Second of your videos I have watched. I like the "vibe" and I am thinking the younger members of my family will find encouragement from what you present. I stated on my first post that we in the Philippines are blessed with an abundance of water. Treatment is mandatory before consumption! Now, this very night after finishing laundry, I went to fill a small bucket and the water flowed out nearly black with a slight hint of purple. That was around 2:30 AM. As I type, 4:45 AM and as we wait for the water to clear in our "high end" sub division I will share a little of what we do for water prep. Do not worry, the management company claims they are "working on it." Many Philippine homes included a "dirty kitchen," an outside covered area where food preparation and cooking is done to help keep inside the home tidy and odor free. There is a lot of storage in the dirty kitchen, outside our home. For everyday use, I ordered twenty (20) five (5) gallon round water jugs of drinking of water along with a good number of blue rectangular jugs with dispenser taps. The plan is, as soon as five (5) round jugs are empty together with whatever number of rectangular blue jugs are empty, more water is immediately ordered. We keep five (5) of our round jugs and a good number of our retangular jugs at the refilling station. They fill, deliver and pick up the empties, usually the following day after we call. We have more than enough drinking water in reserve to last for weeks in the event of localized flooding during a typhoon and deliveries to many location are interrupted. For domestic water, we have been collecting and filling food grade 55 gallon barrels. We also found a source of empty shortening containers from bake shops that are plentiful and cheap. They make fantastic trash barrels and since they are also food grade plastic, we have water storage galore both inside and outside our hacienda. This bulk water storage can be treated for drinking, if ever our delivered water becomes unavailable. We have scoped out available water sources in and around our subdivision, just in case! Now, off the whack the subscribe button.

Old geezer EX-pat from the Philippines checking in. Due to our high humidity tropical climate, we battle rust on a constant basis. Some tools that see regular use like my KABAR need protection but vacuum sealing is a no-go. After touching up the blade, I give it a wipe with vaseline witch is relatively food safe. I picked a model with synthetic grip and sheath rather than the stacked leather grip and leather sheath, again, because we live in the tropics. Gear that may see regular use, we generally pack in gasketed plastic containers with a moisture absorber. Beautiful Bride attempts to find containers that will offer some view of what is inside each container in the event the label falls off. Some items that may be changed out occasionally, we pack tightly in the best quality resealable plastic bags available.The reason for this is additional water storage. We have an abundance of water in the Philippines. However, without treatment, you should not consider consuming this water. You can never have enough water storage in a bad event. For longer term storage, YES, vacuum sealing is a great option.

What a great idea! And there are so many ways you could set these up for all sorts of situations. I was thinking how great they would be in a suitcase if you are traveling…nothing would leak

More water stories. I worked outback. When I moved there, my neighbour took me to see the waterworks. This was desert country and we were in a bad drought on top of everything else. So the creek river (small source) was way low, making it difficult for animals to get do the water. There were dead kangaroo floating in our ‘drinking water. My neighbours response to my pointing out the obvious was “don’t worry. They put enough chemicals in the water to kill anything,” I only used bottled water, even for showering because I would get rashes if I used the tap water. Then I got a Berkey. Still have it to this day.

Anyway, water is the topic. Roadworks cut the line that brought the water up the mountain. I had nothing in reserve except for what a person would normally have. It was a 3day repair job at least. By the time I got to the grocery store water was gone and so were most other drinks. Luckily the school that I worked in was given a priority so I had water during the day. I just made sure to fill up my bottle (only one because we were all in the same boat) and it would be enough to get through the night.

I can identify with your fire experience. When I lived in the Blue Mountains, we got to the be ready stage (like you). My car was packed full for weeks ( fire threats don’t end just because it is ok to return home, I.e. root fires can start the whole thing over again instantly). Schools shut, only essential business were open, and we had to lodge our destination information. The fire and police came door knocking to see who was left, were we packed and where I was going. I was the only one left within a two block radius because a friend said not to worry and hotels/ motels were booked out for over 100ks.

What about those hybrid cars that run off of electricity. Can you tell us about them please? What to expect from them? What happens if caught in a traffic jam like you two were during the fires?

Looks good and I like the idea of fresh to start with. Can you tell me more about the Spanish rice? My mother made it when I was so young that I never learned. So far I have not found any receipt (old fashion word) that does the job. Ta (thanks).

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The cig lighter runs my portable dvd player and charges my unit when I am driving

Thank you for sharing. you talked about thing that I had not thought about and are doable without spending heaps of money It also sounds that the recommended 3day prep is not enough, something I have been thinking about. Can you talk more about this and what you would actually bring? It may be different if joining other people.

Really liked this method! Many of the items you sealed up are things that often leak (and make big mess), but this will not happen when they are sealed up,, or at least the leaks will be contained! Thanks.

BAG BALM ointment since 1899 about $6-$8 for 10 Ounces which is alot--GET YOURSELVES SOME, a 3" H by 3"W Green Container with small old fashioned design on it--MY EXPERIENCE as an OINTMENT it works BETTER & FASTER than Neosporin etc. plus it is TRULY COST EFFECTIVE, you won't regret having this in your kit. An Old Time Farmer Household Necessity. I've found it at wal-mart in both health & beauty aid section and pet section, some drug stores and in pet stores. It was used by farmers as a wound healer on cows utters, it worked so well farmers used it on their own cuts and scrapes. I personally refuse to use anything else as per what my specialist wound care Dr. said to me WHATEVER YOUR USING KEEP USING IT, IT IS WORKING PERFECTLY AND NO INFECTION. It has and looks kinda like a darker color vaseline. I had a huge cysts/boil type wound pop out of my upper-back that had drained 3 cores and oozed nasty poison for 3 weeks soaking an ABD Pad daily, I used BAG BALM ONLY. This HOLE in my back was the SIZE of a 50 CENT PIECE 1/4 inch deep with another Hole dead center of the 50 cent hole perfectly the size of a pencil that went directly into my body (a canal so to speak). This thing formed overnight and stuck out of my back about 2 1/2" like a volcano and deep purplish red with so much pressure. This formed because of a mastoid obliteration wound surgery of the EAR I'd had 30+ years prior, the poisons made its own path to get out of my body. Yes it was disgusting yet it was good to get that junk out and no other health problems followed as easily this now OPEN WOUND could have become infected from the outside in--IT DIDN'T because I used BAG BALM. Unfortunately I couldn't get in to seeing my Dr. for 3 weeks, the day I did the wound had just began a thin layer of replacement skin over the holes, there was no redness/soreness ONLY HEALING and just like that it was gone, however it did leave a scar but very light in its invisibility (hardly noticeable), Sincerely a granny.

Maybe wipe and dry then seal. Id ask about vinegar water ling term affects for food grade ..or rusting. But seriously not to hold germs for months or yrs.

I had some emergency GMRS radios that I kept in my car and after several years of changing temperatures and humidity, they finally quit working. I replaced them with new radios which I vacuum-packed to keep the humidity from affecting them. Hopefully, this will keep them from dying on me the way the first set did.

Yes stock up . Stock what you eat and rotate. One is none and two is one. That’s what I learned

Your channel popped up and I subscribed. Also, I prep to survive also. I like to see what I have. My prepping got us thru Covid pandemic and when we had Covid twice. We didn't need anything.

Very Informative videos. I love them.😍😍❤❤👌👌

Thank you. IO keep vacuum sealed kits in my backpack for hiking. Personally, I bought a first-aid kit, took everything out of the original pack, added a few things that I thought was needed. Vacuum sealed it all together and put it in my backpack for when we go hiking or wherever. Yesterday, my daughter and I went white water rafting for the first time with a group of people and guides. We got soaking wet and so did our gear. The contents in my pack were completely dry, thanks to vacuum sealing. I have our main first-aid kit that stays in the RV bundled in one kit, our emergency hygiene is bundled in one kit. I like your idea better by breaking it down into smaller kits. More organized and no need to break open a large kit for one or two items when a smaller kit can be resealed later. And if the open smaller kit does not survive before getting back, the whole kit wouldn't be ruined. Tonight, we will separate and make smaller kits.

Weirdly enough i hsve a failing fuel pump and it burns more gas when over a half tank

There are times I had dirt to grow a potato but, I can't wait around for a garden mature, If I sit too long, I feel as if I'm decomposing. I have to move on. 14 days is my usual time limit for a stay.

As a full time RVer as you know. I always fill my tank just before I stop for a couple days.

I have the same generator, but without the bluetooth. I converted mine to tri-fuel using the MSK7000 kit and now I use natural gas. You can see it running at various loads on my channel. The EU7000is a great generator.

I always fill up when I'm only a 1/4 tank low.

Ya.... I see how far i can go before i run out half the time.........

For emergencies you should have or reserve of fuel. For general use, as long as you don't run the tank empty, it's perfectly fine to let it run to emptyon the gauge. Just dont push it. And 25 years as A automotive technician tells me that the fuel pump is 80% more likely to fail if the tank is full

Keeps your fuel pump from burning up as well

Thank you. Very helpful.

That's exactly what I do. Other tips on prepping beside food and water but things most preppers will not talk about. That is female hygiene items such as tampons, Kotex, shampoo, toothpaste, TP, etc. My daughter is 8 years old right now, not yet but as she gets at that age, she is stocked up for hopefully a couple months. I thought ahead and bought them before Bidenomics got carried away with consumer prices. Other thing that is very important to stock up on is OTC medications from pain meds, diarrhea, to cold/flu meds. Buy on sale and stock up. I vacuum seal dry medications to keep them fresh longer. I vacuum seal wooden stick matched to keep dry. You understand what I am getting at. Thank for another video.

What a great idea!

They are the best but they are not worth 3x the price of comparable wattage inverter gens. You don’t pay 3x the price of a Honda accord compared to a Kia.

It's hard to find a fault with that beauty! I get by with 2 2200's in parallel for the simple light weight but if I had the $ I'd go with the big boy for run time. People knock the price but when you need a generator you're not having a good day to begin with and that's when I want tried and true equipment.

Maybe put them inside a container in the cupboard in case they leak. I stored some water and the bottles leaked. Just a suggestion

We recently bought a Honda for boon-docking in our van and love it. Great informative video.

Like and subbed keep up the informitive content 👌

Great content

Ya... Uh, NO...

You can reduce the inrush current on the well pump with a Schneider electric altistart01 soft starter. I put one on mine, dropped inrush by almost 30% if I recall, they are about $125. They have a voltage and time setting, need to be careful not to set voltage too low or the pump won't start turning. Keep the time as short as possible too.

Thank you a good use of unused space !

Nice, useable hidden space. 👍

Thank you!

Great idea thank's

I hate to say it. That's not going to last long. This couple needs to up.their game

I keep several gallon containers of spare water under the bed in the back of the RV with several half racks of sodas. about 10 large containers of Folgers coffee grounds.

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Tuna packets are also practical and will last a couple years

bruh, my fat ass gunna burn through that tote in a week

A friend of mine was stocking food. They amassed maybe three years' worth. While they were on vacation the rats moved in, ate all the food except canned food and anything peppermint. The rats also ate their medical supplies stored. They are now restocking but storing in plastic bins rather than cardboard boxes like they were before. Plus, it took several months to get rid of the rats.

It’s too small need a bigger one

You don’t look prepared for any evac just grabbed what was on your counter stop lying