Actually, distilled water (about 75 cents a gallon) is excellent for storage, no minerals,bacteria,etc. Leave sealed until needed. Water is the most critical for hard days, then food .
2,760 posted on 05/03/2008 7:02:20 PM PDT by Aut Pax Aut Bellum
(One of these days I am gonna read the whole post first before replying, but not today...)