Cool, thanks. Do you clean the drinking water containers every time? Or just empty and refill them? 

Thanks. I’ve considered the water safety course and may go ahead and sign up. 

Got it. Thanks for your reply! It’s hard to get motivated to refill them but I’m going to try and push through. 

Bill – what exactly is a TWO x 4 candle gravity filter? I’ve tried googling but it’s hard to tell. Is it basically just a pitcher that you pour tap water into and then it filters it coming out of the bottom? 

Thanks for the recommendations guys. Appreciate it. I’ll have to look into RO units. 

This is super helpful. Thanks so much. One question. When you say a, “very concentrated amount of bleach”, can you elaborate? About how much bleach are you talking about using to clean a 5-gallon container? Also, roughly how much bleach do you then add to 5-gallons that you’re storing?  I really like your idea of having a filter my wife could use at the time if we ever got into a situation where we needed it. That means I can use tap water (which already has the bleach in it) and still satisfy her request for filtered come the zombie apocalypse 🙂  Thanks again. 

Thanks, Redneck. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the tap water, but try telling my wife that 😉 About how much bleach would you add to a 5 gallon water jug? 

Good article I read today related to this discussion. Poses the question: Are we, as a society, being too blasé about the threat of a nuclear attack. Draws some interesting parallels to our complacency about epidemics prior to COVID: https://adjacentpossible.substack.com/p/the-day-before?s=r

Really interesting sub-thread, guys. Re: if the US/Nato will intervene in Russia, impossible to say, obviously. Have you guys watched this talk from 2014? I highly recommend it if not: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4

Thanks for your input! I’ll check out the resources you’ve linked. At to your point about doing things in parallel, that’s absolutely my approach. I’m a “think big, start small” guy through and through. So the nuclear research is just that at this point, research. I’m actively working on more actionable basics. 

Thanks Pops. I picked up a copy of NWSS on my kindle a couple of weeks ago. Working through it currently. Your points about prep being multi-purpose really resonate with me. 

That’s a really interesting take, Bobcov. Thanks for sharing. 

One more question for you, Redneck. Are you sure you’re not describing Putin here?  “A country ruled by one crazy man, who could care less if his countrymen live or die, is a real threat.” Not trying to sound snarky here. It’s a genuine question. I don’t know enough about how Russian government works. Are there enough sane people with enough power surrounding Putin to prevent such a cataclysm? He seems unhinged and I wouldn’t put it past him to just say “fuck it, launch the nukes come what may.” 

Hey! Thanks for the response, and point taken about potentially biting off more than I can chew. But I’m not necessarily trying to prep for the apocalyptic. Based on some limited research I’ve done, the idea of an unsurvivable nuclear “nuclear winter” is not a foregone conclusion (?). The source below is “Nuclear War Survival Skills.” Granted, I think the edition I’m reading is from the 80’s so it’s quite possible I’m off base. Either way, one of my big takeaways has been that if you’re out of the immediate blast zone (and the zone of heaviest fallout) you dramatically improve your chances of surviving at least the initial shock. So if, for example, I can find a desirable location to live that is only 50-100 miles from my current location, I might consider a move. What comes after the initial 2-4 weeks is “out of scope” for my current project. I’m just focused on giving my family a chance to “stay in the fight” should the unthinkable happen.

Makes sense. Thanks for clarifying 🙏

Very good points about picking a location. Wouldn’t want to move to avoid a nuke only to put my family in harm’s way with several far more likely scenarios. I hadn’t considered this explicitly. Appreciate it.  Wasn’t aware of Thyrosafe but sounds like something I should read up on. 

That book sounds awesome. I will check it out. Thanks for the rec. 

Thanks, Bobcov. Appreciate the feedback.