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I live on top of a hill. I capture rain water from a roof valley that falls into a 150-gallon galvanized stock tank on the deck below it. From there, it runs through pvc pipe into a 1,500-gallon tank below the deck. A few spring storms fills that 1,500 gallon tank to overflowing. In the dryness of summer, I can use all that rain water to water a vegetable garden, via gravity, down the slope from the tank.

We could even use buckets of that rain water to flush our toilets.

I give this as one example of how you can use your common sense and a little thought to take care of yourself.

Up until ten years ago, I was a vulnerable as most Americans. I decided to change that.

Water is first on the list of our requirements to sustain life. We also have a hand-pumped well as a back-up should community water be suddenly cut off.

Most of the people in this country would die within a short time if all supplies they receive daily were cut off.

Sadly, those who are prepared may be placed into a position they will have to fight to defend their self-sufficiency against the hordes who are not prepared and become desperate.

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We live in the mountains also. We have a 2500 gallon tank. I could use a generator to work the well but if there’s no gas, no generator. I’m considering a hand pump for the well. Because of our business, I have access to 55 gallon, food grade barrels. I gave my neighbor 5 of them.