Starting off the new year, I just wanted to remind folks to rotate your preps, particularly your water. Any items you have stored long term should also be checked up on. This is besides your grocery purchases (canned food). Also, update your food inventories for what would need to be replaced in the next few months.
A quick note on the water stores, I was rotating our water supply as you are supposed to do so every six months, when I found it would take longer than expected. Nearing the middle of my store of water jugs I noticed the water spurted brown from tap. I let it run for a few minutes waiting for it to clear-and I kept waiting. Soon enough I realized the newly filled up water jugs are a bit yellowish compared to the old ones. I assumed it was because the water would settle later on, and since I could not proceed further I set the task down to return to it after a week.
Week passed by and I make the time to resume filling up my stores on a Sunday night. Sadly, the water still had a tint of yellow/brown, but was a little better. This meant that water quality had deteriorated in the last few months, maybe in our building plumbing system, in the neighborhood, or worse further out there.
So, just a quick reminder. And store those water containers out of the sunlight.
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