Posted on 06/02/2010 12:15:25 AM PDT by Kartographer
What are those for, how are they used and...where do you get them? May seem like dumb questions but I'm well into my own efforts to increase food stores and am sucking down all info I can use.
Well, I guess the lowlifes now know where to go to an undefended superstore of goodies when there is an emergency, don’t they?
I have a question... I’m on a well and septic system... we have great tasting water,but it’s fully reliant on electricity. I’ve been thinking about a manual system as back up, but have no idea what I would be looking for.
Just so long as they keep moving past my house we gots nah Prahblems.
I have that one and the hiker pro. Get it. Can’t hurt.
Before I discovered the Lifesaver I used Katadyn just fine.
I got the lifesaver for capacity and sheer power to clean just about any water.
Katadyn: Filter and fine for hikes or other activities.
Lifesaver: Water purifier and good for any activity.
Don’t know what type of well you have, but we have a driven well over 100 feet deep. We have a hand pump with plastic pipe attached that will fit over the top of our well and we can hand pump all the water we need in an emergency.You don’t need enough pipe to go the full depth of the well, just enough to be approximately ten feet deeper than the water level which is probably fairly near to the top of the ground.
Sweeet. Thanks.
Here’s another source for mylar bags, oxygen absorbers, and dessicant packs:
Have you looked at the Berkey?
For your house, I think this one is highly recommended.
WHAT IS AN OXYGEN ABSORBER?
Oxygen absorbers are a relatively recent food storage tool whose arrival has been a real boon to
the person wanting to put up oxygen sensitive dry foods at home. The packets absorb free
oxygen from the air around them and chemically bind it by oxidizing finely divided iron into iron
oxide. This removes oxygen from being available for other purposes such as oxidative rancidity
and respiration by insects, fungi or aerobic bacteria. The practical upshot of all this is that by
removing the free oxygen from your storage containers, you can extend the storage life of the
foods inside. Not all foods are particularly oxygen sensitive but for those that are the absorbers
truly simplify getting the job done. The absorbers themselves have only a relatively short life
span, roughly about six months from the time they were manufactured for the types that do not
need an external moisture source. They don’t suddenly become ineffective all at once, it’s just at
that point you will begin to notice (if you can measure it) that the absorbers no longer soak up
as much as they would when they were new. Better to use them while they’re fresh.
From my Preparedness Manual at:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zghuhkgoqz4
There is virtually no point prepping for SHTF if you are going to tell people you are doing it. You basically become a storehouse for the people with guns. Anyway, I have guns. The Mormons next door do not. We can work out an arrangement.
If you are going to buy something, you should use it.
Is that sort of like most Democrats?????
“Is that sort of like most Democrats?????”
Kind of, but ‘DemonRATS’ suck up all the money around them.
You’re right about keeping quiet about it....
411.com has info, too much info :0
Most are just plain oxygen pirates, imo...........
You must have missed the one woman on the bridge hollering at Shep about the bottled water not being iced down. I'd have snatched the bottle outta her hand right then and there.
Same here. Mine well is large enough to drop a small container down between the wall and the pipe and hand dip water. But our water line isn't that far down. YMMV.
people are dumb
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