Given the question "What is one basic principle behind food in a 72-hour kit?" and the answer "Buying easy-to-prepare foods is ideal.", write a conversation that might have happened.
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Lisa: Hi, Tim. So, are you doing some last-minute shopping before the weekend?Tim: Well, actually, I'm looking for supplies to put together 72-hour kits for each member of my family.Lisa: [A] 72-hour kit? What's that?Tim: Basically, a 72-hour kit contains emergency supplies you would need to sustain yourself for three days in case of an emergency, like an earthquake.Lisa: An earthquake?! We haven't had an earthquake in years.Tim: Well, you never know; you have to be prepared. Hey, if earthquakes don't get you, it could be a flood, hurricane, snowstorm, power outage, fire, alien attack. [Alien attack!] Well, you never know. Think of any situation in which you might find yourself without the basic necessities of life, including shelter, food, and water, for over a period of time.Lisa: Hum. So, what do you keep in a 42-hour, um, ... I mean 72-kit?Tim: Well, you should have enough food and water to last you three days, and you might want to pack a basic water filter or water purification tablets in case your only water source turns out to be a murky pool of bug-infested water. [Ugh!] Hey, sometimes you don't have a choice, and as for food, you should keep it simple: food that requires no preparation and that doesn't spoil. And no canned goods because they are often too heavy and bulky. [Okay, that makes sense.] And unless you have a can opener or the can has a pull-tab lid, you'll have to use a rock or something to open them. [Ah, instant mashed green beens.] Yeah, and oh, energy bars, beef jerky, and a mix of nuts, raisins, and chocolate are possibilities.Lisa: Huh, the food might be nasty, but I guess you could survive ... barely.Tim: Well, the food doesn't have to taste bad; just select things that are easy to prepare, and you might want to include some basic comfort foods like a couple of candy bars. Then, you have to decide on the type of shelter you might need.Lisa: A hotel sounds nice.Tim: Yeah, but that's really not an option. The reality is that you might have to evacuate to a...