Water storage: 1 gallon per person per day

[darxus]

FEMA recommends that everyone have enough food and water for, I believe, at least 3 months.

I encourage you to get in the habit of picking up an extra jug of water, and canned / dry food every time you shop.

Sure, you're not likely to need it, but this is two of the three requirements for human survival, and a fire extinguisher isn't even on the list. (Shelter is the other.) Consider the possibility of people in your household simultaneously becoming unemployed - having food covered would be nice.

FEMA suggests commercially bottled water because it keeps well. I think at my local store, gallon jugs are actually the cheapest (less than $1 per gallon).

http://www.fema.gov/plan/prepare/water.shtm

There are, of course, a number of options for ordering food for long term storage by the pallet:
http://www.aaoobfoods.com/
http://www.mreinfo.com/

The only bottled water cathijosephine will not drink is Poland Spring.

1 year of food and water seems like a good goal to me.

I finally got around to watching Zombieland. I watched it twice.

(The Boston area suddenly ran out of drinkable tap water Saturday.)

Comments

[cathijosephine.livejournal.com]

Actually, my water issues are more complicated than that. I have run into several brands of bottled water that seem too alkaline for me to drink comfortably, but poland spring retail sized bottles are the only major brand. I have no difficulty with the poland springs water cooler sized bottles.

For folks who might be confused, some water tastes wrong to me. Beyond that, when I drink it anyway, I get much bladder pain. Poland Springs, in particular, is the worst culprit, and can be a big problem sometimes. Many places have tap water that's problematic for me, including some places with municipal sources and some with wells.

It feels and tastes to me like the problem is alkalinity, but this hypothesis has not been tested. As far as I can tell, this problem is unique to me.