In the 30's and 40's, Dad wouldn't go to town for groceries for a month or two. I don't know where they stored all those sacks of flour and sugar, but I helped carry them into the house and up the stairs. Getting stormed in for a few weeks didn't even worry most people as farmers were pretty self-sufficient in those days.
There was a severe snowstorm in March of 1966 with neighbors that ran out of food in a couple of days. I had a deadbeat uncle (by marriage) that was home alone with the 3 boys. The only thing left in the house was some frozen liver that none of them liked so they went hungry for 3 days after their food ran out!
We don't have that kind of weather here in the desert but we could easily go at least 2-3 weeks without going to a grocery store. Maybe because we were kids in the 1930's when food was a huge concern to everyone.
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