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September is National Preparedness Month and we’re going to have a quick daily challenge. I hope everyone will participate! There will be a prize of a free ebook to everyone who participates in each challenge. If you miss a day, you can go back and do it another day. 🙂
Sept. 1: Today’s challenge is to fill as many empty containers as possible with water. This includes things like canning jars (why store them empty when it takes the same space to store them full of water), old water or soda pop bottles, and any other vessels you have lying around. Report on this thread how many containers you were able to find and fill. Also, let us know if you learned anything interesting doing this exercise!
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96 bottles filled
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2 bottles
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Same here – 2 bottles. Don’t ask how much we already had in the closet…
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Oh good! Another challenge…and just on the day I wander back to check on friends in the hurricane zone. WATER…..
Well I regularly have about…..uh, estimate… 20 half-gallon clear juice containers. Those are the ones currently and always filled. I rotate them regularly by using them for wetting the dog’s food [healthier to soak dry kibble, we’ve heard]. And to fill her water dish. And to water my indoor plants. Then I upend and dry the empty for a day. Refill it as soon as another has been emptied. Less chance of green slime forming when they’re dried between refills.
I also have two huge trash bags full of more juice bottles – empty. I’d burn my well pump out if I for-real filled all of them. But I WILL check to make sure if I remember exactly where those bags are located in garage.
I have a several more juice bottles that I’m gradually emptying and need to sanitize. They were stuck off in some forgotten corner and “unearthed” in my micro-decluttering. Slowly but surely I’m sorting those out….tossing a few rather unredeemable ones. [geee, sometimes I DO throw things out!] They have been used outside on porch to wash off dog toes, clean something else…cuz water is just too old to use for drinking. So today, I will participate here by setting them up with mild bleach solution and then refill. I have some newly-emptied juice bottles [the squared ones are great for sitting close on shelves] that have been in the cleaning, bleach, rinse stages. I’ll finish those off and fill with fresh water.
Then too, I use 7-up soda bottles so I have water next to my bed/chaise lounge. Of the soda bottles, I’ve discovered that the root beer and other strong flavors are very hard to get the sugar/flavorings cleaned out. I throw those out and keep the 7up and those types.
I’m behind in sanitizing them – which I do regularly since I have water in them constantly. So….I’ll use this motivation to bump that job to the top of the list. [gonna be busy…tho it doesn’t take long] I use sniff test each time I refill….in case I mix up which are needing to get a sanitizing bath.
I have done an exercise several times, just for grins. Set a timer. For me the timer represents me looking at the Doppler radar page [my very favorite page in summer] and I “see” a bad summer storm heading our way. When timer goes off, it means that I’ve lost electricity. The game is: How many water containers can I GRAB and FILL before “my lights go off”. Of course….this only represents those of us who are on a well with an electric pump. Thru that exercise, I’m aware of the location my large stock pots, juice bottles, etc. Buckets that go into the shower to fill with the shower hose….use for flushing. [ Big bucket to fill and a small, scrub pail to do the quick pour into the stool for the flush. Trying to flush with a 5 gallon bucket is way beyond my strength/coordination/aim.]
We also have six of the clear-blue, plastic 5-gallon containers that used to be used by water delivery companies. They are in basement – filled. Mostly would be used if we have to do some laundry in the tub down there…but are sanitized also for drinking. Not carrying those bigboys up the stairs tho. Point-of-use or pour into smaller containers.
Oddly, we recently had to set up the horse water tank….despite the rain, our creek has stopped flowing. 😮 I remember only one other summer that happened. A decade ago. So huge tank is full for the horses…..and there is plenty of water still in the pond in other pasture too.
Drinking: us, dog, horses. Cooking. Bathing. Flushing. Laundry?
OldMtWoman …water is the best place to start preps!
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If you disolving a table spoon of fresh baking soda into water then fill the soda bottles you can get rid of strong soda tastes if you set it out overnight.
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I haven’t posted in a while, but I enjoy these challenges as the tasks get me thinking. Water is the prep area most overlooked.
In addition to my water stores, I have 28 water containers ready to fill. After reading Daisy’s post, I got a little more creative and found another 146 (empty Mason jars, large ice tea containers, recyclable items waiting to go to the dump). I like the idea of not having them set empty. I reorganized the area in the basement for water storage.
Total: 174.
For non-drinking water (sanitation), I have my huge hot tub and my 4 rain barrels.
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I don’t really know the number of canning jars I have but I use the empty ones for water. I also save milk jugs and two and three liter bottles of pop. I fill these up and store them in my back bedroom. I have also been saving the tide jugs for the sinks in my house to wash our hands and use for baths when the lights go off. Where I live you can count on the lights going out in the winter. Sometimes for days. If I run out of jugs for water and the pump doesn’t work we have a spring below the house that we use to fill the jugs back up. I have a flat top stove in the house and a cook stove set up on the blocked in front porch to heat water with and to cook on. For sanitary uses I have rain barrels outside. If nothing else I met snow.
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Great work! One quick thing though. Milk jugs should not be used for water you are going to drink. According to FEMA you can never really get rid of the bacteria from milk in a plastic container. The same goes for juice jugs. These will be great for water you may be saving for sanitation, however. 🙂
Soda pop bottles are just fine though!
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Daisy.
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fow water we have wells and are next to large river. The wells are deep wells and we have our own off grid power. Our inside wells have hand pump back ups designed for cold use. We bought botH bision and simple pump…. if you can afford get the simple pump it’s way more sturdy.
We use a 3 stage filter a blowdown sediment made of stain less steel a large 2 foot long 6 inch diameter water filter (blue) the cartridges can be bought on aliexpress for $15 each if bought in significant volumen. Thanks shipping is more costly. Same cartridge local is $60.
Final stage is in our main water storage tanks, we use an ozone kill with uv.
If in city getting a bathtub bladder to full just in case is a good idea but will only work if you fill before it loses pressure.
https://www.amazon.com/WaterBOB-Emergency-Container-Drinking-Hurricane/dp/B001AXLUX2
I also buy calcium hypochlorate (pool shock but WITHOUT ALGICIDE) it’s powdered chlorine. For cleaning but can be used for quick water purification at low levels. You can buy a 50 lb plastic pail for $40 now will save your life and keeps nearly forever.
For storage if you drink soda… the 1/2 gallon size are easy to clean and store water.
Things to not do.. don’t count on cheap water filters when water gets serious contamination. A small brita or some other cheap jug filters are near useless. A steri pen does work but are frail system with a good chance over time to fail. This is one area saving cash could really mess you up in a prolonged disaster.
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I have 10 gallons of purified water in glass containers always & an awesome Alexapure stainless steel water purifier I use every day. Also have10 BPA free plastic water gallons ready to fill & a rain barrel. Looked around today & found 8 sizable additional containers I could use with lids & about 10 flower vases (no lids tho) and would also fill both of my bathtubs & 4 sinks if needed.
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Finally, OldMtnWoman checks in! I’ve been wondering about you and hoping all going well with ya’ll!
Hey, another daily challenge…yeah, these motivate me. As it’s late afternoon when I first found this new daily challenge, I’m not sure how much water collecting I’ll get done today; but I will make an effort to check on the condition of the water I have stored. If I find any empty bottles I’ll set them out to wash and fill tomorrow.
Report on my August decluttering effort: has gone well, though I am definitely not yet finished with every room in the house but I can see the end and I’m really, really pleased with myself. I turn 81 this month and get frustrated a bit that my strength and energy levels are not where I’d like them to be. But, I’m gradually learning to accept there are going to be limits to what I can do….anything requiring a ladder is now a definite no-no so Ive been working in every room making certain I can reach what I need. Bought one of those devices that will grab items from up high or that one may have dropped…it’s a cool thing.
I’ll be looking forward to reading how everyone approaches this month’s challenges.
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A coincidence, I found some old soda and juice bottles that I was going to store things in and it will work perfectly for this challenge. So far filled 8 bottles. I pulled out my empty jars and filled 7 quarts. Not quite 96 but some :).
I have always wondered, do you add anything to the water when you save it? Do you have to pressure can it? Will bacteria grow in it? Same thing for rain water. Thanks in advance if someone could answer these questions.
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You can add two drops of non-scented chlorine bleach per gallon of water. If you are on city water, you don’t really need to add this as it is already treated. See my note to Beverly above. You shouldn’t use juice jugs for water you are going to drink.
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Filled a couple of jars…will do more when migraine goes away
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Am saving plastic kitty litter containers (more durable than gallon water jugs) to fill with rainwater for non-drinking purpose. For drinking we sanitize our Coleman ice chests after every use and keep them handy to fill with faucet water in an emergency. We have eight cases of bottled water under the bed for immediate access. I have hundreds of empty glass jars boxed up in the attic but no space to store them filled.
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We have two 55 gallon plastic barrels for water,which we are changing the water in tomorrow. We change the water about once a year. Going to fill the duck pond with it.
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We use the kitty litter jugs for “potty water” too. Have a little over 50 gallons of drinking water. Plus 250 or so that could be treated if needed. Well pump could be powered by generator in short increments to replenish.
Feel okay about the water situation. Just wish I could figure a way to store air conditioning.
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have about 4 milk jugs & 4 2 liter bottles just filled – when doing water bath canning this summer, they were great to fill that pot. Have several cases of water stashed around the house.
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I empty the rain barrels into 5 gallon covered buckets which are kept in the garage for flushing. I refill gallon water jugs for washing and brushing teeth.
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Farm girl here, in Oklahoma. Just saw this post, so have no real time for filling anything today. We are also on well water, and most I can do within an hour is 3.5 gallons through the filter. It’s a 5 gallon tank under the sink, but pressure soon drops after the first gallon, and I end up having to wait awhile. Anyway, will do more water storage tomorrow. I had already planned to can one of Daisy’s recipes (Hungarian Goulash) today, so just got it all in the canner. Still have an hour til it’s done. That’s about the limit of my energy for today. Nice to know we are doing challenges again! Last time, it had been several days since it started and I figured I couldn’t really compete then. I still did prepping exercises, just didn’t post anything. Blessings to all!!
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We have 8, 5 gal. water jugs filled. 5 large pots, we keep our empty canning jars filled as I boil water to fill the jars we are not using and can them under pressure for 15 mins. So that makes for about 6 cases of bottled water I canned myself. I use it all year. I have the bathtub filled as we are waiting the hurricane. though we don’t expect to loose water but you never know. So better safe than sorry. We use a water bob for the tub so that is another 100 gals. of water. Then I have 4 collapsible water bags. They each hold 2.6 gals of water. We have been through hurricanes before but never lost water. My daughter has lost city water and had to get water from us for 2 weeks. She did have a pool in back yard and used that for flushing toilets though. She didn’t think you could loose city water, so was not prepared. We also have a well.
With the hurricane now heading toward us as well as a Cat 1 think goodness. We still have the potential to loose both water and electric.
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We keep water containers filled year round. We have 2 5 gal water jugs filled at all times, and several gallon bottles in the kitchen. Along with all “take along” plastic, stainless and glass water bottles. We keep a tea kettle filled at all times, and have a bunn coffee pot, which has a tank of hot water at all times. We just moved here, but usually keep empty bleach bottles filled with water for flushing toilets, in every bathroom.
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I have 7 water gallon jugs that I have filled and will look for more tomorrow. I always keep several gallons of drinking water as I am never sure when this water will be out and a boil advisory.
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Waving to Muffy!!! Glad to see you’re still here. I’m going backward to read Every Day Check-In for previous months when I get the chance. Hope you and yours have been well.
There are two reasons not to use milk jugs…..the bacteria thing AND….if you use them to store water for any length of time, the plastic breaks down. It’s supposed to …. in the land fill. But on the middle shelf among your preps….WHEN suddenly it’s short life-span is done, it will leak allll over everywhere. I make a policy to only store water on bottom shelves.
As for juice bottles, Daisy..?..is there any word on if different juices might have different results? I’ve used solely full cranberry juice bottles. Literally, I’ve used them for the past 20 years. They last forever.
Recently I’ve tried saving some Pineapple/Orange/Guava juice bottles that dh is enjoying. In these I am definitely seeing where getting it completely clean might be a problem. Anyone know any research data on this? I’d sure want to read it. But for now…..I think I will categorize the P.O.G. juice ones as non-consumable.
Namelus….Hi! How ya been? Thanks for the B.soda tip with soda bottles. We definitely don’t drink much soda. Root beer is my occasional summer treat for floats. We used to call them ‘black cows’ long ago…tho I don’t know why. Dark soda and white ice cream like Holstein cows? 7-Up and it’s cousins are for upset stomach. Only single serving size, so I have ZERO liter bottles. Fill empties with water, kept bedside for convenience. Live in arid country out here.
Hi Lil’Sister!
I have a question about water bobs….for those who might be real close to hurricanes, not just the power outages. Isn’t one of the places to take shelter in the tub? Especially if one has a deep cast iron one.. 😉 Or is that a myth? My dd got a water bob but in their tropical house…no basement and fairly light weight construction. Any thots?
Yes, I did go thru dozens of bottles today to sort/sanitize/fill. And checked the WaterMan-type big bottles, and was correct about where more empties are located in garage. [also found something else that should not be in garage due to never-ending MICE….even with poison, they’re baaaack! Moved that out to my truck.]
OldMtWoman –my storage would make a lot more SENSE if not for MICE! Hmph.
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Filled growler.
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We’re on a deep well, with back up power, but always keep 10 – 5 gallon water jugs filled.
In the spirit of joining in, I used the stored water on the Fall garden, and refilled the jugs.
Thanks for the new challenge. This is going to be fun and helpful!
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@Loving Life,
Good to see you again!
Was looking though a cook book the other day and you came to mind.As for water, I have several Platypus water bladders, one of which is a filter.
Canning jars! Great idea!
It rained the other day, the ponds are pretty full, and the brook was up to its banks and flowing fast.
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So great to see OldMtWoman back on board and doing well! And, all the new posters!!! Thanks so much for your info as it gives me new ideas. I’m on early this morning looking for today’s challenge but not seeing it yet. Just a quick review of my current water storage reveals: five 5 gallon water containers full but probably need to be changed out with fresh water (I’ll try to get handyman to help me do that today); a refrigerator size water pitcher with six replacement filters; a 55 gallon hot water heater which could in an emergency be used; one 60 gallon rain barrel which is currently full; two bottles of non-scented bleach for water purification. As I live in the country with easily accessible creeks and ponds, I think I’m okay for any long-term water needs but who knows? The important thing is – I joined this group nine months ago and anything I have prepared is a direct result of being involved here. Thank you to everyone who posts! It’s such an encouragement.
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@crowbar. I do enjoy the Vincent Price cookbooks; Everytime I use them I thank you for the recommendation.
It is so good to see a lot of the old gan here. Waves to @muffy1938 @oldmtwoman @littlesister
@daisy. Thanks for the bleach reminder. I checked my stock and added more to my shopping list for later this month.
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we have a rain water collection system for our garden which uses four 55 gallon barrels. for the house, there is the 50 gallons in the water heater and several 5 gallon water jugs scattered around the house. we have 8 water bricks which can lock together to stack safely or, as we have them, slide under the sofa. we have a water bob for the bathtub, should need arise. every time i can a load, if there is an empty space, i can jars with water and store them with my canned juices. we use a berkey water filter to “finish” drinking water. we are near a substantial creek, but may not be able to rely on it for water as the town sewer system is pumped and in a disaster, the pumps open into local creeks.
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cheating here, as I bought a bunch of water in gallons and in small bottles, for the storm. Water quality here is nasty, so I have been purifying then pouring water in my 2 gallon container.
Any water that I use is refilled, so I dont have empty bottles
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OldMtWoman Yes in case of tornado, bath tub is the safest place in some cases. We have one tub and a window in that bathroom. It is not the safest but the linen closet is behind that tub and that and our bedroom closet are the 2 safest places for us. We have four water bobs that we make a stand on garage floor that will hold the water bobs. We set them in that and then fill them up. So they are in garage. We take 8 boards and then a board on each end of the 8 boards to form a box. The 8 boards are 2 on each side and then one board in between each water bob for support. Doing this free’s up the bath tub. but I do fill it up for hurricanes. But I heard on news that for us here in VA that Dorian could spark some tornadoes. So I am rethinking the bath tub and pulling out my 5 gal buckets to fill up for flushing toilets. On that one I am in a wait and see situation to see how VA coast will be effected. If Dorian goes through the Pamlico sound then we will get it much worse for VA. So watching closely.
Hope this helps on the water bobs. Stay safe everyone. This storm is a monster.
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What is a water Bob? I’ve never heard of them.
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<span style=”font-size: 100%;”>Done!</span>
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I never thought about using my canning jars – what a great idea! Filling my empty canning jars gained me 5 more gallons to my preps. I’ve got a 55-gallon barrel filled for potable water, and I’ve got about 40 gallons of drinkable bottled water. I also use my laundry detergent containers to store non-drinking stuff.
I do worry about long term water solutions. I don’t know of renewable water sources nearby, other than rain, and we don’t get a lot of rain here.
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I have several cases of water stored. Filled up my Big Berkey water filter. We have three separate portable solar generators, plus gas to power our well. So we should be set on water. Also have spa and small exercise pool full of water.
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<p style=”text-align: left;”>I was able to fill 2, 10 gallon water contaners, 6, 1 gallon milk containers 4 cases of empty quart canning jars 6 half gallon canning jars. 8, 2 liter pop bottles 2, 2 gallon containers, 8, 2quart plastic drink containers 4 plastic camping collapsible water containers, 2 , 25 gallon containers . and two bathtubs.</p>
since I have a basement filling the bath tubs is no problem although one is upstairs and could be destroyed in case the house is hit it is still worth filling.the other containers are all down stairs so easily accessible in case of tornado.
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Still waiting to see how Dorian will affect us, so we don’t Need water for a couple of days yet. Already have 2 gallons each in 2 baths and kitchen, 2 3 gallons and 4 gallons on standby. Ready to fill 1 water bob and 5 3.5 gallon water bricks to meet challenges of Dorian.
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filled 3 5 gallon water containers, 12 2 liter soda bottles 6 canteens 6 empty cover water pitchers
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High mountain desert in N M. Water mostly comes from my two wells. Both hit an underground river flowing in a lava tube from the ancient Volcano where I live. It has always tested safe.
I have 2, 5 gallon and 2, 2 1/2 gallon containers, 30, 34 oz Gatorade bottles, 12, 3 lt soda bottles, and 2, 2qt refrigerater door containers in the fridge and the rest filled in my laundry and kitchen areas. That’s approximately 35 gallons inside. Outside I have 3, 55 gallon blue food grade barrels filled for drinking or cooking use. Then for garden and critters there are 6, 330 gallon totes in wire cages for moving (but I don’t)! And one 230 gallon tote in a metal cage strictly for garden use. It was a liquid fertilizer container. I filled and drained it 10 times before using it on my garden. It could have burned a garden. I drained it down my dirt/ gravel driveway so it was away from anything of importance till I was sure it was clean. I was told to rinse it 2x. I did it 10x. The larger totes once held food safe white glue for a factory. Used once. Cleaned. Sold cheap. I pd $75 each for the 6 larger totes delivered and each set where I wanted it.. I can fill buckets from the 2″ bottom valves but my next project is to reduce that to fit 3/4″ garden hose fittings. I can do that with PVC fittings. Near to the toilet are 2 kitty litter buckets that can flush the toilet 2-3 times per bucket. There are three more kitty litter buckets stacked empty in a nitch by the shower. Those are filled in winter.
One well is on commercial power. The second well is capped but easily converts to use with a manual winch. I’m gathering supplies to have a solar powered pump and tank there. My home is 100% solar powered.
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5 5 gallon jugs, 3 1 liter water bottles and a 3 little bottle. I rotate thru these monthly with various uses. Slowly adding to them as I find a place to store them safely.
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I filled 2 refillable water bottles, 3 5 gallon buckets, and 2 water pitchers. My preps are for me, the 4 cats, my mother (lives next door), and daughter and grandson (a couple of blocks away). They think my prepping is unnecessary. I have 1 case and 7 2.5 gallon jugs of drinking water plus a water bob and berkey(just in case). The freezer has 6 or 7 plastic vodka bottles full of water that I take out as I need the space or add to to keep it full.
I’m in the middle of bottling my honey so I had to empty all the water that was in my canning jars to use for that.
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Little late here but I have 10 gallon jugs of water, plus the 7 gallons in the freezer and 4 cases of bottled water. Also have a water bob for tub and the new 50 gallon hot water tank.Will have to work on getting more water . Never thought to use the canning jars though, guess I have some work to do.
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Since we are waiting for Hurricane Dorian here, we’ve already got the water situation under control. We have a well that runs on electricity so no power, no water. We have already filled (5) 5gallon jugs, and have 10 2 liter bottles ready to fill if need be. We have access to city water through a friend even during /after the storm. We will also fill a garden bathtub and regular bathtub in addition to 4 sinks. Also, we have many buckets and containers we put out in the rain to collect flush/washing water.
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I finally finished, every container in the house has water and I’ve filed 45 sandwich baggies with water and I’m freezing them. I found if you fill the sandwich bag about half way it holds about 16 oz of water. The news is saying that Dorian may make landfall about 95 miles from me, which will give me rain and wind and most likely a loss of power. Prepared and praying for the best.
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20 filled. I’ve heard after so long water just sitting in a container goes bad. Is this true? If so how long can it sit before turning so you can’t drink it?
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Jason, water will last as long as 5 years if you add Aquatabs water purification tablets to it. They come in different types. So just look up water purification tablets and also you can buy from the Ready Store as well as amazon. Also you can get them in the camping section of walmart and sporting good stores. Some are a liquid forum.
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I have water purification tabs from Wal-Mart and some containers have drops of bleach but most i add nothing and it keeps fine. The water keeps ok until I replace it after draining containers on the garden.
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I picked up three more gallons of water at the store, and filled up two former vinegar gallon jugs with water to keep for flushing, etc. I normally keep plenty of water around (I think I drive my kids crazy with all the empty juice containers I refill with water. I didn’t want to fill the Ball jars yet- I’m canning pears this weekend so I’ll see how many I have left and fill those later.
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I have 4 – 55 gallon drums, 2 – 30 gallon, and 2 -10 gallon drums of water and we usually keep between 5-20 cases of water.
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I emptied vinegar bottles making weed spray so I filled them up with water to store.
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I live in a studio apartment, and I’m trying to eliminate/limit the usage of plastic so my space and options and very limited when I’m ignoring the the biggest issue of living in a city… I don’t trust the water. Working on filtering water to put into the jars that I don’t use that often. I’ve got some earmarked for more rice/dry goods when the funds allow.
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day 1 challenge
I have saved about 30 soda bottles and have started saving detergent bottles 5 so far (so obvious) but never thought of it. Have been researching how much bleach to use. And I now have a safe place to put them, I think. I wanted them out of the weather. To not freeze. But it is 10:48 pm can I fill them tomorrow?
I do think this will be fun 😀
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I have about 13 gal of potable water, and about 10 laundry jugs of non-pot for washing and flushing. Am filling 1/2 gal canning jars (4) also for drinking. No freezer except top of frig so no frozen water. Canner is in use for canning!
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Hi Tap. I only have a top freezer also so I’m using sandwich sized baggies and filling them half way with water and freezing them. I’m putting them in flat and it’s working well except for my fridge is dying two days before the hurricane. Thankfully i rent so the repair guy is coming in the morning.
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Filled 12 half gallon mason jars… all I have at the moment.
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6 gallon jugs and a handful of water bottles. Not a whole lot, but it’s an ok start, I think
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22 bottles
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I filled all the livestock tanks, 8 20L Amphora and checked on the pond, that was all the time I had to spare to the activity.
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have 2 5 gallon jugs and a dozen gallon jugs in addition to a couple cases of water and a couple of 2 1/2 gallon jugs.
Not too worried about water- live beside a stream and have old fashioned hand pump handy.
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We are currently a hot mess here. We spent THREE weeks moving & currently my front yard looks like the Clampets live here. I DID, however, manage to get my water cube hooked into the gutters off my mom’s brand new metal roof. And I did fill my two water barrels.
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I filled 11 2 liter pop bottles, two 4 liter bottles and three six liter collapsible water jugs purchased at the dollar store
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Water is not so much of an issue for me. We have several natural sources. I have found that when I am storing water in the house in plastic jugs for long term storage, it is a great idea to store them in totes. Just in case the plastic breaks down and leaks. I stored gallon water jugs under my stairs a few years ago, several leaked.. Damaged a bunch of other preps. Storing in totes will keep any spilled water confined.
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Found another gallon jug, gonna fill it and add it to the stash
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Hi, I am new here, just found this daily challenge. Looking forward to doing this. This weekend I just filled up my 55 gallon water barrel, and washed and filled up jugs I had been putting off doing.
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Just started the daily challenge. I have some water bottles filled, but just got some 55 gal barrels that need cleaned and will get them filled up today.
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15 containers. And refilling laundry detergent containers – brilliant!!
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I own 19 Water Bricks that I have filled and stored. For this challenge, I filled 2 cases, 48 total, 16 Oz beer bottles. I haven’t brewed anything in a while so this helps keep the bottles clean, too. I like to keep my canning jars free for….well canning.
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None. I just moved and am starting my preps from scratch! Definitely going on my priority list. In this state we return all bottles pretty quick so we can get our deposit back!
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4 bottles, 2 three gallon buckets, and 2 five gallon buckets. We don’t keep around enough closable containers.
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