Why We Prepare

When most people think of preparedness or 'prepping' they think of shows like Doomsday Bunkers and people of that ilk. Well, that's not us. We don't have a secret underground bunker or pallets of ammo (even though Papa would love to have a ton of ammo, we do enjoy shooting for sport), or 5 years worth of freeze dried food. We do however, have provisions, a plan, and three reasons why we prepare.

Water storage

Storing water is a very important part of preparedness that seems to intimidate a lot of people. Admittedly, this also intimidated us and we weren't really sure how to start. Our house doesn't have a lot of storage, we have two closets, both of which are not original to the house, and a very small kitchen.  We decided to tackle our water problem by breaking it down into 3 steps:

1. Decide where to store it.
2. Store enough for a seasonal power outage.
3. Store non-potable water for the garden and other uses.

Once we had a mini plan, water storage seemed a lot more manageable and we were able to get started.