"Can spare a brother 20 lbs. of ice?"
Posted on 04/06/2011 5:26:51 AM PDT by Kartographer
With the abundance of bad info out there, it’s easy for new preppers to make a lot of mistakes. I, myself, am a new prepper by some standards. I’ve made many mistakes and I’m sure I’ll make more, but that’s part of the learning process. To help you speed up this process, here are some common prepping mistakes you’ll want to avoid:
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And there is plenty of evidence that household bleach loses its effectiveness over time, but if you choose to depend on long termed stored bleach to provide you and yours with a way to treat water in an emergency well all I can say is best of luck to you. As John Wayne said in the movie ‘Hondo’: “I let people do what they want.”
bfl - to post #79
I get where you’re coming from John Wayne.
No, I’ve never done that or even thought to do it.
What a neat site. Thanks.
Sorry to be so late in responding. Had to go to an appointment.
No, I’ve never done that or even thought to do it. For me, a #10 can of dehydrated potatoes is so inexpensive, that I’ve just been buying them from Honeyville Farms.
If you are worried that I am shilling for Clorox please considered that the information in post #67 is from the LDS Preparedness Manual. And I trust the LDS to know about preparedness.
yeah, I was worried about that. Thanks for putting my mind at ease. LOL
Everytime I see that water tank pic, I get jealous. We’re good for drinking water what with having a well 50’ from a river but it’s the rain I need to keep ahead of. After the pos contractors decided to re-grade the yard and mess up the roof gables, rain pours into the front door. That water tank, though not so attractive for the front door, is exactly what we need. For years I’ve said the yard was higher and we just found out why. Putting in the new garden this year, we found they buried the old bathroom out there instead of hauling it away.
The FOX news crew should have given some freeze dried ice cubes to that witch who was on the bridge during Katrina cursing them because the bottled water they gave her wasn’t iced down. That was one of those moments you never forget. Some people. Gimmee, gimmee, whaaa!
The FOX news crew should have given some freeze dried ice cubes to that witch who was on the bridge during Katrina cursing them because the bottled water they gave her wasn’t iced down. That was one of those moments you never forget. Some people. Gimmee, gimmee, whaaa!
I remember that ungrateful loon
I got the Vario too.
However, the Pocket can filter 13,000 gallons of water on one filter versus 500 for the Vario. The Pocket is expensive, but sometimes paying more is well worth it.
I just did a Google search Your search - “antifreeze” site:www.energywhiz.com - did not match any documents.
I do not think that thing works to filter out antifreeze chemicals or else they would have mentioned that it did.
dat dude wuz cool and is now FR mascot
I swear by the Eton radios.
For the money, they simply cannot be beat. I like the cheaper ones, they allow for redunduncy. $100 buys 3 radios with chargers.
On the topic of water filters, I once considered the Lifesaver Bottle until I read the specs and learned the shelf life for an unopened unit is only 3 years. I think the membrane is some kind of plastic. I wanted something more dependable for long-term storage.
I chose the British Berkefeld filters instead. http://www.britishberkefeld.com/. Do not confuse their products with the Black Berkey product — different products from different manufacturers. There is a lot of confusion over that. The British Berkefeld company is a corporate descendant of the Royal Doulton company that pioneered ceramic filters in the early 1800’s. Their website disavows any relation to Black Berkey. The Black Berkey is made in China and marketed by a relative newcomer and has not been certified by as many recognized testing labs as the British Berkefeld products. For those reasons, I chose to buy a filter from a long-established company, even if their technical claims (about filtering viruses) don’t quite match the newcomer’s.
I didn’t realize that.....any idea of the approximate useful life of bleach?
I have a spreadsheet with expiration dates....will need to add an expiration date to bleach now. Who knew?
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