Survival Gear. Supplies to Have on Hand in Case of Long-Term Emergency. Freeper input please.

04.15.06 | chickensoup

[DocRock]

(rant on) Water... you must have water. You can't live without water. Your family will have to have water. Your friends, too. You can also trade water to thirsty people for other things you need/want with one of these...


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[Chickensoup]

I plan on hooking up a manual pump to my drilled well.

[DocRock]

This is portable and very useful if you have to travel further than you can haul water.

[HungarianGypsy]

BTTT for later reading.

[Chickensoup]

For the travel gear!

[DocRock]

Re: Water and your water tank...

If you live near a fault zone, an earthquake can play havoc with a second floor water storage tank and damage your well. Get a Big Berky filter as a backup. You'll never be sorry.

[Chickensoup]

No no earthquakes here...at least very tiny ones. I think having one on hand will be great.

[txroadhawg]

This is all great stuff, I'm making a list for the upcoming hurricane season!
But I think the one question I still have is how do you store all your gear and protect it from the natural disaster?
I've got my gear spread out, some camping gear in the garage, food items near the kitchen, guns and ammo in the bedroom and other handy places (wink, wink).
I'm having an addition put on my home and asked the builder to 'harden' the new connecting hallway, door on either end and 3/4" plywood over 6" walls that includes my new utility closet (HVAC and water heater) so I can keep gear there also.
Any other ideas?

[Chickensoup]

Water is not a problem with my home, so my supplies are on the ground floor in a storage room that I am preparing.