I can’t believe I’m linking to an Alex Jones article, but…
Here’s the part Im having a hard time with: why are you buying water? Does the tap in your house no longer work? I mean, I recognize the convenience of 20-oz bottles of water, but whats the big deal if the stores are out of it? Fill some five-gallon jerry cans from your tap and call it good. Then fill your empty bottles from that if you need to.
And if you live in hurricane country why don’t you already have a large chunk of this taken care of?
At the moment, I’ve got something like 50 gallons of treated water set back, and a couple flats of bottled water. My need to go stand in line with the panicked creatures of WalMart? Zero.
It is a bit mind boggling that people in hurricane areas wouldn’the have thisome taken care of and wouldn’t think to just fill up jugs they have around the house.
If I lived in the hurricane-prone areas, I’d have water, food, generators, gas, and pre-cut wood for the windows in the garage…..
But then I can plan my way out of a phone booth. Most people cannot.
As most millenials would ask “Phone Booth? Huh?”
jeez, even a $20.00 Sawyer filter/straw. get.01 microns and 100,000 gallons.
The flooding that comes with hurricanes will put all sorts of raw sewage, gas, oil, antifreeze, and all sorts of funky chemicals from flooded industrial areas (also heavy metals washed out from your local coal fired electric plant) into the water that a hiking type filter will not remove. You need to be really careful about where you collect water. Even with filters, I wouldn’t do it unless I was 100% certain that I was filtering 100% rainwater.
Bottled water companies have done a thorough job of convincing people that tapwater is not safe to drink, this rush illustrates how many people have bought into the lie. I have always been amazed how few people realize that bottled water has fewer regulations on its contents than tapwater.
I trust water comping out of a tap way more than I trust water that’s been sitting in plastic.
So did Flint Michigan. Here locally, Florence and Decatur AL are in the courts to get the TN river cleaned up downstream from Huntsville and Chattanooga.
Get your tap water tested now and again.
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Our municipal water agency sends out a report a couple of times a year that list test results for a multitude of chemicals. Our water comes from a small lake feed by rainwater.
It should not boggle the mind. If you look at the history you will see this behavior over and over. These are the same 90% that will die if the grid goes down. Just “normal” dumb humans. Back during Carla in the early 1960s, my Dad lined the bathtub with “new fangled” plastic sheeting and filled it to the brim. A cheap plastic drop cloth and a bit of duct tape and you have quite a stash. Use the excess as a fold over cover for the squeamish, but if you are thirsty you will drink it right down.
Admittedly, in the flooding to come the clean water from the taps will be brief – but there is no excuse for already having a lot of water on-hand from the start of the season. Or a clean tub to fill – which is what I did. Not gonna break into the fancy plastic tub liner thing just for this blow…just hoping all the pecans stay on the trees – it was gonna be a great crop…
Hurricanes been coming since before the pilgrims landed. Prepare like you had a clue and don’t act so surprised America. Sheesh.
Yah.
That’s the mean IQ talking thereabouts.
I’ve got 55-gal barrels pre-filled, and a rack of 2.5 and 5-gal mil-spec water jugs.
So I could only make it for about 6 months if the taps failed tomorrow.
If I was in hurricane land, I’d have pre-cut plywood for all external glass with slide-in tracks installed, ready to slide into place and carriage bolt down in about 20 minutes.
If the media didn’t depend on the left-end of the bell curve to get their story ideas, they might have to cover actual news.
I live on the Alabama Gulf Coast, and all I had to do to get ready was to do laundry, carge batteries for radio & flashlights and purchase enough marine gasoline to fuel my new (Honda) generator for a week. Food, water, insect repellent, sunscreen, chainsaw, lanterns & adjustable window screens I had on hand. Water is not an issue for me, as I have a spring feed pond & rain water collection system, I.e. gutters. Lots of firewood for outside cooking.
By the way, Thank You Commander Zero for reviews of Honda generators, Streamlight Siege lanterns and many other items that have proven their worth. You’re responsible for many of my prepardness purchases, and I don’t regret a single one.
As I said to the guy at the grocery store, “You’ve had 8 YEARS to get ready since the last one.” The only reason I was even there was the wife wanted wine and ice cream, 2 things I don’t normally stock. I did get some ‘targets of opportunity’ to ‘top up’ but would have been fine without the trip.
At least they were buying food. That will extend the first phase of the disaster, and maybe get us thru to the relief effort. I’ll be at home, safe and sound.
nick
I don’t understand not being prepared for the weather an area regularly has. Hurricanes may not hit everywhere, but they do happen every year. When we first moved here we were unprepared for the first winter, but never again. I use white vinegar for laundry, so every fall I fill the empty jugs with fresh water. In a pinch, we could get by melting snow, but that is a lot more work. And of course we have plenty of food & ways to cook it.