Aug 25
Water storage = life. Have you ever forgotten to pay your water bill or maybe your well pump gave out? Both have happened to me and I’m pretty sure I hit the faucet to turn it on (with no results) at least 50 times a day. We all use a LOT of water. What’s the …
Aug 01
Here I sit, dead in the water (or without water). Every tap in the house is dry and I’ve got a well tech coming out in a few hours to tell me how much money this is going to cost me, I’m guessing somewhere between 1-2k [update: $2400] because these things are never cheap. I’ve …
Mar 23
I have always said that it’s the localized disasters which have the most impact on folks, not the major event that may or may not come in the next year or decade. As such it’s our duty to prepare for the most likely events in the best way we can, for me it’s currently water …
Aug 20
I typically store my water off of the ground, whether it be in the basement or garage. The main reason I do so (no matter the type of actual storage device) is primarly to avert the leaching process: concrete to plastic to water. If you search the internet there is no shortage of folks who …
Jul 31
I’ll be straight up with this one: I forgot to pay the water bill. As sure as I’m sitting here at my desk I can see the notice sitting next to me, the one that says something about paying by a certain date or a disconnect will happen. What can I say, we were out …
Nov 22
Rainwater Harvesting Basics and Deviations for Various Situations and Needs By Ava. Many may take the water that flows into our taps for granted, but that mindset might go any time soon. Why? Right now, humanity is facing a global water crisis. The water that many of us are using right now is dwindling at …
Aug 20
A plan for water, arguably the most important prep, should be diversified. A one dimensional water plan (i.e. I’ll just grab water from the stream and boil it if necessary) is just asking for trouble. After all what if the water is contaminated and you cannot boil it? What if filtration devices may not be …
Aug 03
Water is arguably the most important prep that any of us can stockpile. Not only should we have various ways to filter water and locations identified from which to collect water, we should have quite a few gallons of potable water on hand in long term (5 year) storage containers. That half used package of …
May 30
Pretty good video from our friend Tom over at Campingsurvival.com.
Jan 02
Some good information passed along to me via email. Much of what is contained in this infographic has been covered on this blog in various articles but it’s good to see it all in once place. Remember….water water water. Water is LIFE! Click to enlarge.
Nov 22
By The Maj. I am a sucker for just about all of the TEOTWAWKI movies and shows when time allows. I enjoy watching both fiction and non-fiction shows for entertainment, gathering new ideas, and/or several “what not to do’s”. I understand that movies never give an accurate portrayal of many things and most “movie things” …
Nov 03
The good folks over at Eartheasy.com were generous enough to send me one of their Lifestraw Family water filtration devices so that I could write a review about it. Here’s the deal, there is no test which I can conduct which will overshadow the fact that the Lifestraw Family absolutely works and is being utilized …
Oct 17
I know what you are thinking, wow PJ gets lots of free stuff to review from his sponsors. Nothing could be further from the truth and I wanted to make this point right up front because I believe it is important. Although I did receive a small discount , I recently purchased three Lifestraws from …
Sep 27
A recent comment on another post had me pondering the feasibility of a DIY Water Well. I found a pretty decent video on the topic and wanted to share. If I didn’t live in Suburbia I would definitely be giving this a go. Besides the videos, lots of information on drilling your own well over …
Apr 25
When I started prepping I was the guy with 1 month of storage of food on shelves in the basement and what amounted to 2 days worth of water for my family to go along side of it. Pitiful and scary at the same time, after all one can go much longer without food than …
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