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B_Mizzle said:
So the mormons stopped selling their canned foods to the public at least on their website. That the cannery in the coal mine?
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Do the mormons know something we don't? I mean, other than magic underwear?
 
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I'm going to farm Kudzu and nutria to eat. You can never run out of either of those. Shit grows like a foot a day. I do know one thing, things get bad a coon ass will find a way to eat it and most likely make it halfway edible. I think LA ranks second behind AK for percentage of food that comes from other than a supermarket.
 
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Get the hard plastic ones, and not the gallon of milk type (nor do you want regular 16 oz water bottles). Keep them in a cool dark place.

The milk type jugs and/or keeping them in hot or sunlit areas will cause the plastic to degrade. You don't want that.

Rotate (use) them every year or so. "They" recommend a gallon per person per day, but I've found that half a gallon is probably sufficient. I'd say two weeks is a good amount to keep on hand, so 7 gallons per person in your household.

Although, I will caveat that in that we have an extra 10-15 gallons just for things like washing our hands and doing dishes (not non-potable, but we don't drink it).

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LachiusTZ said:
Get a well.

If the water turns off, shit is really going to go sideways
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If they turn off water they also probably turned off the electricity.
Gravel said:
Get the hard plastic ones, and not the gallon of milk type (nor do you want regular 16 oz water bottles). Keep them in a cool dark place.

The milk type jugs and/or keeping them in hot or sunlit areas will cause the plastic to degrade. You don't want that.

Rotate (use) them every year or so. "They" recommend a gallon per person per day, but I've found that half a gallon is probably sufficient. I'd say two weeks is a good amount to keep on hand, so 7 gallons per person in your household.

Although, I will caveat that in that we have an extra 10-15 gallons just for things like washing our hands and doing dishes (not non-potable, but we don't drink it).

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IMO id go with individual 16oz bottles. Practical for carrying around and allows you to easily pass out water to friendlies while knowing exactly how much you have left.
 
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Gravel said:
Get the hard plastic ones, and not the gallon of milk type (nor do you want regular 16 oz water bottles). Keep them in a cool dark place.

The milk type jugs and/or keeping them in hot or sunlit areas will cause the plastic to degrade. You don't want that.

Rotate (use) them every year or so. "They" recommend a gallon per person per day, but I've found that half a gallon is probably sufficient. I'd say two weeks is a good amount to keep on hand, so 7 gallons per person in your household.

Although, I will caveat that in that we have an extra 10-15 gallons just for things like washing our hands and doing dishes (not non-potable, but we don't drink it).

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I haven’t seen these before at Publix. Maybe Costco has em?
 
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LachiusTZ said:
Get a well.

If the water turns off, shit is really going to go sideways
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Have an old well that at one point was used for landscape watering. Could maybe get it fixed but would definitely need some sort of filtration system I imagine.
 
Foler

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Fuck it. May have someone take a look at my well. Problem is that its in NO WAY up to code. I mean it was done when permitting wasn’t even a thing. I imagine that getting it fixed may require permitting?
 
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LachiusTZ said:
Get a well.

If the water turns off, shit is really going to go sideways
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You could get a 50 gallon jug and just keep a supply of water treatment stuff. Also Amazon has a thing called water Bob that turns your tub in a giant water storage device. Last option if you're staying at home, have a pool, or identify nearby pools and have a way to efficiently move the water back to your house, wagon jugs and a hose to siphon. Plus trusty ar to keep the natives at bay.
 
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Our cabin has several large ponds, and we have water filters.

Still going to get a hand pump well installed soon
 
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How long will rice stay good for and what’s the best way to store it? Glass jars?

Looking for long term food items - I have a good spam supply. Gonna buy canned veggies. Looking for more ideas. Longer shelf life the better.
 
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