RE: [californiadisasters] soft drink bottles used for water

Yes, a good pantry of canned goods at home can supplement the need for liquids.  But be sure to use cans that actually require a can opener, as you say, and not any of those with easy open pull tabs, as they do not have the same shelf lives or safety/security if kept too long.  Choose items with high water or natural juice content, and nothing condensed.

 

From: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com [mailto:californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Julie
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 9:10 PM
To: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] soft drink bottles used for water

 

 

I usually have a couple case of bottle water on hand in the kitchen, we use it and I keep stocking it up and some in our closet along with our quake kit... Now another place where you can get water from, when your water bottles break or the water turns green on ya or whatever happens to it and its undrinkable...go to your food cans, stock up them up esp your veggy ones, they have water in it and you can daily does of veggies..make sure you have a can open in your kit to be able to get into them. The cans are durable

 

On 9/10/2012 5:03 PM, Kim Noyes wrote:

 

Sunlight is hard on a lot of things and not just man-made things: many minerals experience color fading with prolonged exposure to direct sunlight such as amethyst and vanadinite and celestite.

You should store your water in a cool, dry place out of direct sunlight exposure if possible. I would suggest changing your stored water once a year but confess I don't even follow my own advice on this with my own cache of 6 5-gallon jugs having not been changed in several years... gotta get on that methinks!

Kimmer

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 11:23 AM, aweaawea <windpower@earthlink.net> wrote:

 

soft drink bottles used for water

Using fruit drink and soft drink plastic - ~liter or two liter bottles to save-store water- how long should they be replaced, or at least washed out and new water put in.

What is plastic chemicals that degrade and get into the water?
I presume that it gets worse quiker with sunlight and Heat storage place?

I try not to drink out of it if stored more than a few months - but ?? Does someone have a "yard stick" of rules of thumb?

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