Posted on 10/12/2014 6:20:37 AM PDT by BobL
“Don’t use lawn and trash bags as your water container/can liner. I’ve read (some of) these are treated with pesticides. Not sure about the white/kitchen type liners...of their food grade quality.”
Maybe so, but first, why treat with pesticides? You may be thinking just of the chemicals used to manufacture them. This is the best that I could find, from the USDA:
“The use of plastic trash bags for food storage or cooking is not recommended by USDA “... because they are not food grade plastic and chemicals from them may leach into the food.”
Not a very strong warning and as far as I’m concerned, it’s telling me not to make a habit of drinking out of them because my risk of cancer may increase by 0.01% (or whatever). I looked at my Husky Bag box, and it has a strong warning regarding suffocation risk, but only a “not recommended” advisory regarding food storage - same as USDA.
But in these situations you have to weigh relative risk, and it is much more likely that I’ll get sick from not having a large supply of fresh water (and thus having to rely on questionable water) and a slight (maybe) increase in cancer risk...if that. Just as likely though, Husky didn’t bother to try to certify their bags for food storage because they didn’t see a need.
Plastic tarp. Sheets of plastic(enough to seal windows and doors) and duct tape. We always think of what happens when the SHTF, but something we need to take into consideration is, what happens if it hits our home?
God forbid something happens to us or our family. And if does, what will we do? Does anyone have a death kit? Will you seal off the room, bury the body, burn the body?
I am not a prepper so I do not know if this is something taken into consideration. How would you handle this? In my home, having extra water and food for a couple of months is the norm. Gloves and masks were sealed and stored a while back for no other reason then I believe every home should have it.
Funny thing is, I keep plastic and duct tape for sealing my windows in winter. But I also keep it in the event I have to SSS.
What are your thoughts on a “death kit?”
“Learn to eat like a Mexican. Simple flour tortillas, beans, rice, eggs( keep a few chickens), onions and hominy.”
You’re getting me hungry...and now I’m thinking of adding canned tamales.
Thanks!
“What are your thoughts on a “death kit?””
Really scary. If your kid gets a cold, what do you do? You can stick him in a room and tell him not to leave until recovered. If you have an bathroom you can assign it to the kid. You drop food at the door...and then when he is bedridden...
I can’t go there, even though thousands in Africa are already there.
With the second patient in Texas look for the stock market to take a nosedive.
Obama’s created a real good excuse for the economy to go into the crapper.
It’s not his/liberal democrat policies fault, it’s Ebola that caused it.
BTW, the last 3 times there has been an orchestrated economic recession a terrorist attack or an attempted terrorist attack against the economy has followed. There is always a 1-2 punch.
Bookmark.
Gee...our mail in ballots get sent out next week...why does October always seem so full of calamities?
I printed out the information to make drinking water safe and taped it to the inside of a storage cabinet in the basement.
They give the amount of solution to make to make drinking water drinkable, but what if you wanted to make two gallons of disinfectant for a sprayer to prevent contamination from viruses? I haven’t been able to find anything for that yet.
“I printed out the information to make drinking water safe and taped it to the inside of a storage cabinet in the basement.”
Smart. I’ve thought about that...just too lazy. A notebook with critical survival information. Maybe it’s time to for me to step it up a bit.
I feed my dog raw turkey/chicken. I've always used 1/4 cup/quart of water in a sprayer for surface/dish/utensil disinfecting. Perhaps overkill, but since I'm still using mass-produced bleach and I can't test its 'decay', better safe than sorry, imho.
bttt
Bleach+water solution is effective for one day only. It must be discarded every day or it is not effective.
Have on hand OTC meds, like aspirin, acetaminophen, etc, and antibiotic ointments, band aids and other, similar drugstore items..if this whole thing turns out not to be very bad, all these things will be useful anyway..
If possible, have extra doses of prescription meds on hand, too.
Keep at least one vehicle’s gas tank full, and keep said vehicle in good repair...
Be very quiet around your neighborhood and town about what you have, be it extra food, ammo, etc.,in case things DO get really bad.. it’s called self-preservation!!
Agreed Rad with all your points. However, most fail to realize that bleach+water is good only for one day. It still smells ‘bleachy’ after a day, but is not an effective sanitizer. It must be remade every day.
Just a coincidence I’m sure.
I’m also sure the Obama adm not taking any steps to stop Ebola from coming into the country and we are now looking at a second case of Ebola right before the season premier of “The Walking Dead” is also just a coincidence.
Got a really nice bridge for sale, anyone care to buy it?
Agree...it would have wiped out the African countries by now if it spread so easily. The point of my thread is that it there will be a level reached where people will start to panic (either because of reality, or perception). It could just be one slip by a “health official”, saying something like “it appears it can be transmitted more easily than thought” (my quote, people, don’t panic, no one official has said that [yet]).
By then it’s very late to start prepping as supplies and equipment will quickly dry up. But for the non-preppers that at least think about what they need (how much food, fresh bleach, etc.), they will still have the advantage when the rush to Walmart and Sams ensues. They will not have to look at labels are calculate quantities. They can also get their Amazon orders in ahead of the surge.
So, even for the non-paranoid types, there are some easy things to do that cost nothing, other than thinking thinks out a bit, that will still help a lot - should the starting-gun fire off regarding panic time.
The following is true...and I am old enough to remember the limit of 2 rolls per customer at my supermarket when it happened:
“Be very quiet around your neighborhood and town about what you have, be it extra food, ammo, etc.,in case things DO get really bad.. it’s called self-preservation!!”
That advice is ALWAYS SMART, and includes co-workers. Figure that anyone you disclose your prepping plans to will show up at your door if that day comes, just as happened on Twilight Zone.
One of the “nice things” about this scenario is that will not be too many zombies and shooting them on sight if they pose a threat to the integrity of your residence will likely not be met with many questions from the police. Again, this is one of the easier scenarios to deal with (believe it or not), if you prep right it can simply be a month-long stay-at-home vacation.
A Nigerian medico got it just like that. Touching a doorknob.
I can find the video of an interview about that if you want.
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