When I started prepping I was the guy with 1 month of storage of food on shelves in the basement and what amounted to 2 days worth of water for my family to go along side of it. Pitiful and scary at the same time, after all one can go much longer without food than …
Category Archive: Water
Feb 19
Water Storage Calculations
The rule of three: 3 weeks without food, 3 days without water, 3 hours without sheltersand 3 minutes without air. If someone manages to meet any one of those criteria unfortunately that means they will probably be passing into the next life to meet their maker. In most SHTF situations air will still be abundant …
Nov 23
Rainwater Harvesting FAQs, Tips and Resources
I’m currently working on my tertiary plan for obtaining potable water if T-SHTF. My first option is to rely on the municipal water supply, I figure unless things get ridiculously bad it should still remain at least partially functional. My second option will be to purify (filter, boil) water that I can source from a …
Oct 16
Water Purification
I found this great article over on hitthetrail.com, it provides a nice overview of some of the techniques used to purify water and some of the dangers that might lurk even in the most crystal clear mountain stream. As preppers the topic of Bugging Out is often discussed, heading to the hills to get away …








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