Water shortages

[Wulf202]

Looks like Tulsa OK and many texas towns are running low.

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_10_17/6...t_.html&page=1


"Residents of nearby Kemp, Texas, were reeling from no water in the midst of the wretched heat.

As temperatures soared to the triple-digits for the 37th consecutive day Sunday, city officials made an emergency decision to shut off the town's water supply.

"Right now our water towers have no water in them at all," said Mayor Donald Kile"

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/08/hea...html?hpt=us_c2

[Irving]

I'm afraid we'd only last a week or two with drinking water. Much less with bathing and potential cooking.

[gnihcraes]

I keep filling up 1 gallon jugs. Running out of room to store them.

[Irving]

I've got like 35+ 2 liter bottles full of water. I've got a good 20 more empty ones I need to store though. Thank goodness for the crawl space.

[DFBrews]

If you have the space a beer keg is a great way to store 15 gallons of water the center spear part is easy to remove and the container is stainless so clean up is super easy as well. I have a couple filled and have one of the cheap hand pumps to extract the watery goodness.

[Irving]

I just saw a guy drop TWO full size kegs in the dumpster the other day. I thought about grabbing them, but couldn't convince myself that they'd serve a purpose. I should have grabbed them, then asked. Heck, I should have asked him what was in them.

[mcantar18c]

I have a creek 30 yards from my front door, and a large pond/small lake 200 yards away. Ain't the cleanest but that's what the pot and blowtorch are for.

[DFBrews]

I just saw a guy drop TWO full size kegs in the dumpster the other day. I thought about grabbing them, but couldn't convince myself that they'd serve a purpose. I should have grabbed them, then asked. Heck, I should have asked him what was in them.

They are worth 20 bucks a piece for a deposit

[DFBrews]

And if anyone decides to use kegs to store I can help them with getting the spear out and also throughly clean the beer stank

[rbeau30]

I stack my 2-liter bottles of water in these:



I'm a homebrewer as well... so I completely sanitize my 2-liter bottles before I fill them with water with sanitizing solution... I keep 8 2-liters in each car in these and it prevents them from rolling around the trunk. Also makes Stacking the water on a pallet easy.