Hello,
Thanks for all the helpful information in SurvivalBlog.
Regarding the reader who wrote in about the prospect of food hoarding laws;
there have indeed been times where private U.S. citizens were forced to give
up "unreasonable" stores
of provisions, thus setting a possible precedent. For example: In 1918, Herbert
Hoover (who would later be a US president), then working as head of the Food
Administration, saw to it that a retired
Navy
doctor
and
his
wife
were
charged
for having about a year's worth of foodstuffs in their home. (The law stated
that more than thirty day supply was illegal.) Sadly, the couple's goods were
only found out when they read about the hoarding law and tried to comply, by
giving
their excess flour to a grocer to dispense to local charities.
Here
is a link to the archived New York Times article reporting the incident.
Best, - Mrs. Young
