[mom-from-missouri]

I'd rather stock up on bleach and water. Having lived thru a house fire, I don't do much stocking up on paper products. They burn too quickly. I have a full pantry upstairs and one downstairs. I could probably go 3-4 months without going to the store. My pantry upstairs I restock from the bigger one downstairs. When I shop, items go into the downstairs one. The deepfreeze in the garage keeps meat and icecream (too lazy to go downstairs for the nightly icecream bowl). Downstairs freezer keeps breads, (I bake once every 2 weeks and freeze) and frozed pizzas and all that I can find on sale for cheaper than making them.
My big downstairs pantry is simply an alcove of shelves containing home canned & store bought canned goods in alphabetical order, soaps, toilerty items, school supplies, laundry items, batteries, lightbulbs, camping gear. When we load our RV, I pull in up to the backdoor and stock it from there.
I am not so worried about epidemics, as I am getting snowed in and away from the store. During bad weather I even freeze milk (be sure to first take a cup off every gallon to allow for expansion) to mix in halfway with powered milk.
We have a well, in addition to being on rural water, but I guess it could get contimated...I do keep about 6 gallons of water on hand-I just fill empty milk jugs and add a couple drops of bleach. I rotate it out about every 2 months-dump it in the sink for dishes or to flush with..
We have a fireplace upstairs and old wood antique cooking stove for downstairs, in addition to an old antique gas stove, and plenty of wood on hand and more we could cut.
Nope, paper products are last on my mind.....