So today we finally got it done. We used to be regular. Every 6 months, change out the water barrels. Well, it's been almost 2 years. Yikes. Mike came over and he and Duff worked all afternoon and got them done.
We just added 2 more 55 gallon barrels, so now we have 6 of those and 2 15 gallon drums. This is the stage after they have been emptied and the bleach water is in them, they have been rolled around and are now upside down for 10 minutes.
Here is our storage area in the side garage. We decided to keep them in this garage because it keeps them out of the elements and this one stays pretty cool all times during the year. We learned that they shouldn't sit directly on the concrete. They need to be able to 'breathe' and if they sit on the concrete they can also pick up any odors, etc.
Nicely stacked on top of the 2 X 4's.
Cleaned, filled, and ready.
Duff was at lunch with a couple of his business partners. They wanted to go see a movie after, and he told them he would have to pass today. They asked why, and when he told them he was rotating our water storage, they laughed at and were teasing him. However, one of them told him that he had been recently at a HOA meeting for where he lives and the fire department was the keynote speakers on emergency preparedness. The first thing out of the speaker's mouth was, "Whenever we have a big emergency; fire, earthquake, etc. Find one of your Mormon neighbors. They've got this thing down. They'll have food, water, and supplies to get you through!" Of course that comment got a round of laughter, but the fireman was serious. Duff looked at John and Mike K. and told them they won't think it's so funny when they are knocking on our door! It's good they all like each other....
Anyway, scratch that one off the list for now.
We just added 2 more 55 gallon barrels, so now we have 6 of those and 2 15 gallon drums. This is the stage after they have been emptied and the bleach water is in them, they have been rolled around and are now upside down for 10 minutes.
Here is our storage area in the side garage. We decided to keep them in this garage because it keeps them out of the elements and this one stays pretty cool all times during the year. We learned that they shouldn't sit directly on the concrete. They need to be able to 'breathe' and if they sit on the concrete they can also pick up any odors, etc.
Nicely stacked on top of the 2 X 4's.
Cleaned, filled, and ready.Duff was at lunch with a couple of his business partners. They wanted to go see a movie after, and he told them he would have to pass today. They asked why, and when he told them he was rotating our water storage, they laughed at and were teasing him. However, one of them told him that he had been recently at a HOA meeting for where he lives and the fire department was the keynote speakers on emergency preparedness. The first thing out of the speaker's mouth was, "Whenever we have a big emergency; fire, earthquake, etc. Find one of your Mormon neighbors. They've got this thing down. They'll have food, water, and supplies to get you through!" Of course that comment got a round of laughter, but the fireman was serious. Duff looked at John and Mike K. and told them they won't think it's so funny when they are knocking on our door! It's good they all like each other....
Anyway, scratch that one off the list for now.
3 comments:
You guys are SO ON THE BALL! Man, we've only got (2) barrels - I think we're going to have to increase ours. Our ONLY problem is they FREEZE SOLID in the winter so I'm not sure HOW TO HANDLE THAT! I know we need a lot more than we're storing now. CONGRATS ON this and we're going to do ours spring break!
You Go Girl!
Good for you! I saw them out front doing this and so I stopped to say "my house next". Amazingly, they didn't show up! :) I need to do this also. You are on it!
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