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A place to share information on emergency preparedness as it relates to disasters both natural and man-made.

Would you survive in the event of economic, political and social collapse? What natural disasters such as tornadoes, earthquakes or hurricanes are prevalent in your area? What can you do? What should you be doing now? What do you need to know/have?

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How often should I refresh my drinking water storage? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz to c/preppers@lemmy.ca

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Sorry if this is a noob question. I have some 5-liter plastic bottles of drinking water. I normally just drink from the tap so I haven’t used any of that in about a year.

I know they’re probably still good to go for quite a while but I’m wondering - what do you all typically do? Do you use and replace the water so the stored one doesn’t taste stale?

Also, are there any good alternatives to storing drinking water in plastic? I’m trying to reduce my usage of plastic containers for long term food and liquid storage.

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[–] 667@lemmy.radio 12 points 2 weeks ago

If kept in a cool dark place, they’ll be pretty stable, but you’ll still want to churn your supply by using one and filling it then put it at the “back of the line”. Use a container or more per day for cooking and cleaning and you’ll rotate through your stock according to however many containers you’ve got in that number of days.