I'm not sure you'd want to be using those walking bags of water in the case of a disaster caused by a virus...
On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 6:37 PM Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Ive never tried to store water. Its too heavy to move, its too bulky for > space. Im thinking about dehydrating some to address that. Really though, > the water always makes me laugh, youre not going get enough on hand for any > long term. I know how to dig a well, i know who has a well, i have > sufficent ammunition should they not be interested in a barter, i know how > to collect water, i know how to distill water, i know how to build multi > stage filtration and i know my neighbors are walking bags of water. I would > like to learn how to make a reverse osmosis filter. > Municiple water supplies are an achilles heel. Anybody who can pump water > at above 25 pounds can contaminate everything down the line from whichever > spigot they hook up to. > We have a flavoring plant at our water company, thats where id toss the > bodies, low pressure tanks. > My last resort bug out is rice. I keep 20lbs per person in my house sealed > in buckets. That and a shit ton of salt. > Its almost pointless in city limits to maintain an armageddon level stash. > After 2 weeks the unprepared will be out of resources and youll spend more > time shooting them than sleeping. > People who think toilet paper and water are survival goods will make a > fine dinner at some point for someone. > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2020, 6:20 PM Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Because bottled water is what you buy when you're preparing for impending >> doom... apparently. >> >> I can see stocking up on a few weeks worth of supplies, so you can go out >> as little as possible, but the risk of losing power/water doesn't exactly >> seem high. >> >> On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 6:04 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm not sure why the water..... That is odd for the present >>> situation. >>> >>> I can definitely see the toilet paper, and other long-term shelf goods, >>> as I personally am looking at what I need to reverse-quarantine myself here >>> for a few weeks/months. But it's going to be to go ahead and restock >>> some stuff which has gotten low in the pantry (living 20 miles out of town >>> and largely working from home pretty much means that you keep a well >>> stocked pantry regardless of any personal prepper tendencies you may or may >>> not have, especially since a bad winter storm can mean that you don't want >>> to go into to town for a week or so). >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 4:55 PM <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I hear that Costco here sold out of water and toilet paper hoy. >>>> >>>> I have two wells. Both solar powered. >>>> Guess what, I can wash my a$$ with water.... >>>> >>>> Do people think the municipal water works are going to cease working? >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> - Forrest >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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