. The goal is to have enough food to feed 40,000 people for up to a week, including three days of ready-to-eat meals and four days of bulk food that can be prepared and cooked for large groups. To put that number into perspective,

 

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Alaska’s largest city, Anchorage, has about 295,000 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and Juneau, its third largest, about 31,000.

 

(Excerpt) Read more at shtfplan.com …

 

via Just In Case: State of Alaska to Stockpile Mass Amounts of Food and Supplies in Giant Warehouses.

 

 

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