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Why do we need to stock up on water? Even the CDC is recommending it. How does the virus put our water supply at risk? I have two weeks worth of water already
by adrr 7y ago
Why do we need to stock up on water? Even the CDC is recommending it. How does the virus put our water supply at risk? I have two weeks worth of water already stockpiled in case of an earthquake which could cause infrastructure damage to our water supply. Everyone should have that.
- soonnow 7y agoI think that is exactly what is recommended. If you got two weeks of water then you are good. As you said people should have it anyway, but a lot of people don't (myself included).
- war1025 7y ago> I have two weeks worth of water already stockpiled I assume you mean potable water and not a giant cistern dug into your back yard? How much water counts as "two weeks" worth?
- mherdeg 7y agoJeez, you stock 14 gallons of water per person in your house? Where do you keep it? Do you periodically re-freshen it or what?
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- almost_usual 7y agoDo you have a hot water heater? Common knowledge among SFFD to have some bottled water and access the hot water heater when that runs out.
- mherdeg 7y agoInteresting, our hot water heater is "tankless" and it hadn't occurred to me until this thread that this makes emergency prep a little more complicated.
- adrr 7y agoI have a few pallets of Costco bottled water in the garage. Think they are 6 gallons each. Could throw them under beds as well if you don’t have a garage. You don’t need 1 gallon per person. Probably half of that. One quart to drink and another to cook. Not going for recommended consumption when the goal is survival.
- sebazzz 7y agoApparently the virus doesn't live very long outside the body, at lower temperatures.
- jacquesm 7y agoThe general consensus is that viruses are not alive to begin with, it would probably be better to talk about 'active' viruses vs those that are no longer able to do their thing. A virus doesn't die, it simply becomes incapable of infecting a cell. A bacterium is alive, a virus borrows most of the machinery of life from a living cell. > https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-viruses-alive-2004/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-viruses-alive...