Been prepping on my own for a couple of years. Looking to network to see how others are prepping and see where I am lacking.
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Hi, I'm pretty new here but have found everyone to be very helpful. Welcome!
Thanks 
. Brand new here too. Been sifting through the threads for ideas. I'm lacking in my preps and looking for ideas.
. Brand new here too. Been sifting through the threads for ideas. I'm lacking in my preps and looking for ideas.From what I have gotten the groups says we need to answer some basic questions. Do you want to prep for bugging in or bugging out? What are you prepping for...economic collapse, terrorism, weather related emergencies etc. I had no idea I was pretty overwhelmed, I still am. I'm working on putting together BOBs for my husband and I becasue we live by railroad tracks and there have been accidents where neighborhoods needed to leave for a while during clean up among other things. I'm also starting to stock up on food, water etc. here at the house in case we stay. It all takes time and some money. I have to remind myself that Prepping is a marathon not a sprint, it is a way of life not something that can be done in a weekend. I hope this group helps and encourages you like they have me. Blessings, ~Lindy
Welcome to our forum (well Clydesdale's forum. He is the one that had the insite to start this forum). It is a great site. Any info you need, just ask. Everybody here are friendly and alot of the people here have many yrs of experience that they are willing to share with you. I personally am from south Louisiana. I've been prepping for a while. In fact alot of us here have been taught survival skills since we were young. Even with all my vast experience(LOL) I've learned alot since I've been on this site. The guys (and GALS) are becomming like an extended family to me. There are some things that I haven't done or even thought of that I learned about from the ones here. So, a hearty cajun welcome to you.
Well said !
Welcome aboard, Mastercajun and Lindy just about covered it !
Welcome!
Welcome to the family.
Welcome to the forum Lissy, and please feel free to ask any of us any questions you may have no matter how small or insignificant you think they may be please ask away and we will try to answer or point you to someone who can answer it for you. This is a great forum, very family like, and we definitely help each other out as much as possible. So just take a look around, and fire away with posts and questions you may have for us. Thanks for joining as well.
Thank you for the warm welcome. Relieved this is a friendly site. I do have several questions, but don't want to overload all at once. My first question is: Water filtration systems; I don't want to solely rely on boiling water. What are some good/affordable alternative methods of filtering water? If this has already been answered somewhere on here, I apologize. I haven't sifted through all the information yet. There's a a lot, which is a good thing.
I do have several questions, but don't want to overload all at once. My first question is: Water filtration systems; I don't want to solely rely on boiling water. What are some good/affordable alternative methods of filtering water? If this has already been answered somewhere on here, I apologize. I haven't sifted through all the information yet. There's a a lot, which is a good thing.
If you watched the news today, the White House asked the federal agencies to make the cuts as painful as possible and not to publically contradict what they say.
Pool Shock is good for treating water. Mastercajun can tell you a lot more about it. I know it's covered somewhere on the forum.
Thank you for the warm welcome. Relieved this is a friendly site.
Hello LissyPrepper, there is a five gallon system that is gravity feed, I will try to locate it for you.
I am purchasing the lifestraws for each bag, plus a backpack water filter system, and now we are working on one to use with rain water and gutters...as soon as it gets a little warmer!
I have the life straws they are great, a little hard to get the suction going but once started the flow is pretty good. Maybe think about containers so you can fill them and drink on the move. Just a thought.
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Thanks guys. I'll look into the life straws; Colt- if you come across that five gallon system, let me know. I'm looking for a few different options to filter water. Right now I have water purification tablets and filtered water bottles, but I need something larger to filter a lot of water. I've acquired 3 50 gallon drums to store water in. I've got a huge water source to fall back on, but I need to be able to filter it.
Welcome Lissy , looks like you have been well received ! Long time prepper willing to help as are most of the folks on this forum .
Thanks Realistic. I'm sifting through, slowly, the forum... Trying not to ask the same questions already answered. There's some great tips on here. Looking forward to swapping ideas.
Lissy, definitely the life straw for your bug out bags. They are very good. There are a couple of systems that use 2 5 gallon buckets connected with a filter and a tap at the bottom. They either use a ceramic filter or a staged filter to clean the water. Search the site Cheaper Than Dirt, just google it. They have the 5 gallon system and if you google water filtration there are some good options that come up. Storage in 55 gallon drums is good, not sure about the pool shock, don't have any experience with that. They have drops you can use to keep the water longer but even 55 gallon drums will have to be rotated out every 16-18 months, maybe 2 years if they are in a cool dark place and you use the correct preservatives. I will get you some more in depth info later this week.
Yeah- I'm not sure about the pool shock. Doesn't seem to be safe to drink. Thanks Army; let me know what you find. I'll do the same and post what I find. I've got a list to get for this year. A good filtration system is one of them.
Good morning to all you guys and gals. You too Old_Anorak, how hell you doing? I will be trying to pick your brain about gardening. The only thing I've been able to grow is kids, granekids and great grandkids.LOL. Back to the subject of pool shock. I've been treating my water storage with it for about 3 to 4 yrs. now and have found it to be the best thing for long term water storage. I try to change the water every 1 1/2 yrs. Just tested some a while back and it was fine. I keep my long term water storage in 5gal. containers under my BOL. That way it stays out of the sun and cool. The sunlight will make water go bad faster. I use 3 tsp of pool shock for every 5 gal. and it has worked great. I use pool shock because it doesn't have all the unhealty sh*t that bleach has. I have my daughter drink it first and if she doesn't get sick, well then it's good. Just kidding. In all seriousness, pool shock is the best thing I found for preserving water for long term. We have just put the final touch on our rain water collection system. The whole system can collect 3,500 gal. You can get alot of info about water systems on youtube. If you have any questions, just ask. Im willing to help in any way I can.
Thanks Mastercajun, glad you are with us, huge asset!!
Well Colt, don't know about an asset because Im now just setting on my ass relaxing. I haven't had a day to relax in a long time. Im getting things ready to bring my grandson (9 yrs. old) on a survival trip for the weekend. It is good that he wants to learn survival at his age. We will be bringing only the basics. I tell you what, I've learned alot from you guys since I've been here. On the pool shock thing. That is the best thing I've found for my water supply. We've filtered water from the bayou ( to get the crud out) and used pool shock to purify it and it was as good as the water from our tap. We used the gravity feed with the sand and charcoal to filter the water and it works great.
Mastercajun, about all I can say at this point is that I'm doin'. Had this nasty migraine for a few days now.
Is there any certain thing that brings it on? My mom used to get them real bad and she went to a choropractor( how ever you spell it). He did her a world of good. I don't know if you believe in them, but maybe it would be worth a try. I know it stopped my mom's Migraines. Any way We hope you get to feeling better soon.
Excedrin Migraine cures mine fast; I keep them on me and in my preps. Pool shock? I'll try it. I've got some great tips on water filtration options. Thanks guys and gals
Mine are from having my head beat in while on the job a few years ago. I worked in the state's maximum security psych hospital and an inmate/patient slammed my head into a cement wall a few times. Left me permanently scrambled. So any number of things can bring one on; a bug farting two counties over or someone giving me the stinkeye. They just have to run their course and I do what I can to keep from taking it out on everyone around me.
