Ok, so I decided to break up this post into two separate ones. So the handouts that I used for water storage and sheltering at home without power, water, etc, are located at the beginning of the previous post.
Please see my notes for water storage information. Additional information that was asked last night was about where to buy the different storage options. Here's what I remember:
5-gallon plastic water containers with spigot-a lot of stores carry these in camping department. I think they are between $7-10. Here's one from Emergency Essentials:
Might be able to get on clearance in Aug/Sept. Most of these won't stack, though. If you want the stackable kind, you'll need to look on a preparedness or camping website. Emergency Essentials has the Aqua-Pak brand for $13.95. Just Google "Aqua-Pak 5 gallon water container" and you might find it cheaper.
They have a 7 gallon one too, for a couple dollars more.
I also showed the 5 gallon mylar bag/box combination. They are stackable and I like the fact that when you're moving, they fold up real flat, so they don't make up much space. I'm sure there are many brands out there. Emergency Essentials has sells them in a kit of 5 boxes, for a total of 25 gallons of water. The kit sells for $34.95.
If you want a hose to fill your containers, that doesn't have lead in it, here is one to look at. I think Home Depot carries them too, but this will give you an idea. I know they come in shorter lengths too.
If you need a syphon to get water out of your 55 gallon barrels, you can use a small piece of hose, or a syphon like this:
Or the pump that we have is this one:
It's $14.18 plus shipping, and it does come apart so you can store easily in smaller space.
If you're looking for the water filtration bottle we purchased, you can find the one filter here:
It's usually out-of-stock, along with the two filter one. But just place to order and they will ship when it comes back in stock.
If you want a new 55 gallon barrel, I pick mine up at Dayton Industrial Drum Company for $50. They sell smaller ones too, but they are only $5-10 cheaper. I was a little intimidated going there first as it's not a typical store. If you want one from there, I'm happy to go with you or pick it up with there are several that want them.
If you don't mind a food grade used 55 gallon barrel, I have purchased over 75 from www.ohiobarrel.com. Joe is great to work with!
As for the shelter-in-place items, my husband did most the research on them. Here's what we have:
Portable Butane Stove-safe to use indoors
(works great for fondue too!)
The fuel for the stove (couldn't find it locally at the time)
Coleman 6-Day 82 Qt. Ultimate Xtreme Wheeled Cooler and 50 qt.
Coleman 8D Square Pack-Away Lantern with Remote Control
Coleman 4D Rugged Personal Size Rugged Lantern
I love these-this is what I showed at the class-gives off a bright light, light weight. We keep one in the upstairs hall closet and one in the downstairs closet (batteries in a ziploc next to light)
Duracell DPP-600HD Powerpack 600 Jump Starter & Emergency Power Source with Radio
This was the battery pack I showed you, which is constantly charging in our food storage room. Great to take on campouts, jump car batteries, etc.
Our generator we purchased at Home Depot-it's a 3500 watt. It kept our freezer, fridge, running and we also hooked up various other items to it at the same time (like the kids' dvd players, computer, sewing machine, cell phone chargers, the battery pack to charge it). Do your research on generators to make sure you get one that is large enough for what you want to run off of it. There are charts out there that will tell you how much energy your appliances use.
There may be cheaper places to buy these, and they may come on sale. I noticed that the battery we got for $40 cheaper than what it's currently listed for. We just like Amazon because they have competitive prices and we usually get free, 2nd day shipping. Most camping gear comes on clearance in the fall and generators and such in the early spring.
If I left something off, that you'd like more information on, please ask. My husband does the research for these products and I think he's pretty thorough. We've used them all and like them-haven't had any issues, and would thus recommend them, if they suite your needs.
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