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minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoLong enough to where if power hasn’t come back by then, it’s not coming back at all. And at that point, power isn’t going to be the biggest problem. Water heater holds ~40 gallons and that’s easily drainable. Worse comes to worst, there’s a creek at the back of my property.
minus-squarebizarroland@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoYou could probably get a couple of Life straws for that Creek and buy yourself several weeks of drinkable water.
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoNot worth IMO. There’s already a couple weeks of water in the water heater. If I end up needing the straws, water is only gonna be the first of many problems and most of them I won’t have solutions for.
minus-squarebizarroland@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoI was always told that the thing to keep track of is 3 minutes 3 days 3 weeks. 3 minutes without air, 3 days without water, 3 weeks without food.
Long enough to where if power hasn’t come back by then, it’s not coming back at all. And at that point, power isn’t going to be the biggest problem.
Water heater holds ~40 gallons and that’s easily drainable. Worse comes to worst, there’s a creek at the back of my property.
You could probably get a couple of Life straws for that Creek and buy yourself several weeks of drinkable water.
Not worth IMO. There’s already a couple weeks of water in the water heater. If I end up needing the straws, water is only gonna be the first of many problems and most of them I won’t have solutions for.
I was always told that the thing to keep track of is 3 minutes 3 days 3 weeks.
3 minutes without air, 3 days without water, 3 weeks without food.