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Preparing Yourself for the Next Disaster: Water Storage Part III

October 24, 2017 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

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You’re making progress. How to store water isn’t easy. It requires your attention. But you can do this, because without water you’re toast in three days.

Don’t get overwhelmed. There’s an endless combination of ways to store water for short, intermediate, and long-term needs as I discuss here. Today I’m focused on providing you with a two-week supply or an intermediate-term storage solution. I’ve chosen four fifty-five-gallon barrels.

These barrels aren’t small. Imagine those big-yellow barrels getting dragged off the Orca in the movie Jaws and you get the picture. They are about two-feet in diameter and three-feet in height. I’ve searched high and low for the best prices and I’ve found them at Walmart.com for $51.55 each (a savings of $28.40).

You don’t even have to go into Walmart because they deliver. No driving through town with big-blue barrels hanging out of the trunk. You won’t be Mr. Obvious telling everyone “hey look at me I’m storing water.” Get them delivered.

The barrels arrive in boxes. Cut off the tops and save them. The boxes will be used to cover the barrels. This is a crucial step in helping you conceal from the outside world.

You now have food grade, Emergency Essentials, FDA approved, BPA free, barrels concealed in boxes that will be tough for someone to steal. Unlike Jaws these will be full of water. Each gallon weighs 8-pounds. No one is going to be running out of your garage like a harpooned shark with 450 pounds on their back.

Make sure you store the barrels on two-by-fours if storing on cement. Cement leaches chemicals when it gets hot. Mine are on non-pressure treated two-by-fours because if cement leaches chemicals I don’t want to learn later that pressure treated wood leaches chemicals. I don’t even know if this is scientifically possible, but having peace of mind and confidence in what I’m drinking plays a big part in all of this.

Now you’ve got a plan for intermediate-term water storage. Next up is how to prepare the barrel and the water for consumption.

If you are just joining my series on water storage, catch up by reading my previous posts here, here, and here.

Originally posted at Yoursurvivalguy.com.

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E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998.

E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention.

E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zildjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris.

Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com

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