End of the World!!

[Ruthie]

I hadn't thought of bottled water expiring. Probably because I never buy any and should. It's something you can do anyway to prepare as quite a few conscientious households have and some will even show you all they've accumulated when you go over to their houses. But it won't stop the chaos outside your door in a real collapse that just might find its way in, too. Lots of guns and not enough food or water ain't gonna be pretty.

You are right- not a pretty senario at all. Actually, I think store-bought bottled water does last longer, but what I have is tap water with a drop of bleach in 2 liter bottles. It has to be changed out every 6 months, but of course can be used to water plants, as boiling water for HP, etc. when it is changed out.

Me, I'm not showing my neighbors what I have, as I do not want them coming for it. Its like the person who buys a new TV and puts the box out in the yard , leaving it there all week til the trash man comes. Every crook that drives by knows there is a new TV in there. It is just asking for trouble. I am NOT a "prepper," but if those eventualities come, I want to keep what I have.

 

[lizflowers42]

This thread is beginning to remind me of a lot of young adult fiction novels I have read over the last year (kind of my favorite!). Love a good collapse of society novel! :crazy:

 

[Maythorn]

Ruthie, that's very resourceful with the water and the bleach. I often wait til I need to go grocery shopping so I guess part of me thinks this doom won't happen in my lifetime. As for society I think that collapsed already awhile ago and we're seeing the effects in the appalling news every day. Not that news wasn't always appalling. I bet in the Wild West or Civil War it was horrific. I have an elderly relative who can't even watch news. She's in "a delicate way," right now as her generation used to say and so we keep "Omigod, did you hear about..." out of our conversations around her. She knows what's what, she just doesn't need further verification.

 

[Pepsi Girl]

We bottle water and good bottled water will last about a year and a half . After that it will start to taste like plastic. But the water would still be good. However not all bottled water is equal!

 

[Maythorn]

I wonder if storing in glass would be good then and you wouldn't get the plasticy flavor. I should try this and do it with the last large bottle of juice I got and I kept the bottle and lid. Maybe with wine bottles, too, that have a screw top. Although most better quality wines still have corks.

 

[Pepsi Girl]

I wonder if storing in glass would be good then and you wouldn't get the plasticy flavor. I should try this and do it with the last large bottle of juice I got and I kept the bottle and lid. Maybe with wine bottles, too, that have a screw top. Although most better quality wines still have corks.

Glass is always better.

 

[Ruthie]

If you have access to glass, go for it! As I said earlier, our town has such aging infrastructure and our water goes out regularly. Last week it was out for the whole afternoon. So we face that need regularly, not just when there is a "disaster."

BTW, if your city water has sufficient chlorine, it isn't even necessary to add the bleach.