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Kaleva

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43. Water

Wed Feb 19, 2025, 10:25 PM

Feb 2025

A healthy adult can survive about 30 days without food but only 3 days without water . Then think of the food you have in your stock that you need water for and how much water. Dry beans and rice take quite a bit of water to prepare.

A method of dealing with human waste would be good too.

To climatize you and your family going without, simulate not having electricity, cell phones, city water, sewer services, gas for the car, and gas for heat and cooking for a few days like over a weekend.

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I'm not a prepper... but I wonder, what non-perishable items should I be stockpiling? [View all] Oopsie Daisy Feb 2025 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author LuckyCharms Feb 2025 #1

Yes... and done. They are still affordable. Thanks. Oopsie Daisy Feb 2025 #4

I'd say dried beans and rice. nt intrepidity Feb 2025 #2

I still have "Covid-rice" that I've carefully stored in FoodSaver vacuum bags. Oopsie Daisy Feb 2025 #9

Beans. C_U_L8R Feb 2025 #3

and Beano nt. MizLibby Feb 2025 #5

bullets TheProle Feb 2025 #6

We have a decent supply of those... but more couldn't hurt. Oopsie Daisy Feb 2025 #12

I have some 8mm that were made in 1956 so no worries there, they shoot just fine in my Yugo Mauser Shellback Squid Feb 2025 #44

I like this thread let's start adding ideas? ALBliberal Feb 2025 #7

With all due respect, for what are you stocking up? allegorical oracle Feb 2025 #8

I believe the answer is TSF. Sneederbunk Feb 2025 #11

OK. thx. allegorical oracle Feb 2025 #16

Well that's the rub, isn't it? taxi Feb 2025 #31

Seeds. n/t Chemical Bill Feb 2025 #10

Good idea. I'll have to check Amazon or mail order suppliers. Oopsie Daisy Feb 2025 #14

Check your dollar tree MissB Feb 2025 #27

Please don't shop at Amazon. n/t Chemical Bill Feb 2025 #48

Tuna, sardines, canned fruit etc. Quakerfriend Feb 2025 #13

So... ixnay on the orange Home Depot buckets. I'll have to check around for food-grade versions. Oopsie Daisy Feb 2025 #15

Preppers like to use mylar bags with those oxygen absorbers. nt Shermann Feb 2025 #26

My lowes and Home Depot both sell food grade buckets MissB Feb 2025 #30

Not sure if they still do it but usedtobedemgurl Feb 2025 #34

Plastic grades 2, 4, and 5 are the safest for food storage Shellback Squid Feb 2025 #45

Peanut butter senseandsensibility Feb 2025 #17

Excellent. It's time to restock. The double-pack of the extra-large JIF from Costco * Oopsie Daisy Feb 2025 #18

Kraft? With the bears on the front? usedtobedemgurl Feb 2025 #35

No, it's actually the store senseandsensibility Feb 2025 #38

5 gallons of water per person. I would get a life straw per person. Blue Full Moon Feb 2025 #19

We have many (many!) 5 and 7 gallon blue jugs that we'd take on our boondocks camping trips. Oopsie Daisy Feb 2025 #21

Emergency pack Blue Full Moon Feb 2025 #20

A lot of peanut butter LiberalArkie Feb 2025 #22

All the above plus tissues. Jit423 Feb 2025 #23

Salt for curing meat. Xolodno Feb 2025 #24

Oh ... I love how you think. 🍷🍷🍷 Oopsie Daisy Feb 2025 #25

I bought a box of civilian MREs during Covid. Shermann Feb 2025 #28

buy more of whatever non-perishable items you already enjoy & rotate it out cadoman Feb 2025 #29

I agree that you need to actually rotate what you buy and use it. Shermann Feb 2025 #39

Water filter WestMichRad Feb 2025 #32

I also discovered Parmalat milk during Covid Shermann Feb 2025 #33

Instant coffee. Price is about to go insane JCMach1 Feb 2025 #36

I only stock beans. At one point I stocked green coffee beans and would roast them. Shermann Feb 2025 #40

Buy more of what you already eat MissB Feb 2025 #37

You don't need to worry about the label, prep and be happy! JimPrideaux Feb 2025 #41

Canned goods last well beyond their best by date. I look for things that have high caloric and nutritional value. MLAA Feb 2025 #42

Water Kaleva Feb 2025 #43

Are you going to prep for the rest of your life and be prepared to defend it? elocs Feb 2025 #46

Cold / flu medicine for post CDC/NIH America Demovictory9 Feb 2025 #47