Lived through it, always have had 6 months of food stores since then. Took up a good bit of space when the kids were at home, now not so much. Got ugly real quick and always will in my opinion.Carrying supplies into North Charleston after Hugo and seeing how base humans can become in short order, I keep food, water, sanitation supplies, water filtration, guns, ammo, fuel, etc., on hand for 3 months for two, 6 months alone. Katrina reaffirmed my impressions.