[FreedomPoster]

BTW - as a part of my civil defense preparedness, there is now a blue polypropylene 55 gallon drum lurking in my crawl space. With an appropriate amount of bleach added at fill time. Something all may want to consider. Floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes can all disrupt water supplies - it doesn't have to be a terrorist.

[LoneGOPinCT]

The only thing I did to prepare for Y2K was to buy ten 5 gal. bottles of water just in case. I figured we couldn't do without water for the baby bottles at the time. How long will bottled water last if unopened?

[concerned about politics]

BTW - as a part of my civil defense preparedness, there is now a blue polypropylene 55 gallon drum lurking in my crawl space. With an appropriate amount of bleach added at fill time. Something all may want to consider. Floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes can all disrupt water supplies - it doesn't have to be a terrorist.

We have a well. (If anyone remembers, God said spread out. ) We attached a hand pump we bought from Lehmans non-electric cataloge. No matter what happens in the city reservior (or the power grid) , we can still pump fresh water. If the water shoud get ground contamination, a jug of bleach is pretty easy to store. (Vinigar made from wild apple trees is also a good disinfectant in harder times.)