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Okay, you've got me blushing now. That doesn't happen too often.

Another source: canned food. Many types of canned food use water instead of syrup, so if necessary you could eat some of these cans of food and then drink the (flavored) water.

It's also a good idea to fill up your bathtub immediately after any "event" such as an earthquake or something that might require you to turn off your pipes due to water contamination, or if the water supply is cut off. This will provide a good amount of water for hygiene and other purposes should you be without access for a while. You can actually buy a one-time-use bladder for this type of thing, but I don't think it's worth the money.

I was wondering if I buy my water at the local water store here in town and keep rotating it to always have a 2 weeks supply since its only 25 cents a gallon do I still need to worry about this?

My thoughts on this:

In the water PDF linked above, I talk briefly about some of the plastics used for common water bottles you can get from the store. Whatever you do, don't get the kid that are shaped like milk jugs. Avoid them like the plague.

I like the sturdy Arrowhead kind of bottles since they're stackable and durable -- at least, much more so that the others.

However, while a two week supply of water is a great starting point, it's just that -- a starting point. The common counsel for food storage is three months (for a variety of reasons; in one scenario, having to quarantine at home because of a flu pandemic would likely be two to three months), which means that you need three months of water storage to go along w/ that food.

So a two week water storage supply should never be treated as "I'm done!", but instead only as a minimum short-term supply. Long-term water storage is a crucial component of overall emergency preparedness.

In the opening of my previous comment where I said "When it comes to..." I meant to say "purifying" rather than "filtering", since filtering (like treating) is only one component of overall water purification. Minor detail, but I don't want to confuse anybody!

When it comes to filtering water, more is better! I always recommend that people "double up", in that they treat and filter water that is used in long-term storage scenarios. This ensures the removal of particles, bacteria, virii, scary-sounding microorganisms, and all the rest. (Provided, of course, that you have a good filter and treatment plan.)

Personally, I have an AquaRain filter (comparable in many ways to the Berkeys) as well as a few treatment options to choose from, depending on the volume of water I'm needing to treat. As was indicated in the post, most municipal water is pre-chlorinated, though if it's been stored for a couple years you will still want to treat it.

Keep in mind that long-term water storage is VERY important. I've documented several options in the PDF I created (linked above under "additional resources"), so you can choose what works best for you. But while we all tend to think primarily about food storage, 95% of the food we store requires water to cook/use it, not to mention the need for water in terms of hygiene, hydration, and sanitation. Few people worry about water, thinking that they'll be able to collect rain or get some from a nearby river. But this same mentality is what prevents people from storing food (thinking that they'll always have access to a grocery store or the Mormon neighbor down the road who has a year supply). We need to store water for long-term situations, and more importantly, know how to use it.

There are a bunch of combinations you can use for making sure your stored water is ready to use, but again, I stress the importance of both filtering and treating your water. Bleach works great in many situations, but doesn't get 100% of what's in there. For this reason I always advocate both a treatment and filtration option to be sure that the water we drink is helping and not hurting us, especially in a situation where having health and strength would be most needed.

My 2¢.

Do you really think your church acted out of love then?

I sure do. Individual members of the Church, imperfect as we are, have surely fallen short of that noble goal on many occassions. But in every letter I've read and every video clip I've watched, the Church and its leaders have definitely exemplified a spirit of love, compassion, and—yes, it's true—tolerance.

From where I stand it sure looks like hate.

Saying no to somebody's request is hateful, then?

And spreading rumors and lies is not what I would call honorable.

Ah yes, the "rumors and lies" argument. Funny how both sides of any political issue or campaign can get away with saying that, isn't it?

That means I have reach. I most likely share things with my friends through this enormous, now social tool. This should signal that to them, regardless of who I am.

I understand your point, but I think the delivery is a bit off. Your example here is like a celebrity walking into any random store and demanding free access to their products and services, with the threat that any refusal to do so will result in that celebrity going to the media and complaining. Claiming you have lots of friends, "reach", or the ability to communicate with a bunch of random strangers does not entitle you or anybody else to special privileges or unequal treatment.

Yes, the company could have made an exception w/ the hope that you would speak favorably of them. But they still got your business, and you're still talking about them (any news is good news, right? - yeah, only to a certain extent). :)

The sky crashing down sure vindicates those who have been screaming "the sky is falling!" for years, largely ignored by the masses. Not that that helps anything. It's a sad day in America right now.

Hear, hear. I read a ton on the internet, but it's not nearly the same as marking up a good book w/ my highlighter and consuming a well thought out product of literature.

I've had more success finding cheap books (the kind I like to read, anyway) at DI than I ever did at the BYU sale. Anywho, good luck.

@Julie - Ha, looks like that site you sent is a clone of Clicky (or, most likely sub-licensed out). Clicky is the original and main name behind the amazingness you've experienced.

I use (and prefer) Clicky. I use GA as well for some other things, but Clicky is far better and more granular reporting - I can track individual visitors, tag their IPs w/ a name (so I can know who they are), and view all of their history in visiting my site. Clicky is also immediate whereas GA is delayed. And Cicky has a "spy" feature which shows me in real time who is coming to my site - I always have it open on the corner of my screen to observer what's going on. Yes, it costs money, but I think it's worth it. :)

Sadly, yes, American democracy is dying. What's even sadder is that the Republic died long ago.

I'd be interested to see some sort of compilation of statistics showing the plummeting rate at which world economic productivity grinds to a halt during Jobs' keynotes.

As for me, I know I never get any work done while the RDF is activated.

Dang. Just as I was getting excited that Fluid shows a badge on the icon displaying the number of unread items (new feature, since the last time I used it), I learned that by replacing the icon with the one on the site you linked to above, the badge functionality doesn't work. Grrr.

Being an employee is swiftly starting to feel like the bonds of slavery. ;)

Ha! I'm exploring the possibiity of freelancing full time, so this rings true to my ears...

I miss Hugh.

Reminds me of the seashells in Fahrenheit 451...

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nor sincerely spiritual*

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Really? I mean, really?

Sure, there's more emotion. But I would argue that there is also a lot more fluff. My wife has repeatedly commented how she'd rather go to EQ than RS. In her experience (and mine, from when I would visit RS to make announcements and such), RS is not nearly as intellectually stimulating nor sincerely spiritually. There tends to a be a lot of surface-level feel-goodery.

This is not to say that all RS groups are like this, nor that EQ is inherently more spiritual and deep. But I've had far better gospel discussions in EQ than I've ever heard of taking place in RS.

Perhaps it's an isolated occurence in the wards I've been in, but I think even as a woman, I'd prefer EQ.

Huzzah!

More particularly, how far above our needs we live, while so much of the world lives under theirs. And how we’ve managed to delude ourselves into believing that we need what we really only want.

Bastiat talks about this when discussing the progressiveness of man's wants:

Scarcely has a man found shelter than he desires to be lodged, scarcely is he clothed than he wishes to be decorated, scarcely has he satisfied his bodily cravings than study, science, art, open to his desires an unlimited field.

It is a phenomenon well worthy of remark, how quickly, by continuous satisfaction, what was at first only a vague desire becomes a taste, and what was only a taste is transformed into a want, and even a want of the most imperious kind.

I was tasked to builid a new UI for an updated Commuter Link site at my previous job, but the project died. They had already contracted a dev company to create a beta site, which was leaps and bounds better than the existing one, but the guy in charge didn't like it and wanted something different. It was very javascript-heavy and took forever to load, but hey, at least it worked. Who knows if it will ever see the light of day.

I could never do this. I mark up my books like crazy (I don't read much fiction) and love to go back and reference them for papers, blog posts, and personal study. I've got a lot of books, and my wife asked me the other day (since we're moving soon) if I planned to keep all of my books. I was stunned that she thought I would ever part with any of them. :)

I think I also cried during Spiderman 3... because it was so horrible. :)

Man, you sure do reveal a lot about yourself on this blog... :)

I've never not cried at the end of The Testaments.. I recall being in the MTC, turning around as they flipped the lights on afterwards, and watching 2,000 19 year olds wipe their eyes with their ties. Hilarious.

All blessings will come in the due time of the Lord if you are willing to work for them, remain worthy of them and accept them.

Well said, Janet. As much as I disliked the "in the due time of the Lord" mantra as a single guy, it was (and is!) nevertheless true.