With all that is going on in the world I think that it is important to be prepared for anything that may come about.  Shannon and I have stopped any unnecessary spending and made sure that we have food storage and some savings that we will be able to depend on.  These are uncertain times and we need to be prepared for anything that may happen.  I don't want to be an alarmist but I've in last little bit I have seen the cost of just about everything go up in price. Gas is given.  But when things like food start going up in price dramatically, and it maybe because of the gas prices, when will the time be when the cost of food goes up dramatically and the government feels that they need to step in there?  What type of system will they have to distribute the food and water?  What will society be like when people can't afford food?  If they can't afford food then will they be able to afford the prescriptions that they need to function? I don't think that time will be a very safe time. Hopefully this takes place later than sooner.  I know that this sounds far fetched and I hope that it doesn't happen.  I maybe the crazy guy that thinks the world is going to end with people looting for food and prescriptions instead of televisions, computers, and furniture. If I am wrong (and I hope that I am) then I've been prepared for nothing and it hurts nothing.  I think that the counsel that we have been given to be out of debt and to have food storage maybe pointed to something like this or it could be in times of famine.  In the bible what were the times of depression? I think that it was times of famine.  Joseph helped prepared the people of Egypt for their 7 year depression by setting up their food storage so the people would be able to get through their depression.  They were self reliant.  Times are different then what they were so we need to prepare differently.  Shannon and I started with food storage.  We tried to get 3 months worth of food and then tried to get another 3 months of food.  We are tracking what we have through an excel spreadsheet.  We will eventually have the one year supply that we are working towards.  We try to save all that we can. We want to have some savings to fall back on if anything were to happen.  Just some thoughts that I have had over the last couple of days.