One thing that we have not done yet is install a manual water pump in our existing water well. Next on the list to do.
My wife and I sat back and shook our heads at the panic shopping going on. We are well prepared and have been for going on 12 years now. It felt good to be as prepared as we were. Not bragging. We put a lot of effort to be prepped up for any circumstance.
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The manual water pump-that’s on our list too along with a stand by generator instead of relying on the portable one-and maybe solar or wind power back up.
Meantime we have several thousands of gallons in our above ground swimming pool that we use for watering the garden during the dry season-We have a big Berkey and extra filters if we need them.
All we did to prep was restock our regular monthly purchase a couple of weeks early. Picked up some extra eggs and hamburger buns, and milk. Bought some Elderberry stuff.
Hubby bought some shelf stable chocolate milk and breakfast mixes to replace the fresh milk when ours runs out. I’m not allowed to drink more than half a cup per day anyway, so I’ve basically stopped drinking it-I just eat cheese instead.
It did feel good to already be prepared. We always had quite a lot in the pantry etc. However, about 10 years ago, we stepped up our game a lot.
One thing you all might want to consider for water is an RO filter.
They are not all that big.
Mr. mm bought one a few years ago to make purified water and it works great. It takes a while and you use more water than you get, cause there is run off.
I’ll find out where he got it because I don’t think it was the expensive Home Depot models.
Like you I have a swimming pool (about 35K gallons) and two stock tanks, one about 4 acres when full and the other about 1 acre, so I have not really got too excited about the installing the Buffalo manual pump.
Yeah living in a rural setting the way we do always keeps us with extra food stores. When all my kids moved out, I converted the billiard (pool table) room into our prepping storage. Started slowly filling it up. We have 98 linear feet of shelving, 2 feet deep that reach to the ceiling and THEY are full. We can chicken, beef and deer meat. My wife is a canning fool when it comes to vegetables and during growing season we are either canning or dehydrating.
Prepping has really become a hobby for us.