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The geology of the area can be forbidding. That's why the Cumberland gap is famous - it was one of the few passages through the ridge maze of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Great Smoky Mountains. It's easy to get cutoff in that area and the people there should know it. You can google Mormon Food Supply and see what's available, but you should have a months supply and water filters. The Mormons think three months supply is basic and a year is required, so you can find concentrated food supplies that help with storage. Most people don't do any of this.
You can usually buy big cans of crackers in stores, and they have new cheap water filters now that a friend used to pass out in Africa, but I can't recall the name. The gravity filters are reasonable, but they take up space. Count on being cut off for two weeks and you should be OK. But remember, very few living around you are going to have more than a few days supplies, and no water.
Don't forget first aid kits. They make nice ones for sailboats, but you should have extra anti-bacterial stuff, tapes, wound covers, etc.
You'd think with all of the self-reliance, zombie apocalypse, bug out bag emphasis more people would be somewhat prepared, but they aren't. Most people aren't prepared to watch their house float down the river too. It's human. Be kind to people, they're stressed.
And there is a blame game going on.
