Preppers’ PING!!
>>One short term fix, especially if your apartment has a balcony and your apartment manager
allows it, is a grill’s propane tank fitted with a cooking grill attachment<<
When the Northridge Quake hit I used my camp stove. I had several gallons of fuel, which could have lasted about a month.
Fortunately, gas and electric were back on in a day or so.
I took Marcella's advice and have been buying the Ozarka 1 gal stackable water. They take up very little space, stacked up, in the corner of a room.
TP or Phone Books or Penny Saver .... cheap now
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FIFO is your friend.
Clorox makes a great antiseptic but the chlorine slowly evaporates from solution. I bought a few packages of “Pool Shock” at Walmart and it releases chlorine when dissolved in water. I also keep a very small amount in a closed plastic bottle near the toilet and sprinkle about 1/2 teaspoon after cleaning. It kills the mold. Much cheaper per dose than packaged bowl cleaners.
If water goes away, many millions will die as it takes so much to keep a body living. And, if it's all used to drink, and there is no cleaning of bodies or surfaces, infection will make them die sooner. Water is number one to stay alive and healthy.
I don't think you have talked about your water sources. Do you live near a body of water? I assume you have water purifiers.
A new medical addition to my back-up medicine cabinet: anti-fungal treatments. I somehow came down with ringworm - yuck. The first treatment didn’t work, but it’s cleared up after three weeks of the second treatment, and I now have four unopened tubes of anti-fungal medication stored away. It’s a good idea to have a supply of various treatments for unusual problems stored away, along with the obvious medicines.
One thing missing from his ‘staples’ list at the end of the article is mentioned here a lot, is cheap, and can substitute for a lot of these supplies. Baking soda.
You can use it as toothpaste, laundry soap, a ‘dry’ bath, deodorant, laundry soap (or at least help stretch that out) and so much more. I know big five pound bags of the stuff is only about $3 at Sams and probably could be found cheaper at pool supply stores. I haven’t figured it out yet, but I have a feeling several bags of this could replace some of the items on this list by a large magnitude.