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Old 08-04-2014, 04:23 PM
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What will you do without water?

We had a nasty storm come through our area Saturday evening (the second of two straight line wind storms here in less than 10 days). Many people in our area had just gotten power back on after being out for 6-7 days. Thankfully, we did not lose power or have any damages in the first storm. However, Saturday night, our power went out as a major transformer was taken down that supplied power to an area of 100 miles or more. Thousands of people are without power, and many may not get power for weeks, because of the tree damage.

We suffered no property damage in the storm, however two of our beautiful huge trees went down, along with multiple other trees. It could have been worse, so we are very thankful. However, our power has been out now for almost two days.

We have a generator, which is keeping our refrigerator and freezers going. Water, however, is the issue that many people don't realize how necessary it is. Luckily, we live in an area where there is a clear mountain spring that is piped out of the mountain and is open to the public to use for drinking water year round. So, we have been blessed to get our water there.

However, this power outage has gotten me to thinking about water, and how necessary it is. We can live without electricity pretty easily, and comfortably, if you have a generator. However, one thing that we don't have is a well that could be switched over to run by a generator. That is something we have learned many people have in this area, and is something we want to plan to get in the future.

However... how many of you are prepared to have enough water should you find yourselves unexpectedly without electricity?

I do know one thing, we plan to buy more water just to have in store, because if we were unable to access gasoline, that would pose a much bigger problem. No electricity, and no gas or diesel or propane available... how would we cope then? Just questions we are asking ourselves, and I thought it would be good to talk about here.
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Old 08-04-2014, 04:47 PM
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Re: What will you do without water?

There is plenty of water in our atmosphere.

we just need to trap it.
in africa people use sheets of plastic material to trap the water in the air.
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Old 08-04-2014, 05:54 PM
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Re: What will you do without water?

We are thinking about putting down an old time hand pump water well.
Plus we have access to an artesian well.
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We are thinking about putting down an old time hand pump water well.
Plus we have access to an artesian well.
When I was a kid we had to water all of my moms flowers. We had to use a hand pump that pumped water up from a cistern that caught rain water. It was a great experience that many people my age would not understand what I am even talking about.
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Old 08-04-2014, 08:33 PM
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There is plenty of water in our atmosphere.

we just need to trap it.
in africa people use sheets of plastic material to trap the water in the air.
How does that work?
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Old 08-04-2014, 08:52 PM
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When I was a kid we had to water all of my moms flowers. We had to use a hand pump that pumped water up from a cistern that caught rain water. It was a great experience that many people my age would not understand what I am even talking about.
Boy, that's the truth!
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Old 08-04-2014, 10:46 PM
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How does that work?
I have no idea, I read it in some science magazine.
Apparently they use sheet of plastic to trap moisture from the air.
the heat of the sun somehow evaporates the water which then is trapped in the sheet of plastic.
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Old 08-05-2014, 04:32 PM
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There is plenty of water in our atmosphere.

we just need to trap it.
in africa people use sheets of plastic material to trap the water in the air.
I did a search online about this, and came up with nothing. Just wondering what you might have read about this?
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When I was a kid we had to water all of my moms flowers. We had to use a hand pump that pumped water up from a cistern that caught rain water. It was a great experience that many people my age would not understand what I am even talking about.
How awesome to have a hand pump with a cistern!
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Old 08-05-2014, 04:37 PM
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Re: What will you do without water?

We just got our electricity back on!

Two and a half days without electricity wasn't too bad. We have a generator, which kept our freezers and refrigerators going. Had to haul our water from a local spring where water runs out of the ground year round - totally amazing. It would fill a five-gallon bucket in less than a minute. It is good to know that we have a good source of water in case of tough times. Going without electricity for 2-1/2 days - you really really miss the running water the most. I could probably live without electricity, but living without water for an extended period of time would be tough.

My husband and I are definitely going to look into a hand pump or a cistern or something to where we can get our hands on water, even if we have no electricity.
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