I have 3 cases of MREs and 2 buckets of dehydrated foods it's about 65-90 day's worth of food.
I have 10 gallons of water. if i'm lucky it might last 10 days
I want to get more water, I want to buy a 55 gallon drum or several, they're pretty cheap but where ot put it? can't do it in the backyard, considered an eyesore and against CC&Rs. not upstairs where most of my food is stored, at 440 lbs (water only) per drum, in a wood framed house and in a quake zone, sounds like asking to trouble. I could put in in the garage, but there is no space.
The current system of using 2.5 gallon and 1 gallon jugs of water from the store sucks. the containers can't be stacked on safety, and they cant' sit over anything since hey're heavy. they also like to leak after a few months, it's unpredictable and risky- they can leak undetected for a while and then I'd find serious mold growth and supplies ruined! bottled water keeps longer but cost much much more, and inefficient use of space.
The best solution and it's quite affordable is to get those blue 55 gallon drums, if only I had a place ot put them...
The current plan is to rush out and buy them all when the SHTF starts. to hell with the CC&R's, I doubt they'd be suing anyone when there's anarchy all over! I could have 10 drums in the backyard in 3 hours. figure I cna jam 5 drums in my minivan, 2 trips. the store's only 3 miles away but i figure with all the panic buying and stuff that might be happening it will take much longer to get there and back! if I can strap a few to the roof of my minivan I can get maximum 20 drums in 3 hours. then it'll take 2-4 hours ot fill them all and disinfected...
there's also plans to get groundwater going, although there's too many unknowns about it. first, digging a 50 foot shaft will be very very difficult. 2nd, who knows what the ground water is like? the data i have it really doesn't look good. 3rd, how the heck will get water up 50 feet? and 4th, how will i clean the water to make it usable, will solar distillation remove the toxins like pesticides, heavy metals, other chemicals and jet fuel?
assuming i can get more water I have supplies for 65 to 90 days. If I can keep the garden going supplies for 100 days. if I can hunt the local wildlife in the area (rabbits mostly) and have edible meat, I can push to 180 days.
cool, in the house. I became well versed in this type solar system while living in my lil 12' camper for the past 5 years...I'm a traveling nurse and so I stay on BLM/National Forest land and they seldom have access to power. For <$400 I set my camper up entirely on solar! I am able to run lights, a fan, my laptop computer and a tv or stereo for "free"! Where there is a will, there is a way!
