Water is the building blocks of
life. In the event of an occurrence that would threaten your way of a life you
are going to need water to survive. You can go 10 days of more without eating
but that goes down to 4 days for water. The main thing in planning your Haven is to
have good clean water. You will need water to drink most of all. You must have
a clean and accessible source of water for cooking, bathing, and sanitation.
How much water do you have at home for your friends and family?
Remember that if you lose power you
will not have water. I do not care if
you have your own well or city water.
City’s have water towers which have a pump which pumps water up into the
tower to build the pressure for the water system. After about six hours the
tower is dry. Your well works with a
pressure tank after fifteen minutes your tank is dry. Most cities do not have a generator to back
up for pumping water. Generators for
home owners are rare and finding one that will be large enough to pump water is
very hard to find.
How long are you going to stay at
your home if there is no water? Do you
have a lake of stream in the area? Do
you have a way to treat the water before you use it? Think how sick you would be if the water was
polluted. This would make a bad
situation worse.
You at least need a gallon of water
per person per day. Let us say that you
are going to be going on the road for seven days and there are four in your
party. Water weights eight pounds per
gallon which means 4X7X8=224 pounds. I hope that you have a car or truck to
just carry your water.
You need a Haven to go to that has
running water. A plan to get there should
include a water filter kit and some tablets to disinfect the water. Right now do you have any plan at all if
there was to be an occurrence? I would
bet that you think someone will be there to take care of you, family, and
friends. Do not count on large relief
effort if the occurrence is over a large area.
We have seen in the last year with floods, tornados, and hurricanes how well
the residents were taken care of in their time of need. Where Are You Going To
Go???
