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In reality 1 gal per day and you're good to go......Making a gallon of water should be in everybody's skillset.....Pretty easy on a day like today.Dang I'm glad I don't live in the city...
or dig a shallow hole, put a cup in it, put the plastic sheet over it. place a pebble on the sheeting over the cup..................Condensation runs into the cup.....When your "water generator" slows down, add leafy greens and continue....Good idea on "making" water. We didn't mention suspending plastic sheets over the lawn, weighting them at one place, and catching the dripping water from the underside. They will also catch water when it rains...
Creativity is good in any situation....If from danger you are trapped on your own city lot - bugging in if you will - gonna have to get creative.
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Then you can start the siphon with water that you dip.....or add another 20' and just pump it out...You can dip from a drilled well, but you need something long and thin and hollow. I could dip with two lengths of 20' 1" pvc pipe glued together and a hole drilled about 10' up from the bottom with the bottom capped. My static level is 29'.
YepStaying dry and warm. No good to have food and water if you die of hypothermia.
My book is different.......I plan on livin' the next day as the last...I like my food warm..(well, warm food warm..cold food cold..)...And is there anything more comforting than a warm beverage????Warm can come from shelter and clothing. Heat isn't an essential unless stored food requires cooking. (A big no-no in my book.)
Probably even cheaper (at least now) is to buy an old, cast iron hand pump from an antique store.....I've seen 'em for less than $20.00... usually it just takes a leather or two and some leather lube............Let's see...leather...leather lube ( lard).Hmmmm.. I should know where to where to find those.Imho, as long as you have a well, you can at least dip from it. I'd figure that out now and get the parts because they'll be very cheap now but maybe entirely unavailable later.My plan for water is to use the pump in the well. I am set up with a manual transfer switch and generator. True that the generator needs fuel, but I have a fair supply of that. Long enough that I can seek other sources should supplies run low.
The transfer switch was my first step to going off the grid. That is still a way off, but I am getting there with baby steps.
I am not the most prepared, but better than most that I know.
That reminds me....I need bucket of that bavarian cream for my bug out bag....MMMmmmm filled donuts on the run..That delicious bavarian creme comes in those.
I like to get free buckets from restaurants and bakeries. Big bakeries such a Costco go through tons of them.
FWIW, the following is a list of FDA recycle symbols. 2 is what food grade buckets are made of, and 5 is what Tupperware is made of. That doesn't mean that a bucket with one of those symbols is safe, especially if it has had toxic chemicals stored in it. It also doesn't say what type of mold release was used.
I'm a believer that Home Depot white buckets and lids can be scrubbed and used, but don't take my word for it. They have the 2 (HDPE plastic) symbol, same as restaurant buckets.
You can line with mylar, which is said to be safe.
Here's a list of symbols, denoting the type of plastic. I still prefer free buckets and lids from bakeries and restaurants.
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