Surviving Without Water — Easy Basic Preparedness To Store Water If The Grid Goes Down Or The Pipes Freeze

Surviving Without Water — Easy Basic Preparedness To Store Water If The Grid Goes Down Or The Pipes Freeze

Posted By: LilliHart
Date: Wednesday, 12-Aug-2015 14:39:59

Surviving without heat and power in a grid down event is more than enough to stress the hardiest of individuals; however, losing access to water taps our primordial fears, and there’s nothing much more serious to shake us from our illusions of safety and security. You may never know when you will wake up one morning to find absolutely no water coming from the faucets in your home and no water to flush toilets, bathe, drink, cook with, or wash dishes. Unless you’re already living off the grid and have your own well with water available by hand pump, you face the prospect on any given day of going dry.

This is what happened to me several days ago during the chilling winter Polar Vortex, when temperatures dropped to nearly 0 degrees Fahrenheit. After blinking my eyes several times and getting over the shock of finding dry faucets, I launched into Pioneer Woman mode. I hope not to ever have to do this again. MORE: http://www.jbbardot.com/surviving-without-water-easy-basic-preparedness-to-store-water-if-the-goes-grid-down-or-the-pipes-freeze/

The average person is not prepared for a waterless event. Fortunately I was and still am, but it was not fun. Here are some tips on how to get prepared and stay that way, so in the event your pipes freeze or other more sinister event occurs, you’ll still be able to cope until the weather warms. 

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