[Kartographer]

Preppers’ PING!!

[5thGenTexan]

We have a 2002 F250 with the 7.3 power stroke that is known to last 500k+ miles easy. We also have a 30' travel trailer that we keep stocked as if it were a second home with clothes, non-perishable food, supplies, etc. I also keep fresh water and propane tanks topped off.

We can be on the road in about an hour. We can live reasonable for about a week off-grid today. It's not perfect, but I think it will serve us well in a pinch.

I have water filters today, but may look into buying a Berkey unit and using the fresh water holding tank as storage. I also have some other mods I would like to do to make it more self sufficient in an off-grid situation.

[greeneyes]

Thanks for the ping.

[Jamestown1630]

I have to go with the ‘get an old Jeep’ people, on this one.

I have a question:

I recently saw a video about storing things like rice or beans in used, food-safe soda bottles; the presenter suggested that the cleaned bottles, with an oxygen absorber, would keep rice very well; and you wouldn’t have to use the mylar bags.

But I’ve never understood how to use oxygen absorbers - how do you know what size to get for, say, a 2 litre soda bottle full of rice?

(I’m asking because we can purchase huge bags of jasmine or basmati rice for cheap; but when we do, before we use it all up, we have bugs in it.)

Another question: Are the bugs in there to start, and then they just ‘bloom’; or do they somehow GET in? We never see any bugs in our house; but sometimes when we have some long-held grain-based stuff in the house, eventually it gets bugs.

I think they’re in there to start with, in some stage-of-life; and they just GROW ;-)

Thanks for any help,

JT