something to understand about our supply system is that almost everything is based on ‘just in time’
the premise is that any business can get what it needs just in time to use it – no need to stockpile anything
that means businesses keep about a three day supply of goods on hand – as long as the system keeps working, this minimal supply of goods makes sense from a business perspective – don’t have to provide as much storage space for ‘excess’ goods, don’t have to pay for the ‘excess’ goods that are going to sit on a shelf, etc
the problem comes when / IF the system stops working
if, for some reason, the supply chain stops working, we have a three day supply of goods and then that is it – no more bread, milk, baby food, diapers, etc sitting on the shelves at the grocery store (or Costco)
even our government is encouraging us to stock enough food and water to sustain ourselves for two weeks – the push for this came after Katrina and Rita
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