Very interesting. May I ask what you went through?Barnaby, what I said is from personal experience, and I have seen Jehovah's hand "first hand". I put no trust in our own understanding. He was the one taking care, I see no other credible explanation. Stocking up might be of little help initially, but as I've personally seen, people that stocked up in the anticipation of war had to run away with only the clothing they had on their back, leaving all the stockpiles of food and supplies they prepared for others to plunder. The only way to salvation is putting trust in Jehovah.
GB like to to think that they will have the same level of control they do now, but as was discussed in one of the threads earlier, I think that the congregations will need to have autonomy in order to survive when all that we take for granted falls apart. Provided that they trust Jehovah in the first place.
That was my thought. It might help you a bit for the first few months, but beyond that this is a battle of spirits. Food/Water, Clothing, they are physical things.
Maybe if you are lucky you can take one treasured item with you but nothing is guaranteed.