Step 2

Emergency Prep Made Easy Step 2!! Okay! You've got your 72 hour kits, in the closet, or car, wherever works for you. But what is the next step?

WATER! Good Clean Drinking Water!! Or at least stored water that you can sanitise to drink when you need to. Why? Well, now let me explain.

When devastation strikes, it is the dirty water that has the lingering effects long after the storm has passed. Consider Haiti. Long after the typhoon has hit more people continue to die from lack of clean water. Dysentery Town!


Next Question: How much water? We're not talking a year's worth. Let's just say go for the three days, like in your 72 hour kits. Then build onto that a week's worth. Then a month's. Build slowly. Eventually you may have a year's worth, or you may have experienced a reason to have the water supply to begin with and be starting over.

You want to find containers you can store somewhere in your home. And remember under your bed is just fine for thing kind of thing! Be sure they are SAFE containers. I love being as GREEN as possible. But lemme tell ya, folks. Those GREEN bottles, they LEAK!!! So go with good old reliable hardcore plastic! You can reuse them over and over and there ya go. Recycling! You're still GREEN. And be cheap. This is not a Martha Stewart competition!

Now like I said. You can either build up an already clean supply. Or build up a supply you may need to purify later. There are TONS of ways to do this. The most economical way is Bleach. But Bleach actually has a pretty short shelf life. So you may want to check out a few other alternatives; such as: iodine crystals and the like. The flavor of bleach and iodine not appealing? You want to know that at least your water will be palatable? Well, well, well... lookey here:

www.pazumpa.com

The tops water information site I've come across. Complete with videos, how to's, etc! There is a video just on water purification with bleach or iodine, and he tells you how to make it palatable. Such cool stuff!

So, step 2? WATER! Drinkable water. Don't worry about toilet flushing yet, I promise we'll get to it next time. Easy Peasy Emergency Prep!