Comments on: The 7 Day Challenge: DAY 1 (WEDNESDAY) http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/08/the-7-day-challenge-day-1/ Ten simple babysteps to food storage success! Tue, 22 May 2012 11:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: kathy fletcher http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/08/the-7-day-challenge-day-1/#comment-20987 kathy fletcher Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:17:30 +0000 http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/?p=1899#comment-20987 I just had an idea. What about those backpack water packs hikers and mt bikers use? I just bought one for our freshman college student because she is taking a mountain bike course. You could have one for each member of the family stored with the water containers. Then in an emergency, fill each one up real quick. Then each person carries their own on their back. They sell them at walmart and come in different sizes. They would at least hold enough water for a day or maybe two.<br>kathy I just had an idea. What about those backpack water packs hikers and mt bikers use? I just bought one for our freshman college student because she is taking a mountain bike course. You could have one for each member of the family stored with the water containers. Then in an emergency, fill each one up real quick. Then each person carries their own on their back. They sell them at walmart and come in different sizes. They would at least hold enough water for a day or maybe two.
kathy

]]> By: kathy fletcher http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/08/the-7-day-challenge-day-1/#comment-15652 kathy fletcher Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:17:00 +0000 http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/?p=1899#comment-15652 I just had an idea. What about those backpack water packs hikers and mt bikers use? I just bought one for our freshman college student because she is taking a mountain bike course. You could have one for each member of the family stored with the water containers. Then in an emergency, fill each one up real quick. Then each person carries their own on their back. They sell them at walmart and come in different sizes. They would at least hold enough water for a day or maybe two. kathy I just had an idea. What about those backpack water packs hikers and mt bikers use? I just bought one for our freshman college student because she is taking a mountain bike course. You could have one for each member of the family stored with the water containers. Then in an emergency, fill each one up real quick. Then each person carries their own on their back. They sell them at walmart and come in different sizes. They would at least hold enough water for a day or maybe two.
kathy

]]> By: kathy fletcher http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/08/the-7-day-challenge-day-1/#comment-20986 kathy fletcher Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:17:30 +0000 http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/?p=1899#comment-20986 I just had an idea. What about those backpack water packs hikers and mt bikers use? I just bought one for our freshman college student because she is taking a mountain bike course. You could have one for each member of the family stored with the water containers. Then in an emergency, fill each one up real quick. Then each person carries their own on their back. They sell them at walmart and come in different sizes. They would at least hold enough water for a day or maybe two.<br>kathy I just had an idea. What about those backpack water packs hikers and mt bikers use? I just bought one for our freshman college student because she is taking a mountain bike course. You could have one for each member of the family stored with the water containers. Then in an emergency, fill each one up real quick. Then each person carries their own on their back. They sell them at walmart and come in different sizes. They would at least hold enough water for a day or maybe two.
kathy

]]> By: Ashley http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/08/the-7-day-challenge-day-1/#comment-20985 Ashley Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:17:18 +0000 http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/?p=1899#comment-20985 I think many of us realized we weren't as "set" as we thought. One big surprise for us was coming home knowing there was no power, but kept using flashlight to turn on switches, then quickly turned them off again. Really surprised we didn't ruin some lightbulbs!! The evening "without power" was the perfect wind-down to remember the day and make sure the "how to update" to-do list will be accomplised by our goal of September 30th. I think many of us realized we weren’t as “set” as we thought. One big surprise for us was coming home knowing there was no power, but kept using flashlight to turn on switches, then quickly turned them off again. Really surprised we didn’t ruin some lightbulbs!! The evening “without power” was the perfect wind-down to remember the day and make sure the “how to update” to-do list will be accomplised by our goal of September 30th.

]]> By: Ashley http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/08/the-7-day-challenge-day-1/#comment-27079 Ashley Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:17:00 +0000 http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/?p=1899#comment-27079 I think many of us realized we weren't as "set" as we thought. One big surprise for us was coming home knowing there was no power, but kept using flashlight to turn on switches, then quickly turned them off again. Really surprised we didn't ruin some lightbulbs!! The evening "without power" was the perfect wind-down to remember the day and make sure the "how to update" to-do list will be accomplised by our goal of September 30th. I think many of us realized we weren’t as “set” as we thought. One big surprise for us was coming home knowing there was no power, but kept using flashlight to turn on switches, then quickly turned them off again. Really surprised we didn’t ruin some lightbulbs!! The evening “without power” was the perfect wind-down to remember the day and make sure the “how to update” to-do list will be accomplised by our goal of September 30th.

]]> By: Ashley Taysom Crump http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/08/the-7-day-challenge-day-1/#comment-15607 Ashley Taysom Crump Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:18:00 +0000 http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/?p=1899#comment-15607 that was harder than i though. that was harder than i though.

]]> By: Anonymous http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/08/the-7-day-challenge-day-1/#comment-15605 Anonymous Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:32:00 +0000 http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/?p=1899#comment-15605 This was totally Awesome. We now have are kit ready again. Thanks This was totally Awesome. We now have are kit ready again. Thanks

]]> By: Ashley Taysom Crump http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/08/the-7-day-challenge-day-1/#comment-20984 Ashley Taysom Crump Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:18:44 +0000 http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/?p=1899#comment-20984 that was harder than i though. that was harder than i though.

]]> By: paula5489 http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/08/the-7-day-challenge-day-1/#comment-20983 paula5489 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:32:58 +0000 http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/?p=1899#comment-20983 This was totally Awesome. We now have are kit ready again. Thanks This was totally Awesome. We now have are kit ready again. Thanks

]]> By: HJ http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/08/the-7-day-challenge-day-1/#comment-15592 HJ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:05:00 +0000 http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/?p=1899#comment-15592 Was pleasantly surprised how well this went. With family totally on-board we smoked this! 12yo dd was amazing in helping to get out of the house. She even managed to load the 3 gallon jug of water into the car by herself! Emailed the challenge to hubby before shutting down the power in the house (not including the breaker for the fridge and freezer of course). We all met easily at our remote location, after he was done working, even without any phone calls between us all day. I took everything we I would have saved in a real emergency (external hard drive/keepsakes/etc.) so I could see if/how it all fit in the car. When we came home hubby shut off the water to the house because in a real flood municipal water gets contaminated but all the water in your hot water tank is still drinkable as long (as you take it from the spout of the tank so no new water runs into it). Ate from our 72 hour kits easily. In fact dd and I ate only what we needed to get by during the day and was shocked at how little that was. Very proud of her. Cooked over BBQ but had lots of options for cooking so no issue there. Played games in the evening by firelight and was pleasantly surprised when neither hubby nor child asked to use their computers at all! Fantastic experience for us thanks to all the assistance this site has given us in preparing. Jodi and Julie, you have inspired many "what if" conversations for us around the dinner table over the last year or so. :-) On the downside, I forgot all our important papers, husband's runners and sunscreen. Our little dog couldn't figure out why he wasn't allowed in the house all day so will bring him something to lay on next time. Ran into a number of improvements we can make such as picking a second meeting place in case the first one is not an option (flooded, etc.). Lots of fine-tuning to do and looking forward to it. Thanks ladies! What a fantastic learning experience! Was pleasantly surprised how well this went. With family totally on-board we smoked this! 12yo dd was amazing in helping to get out of the house. She even managed to load the 3 gallon jug of water into the car by herself!

Emailed the challenge to hubby before shutting down the power in the house (not including the breaker for the fridge and freezer of course). We all met easily at our remote location, after he was done working, even without any phone calls between us all day. I took everything we I would have saved in a real emergency (external hard drive/keepsakes/etc.) so I could see if/how it all fit in the car.

When we came home hubby shut off the water to the house because in a real flood municipal water gets contaminated but all the water in your hot water tank is still drinkable as long (as you take it from the spout of the tank so no new water runs into it).

Ate from our 72 hour kits easily. In fact dd and I ate only what we needed to get by during the day and was shocked at how little that was. Very proud of her. Cooked over BBQ but had lots of options for cooking so no issue there. Played games in the evening by firelight and was pleasantly surprised when neither hubby nor child asked to use their computers at all! Fantastic experience for us thanks to all the assistance this site has given us in preparing. Jodi and Julie, you have inspired many “what if” conversations for us around the dinner table over the last year or so. :-)

On the downside, I forgot all our important papers, husband’s runners and sunscreen. Our little dog couldn’t figure out why he wasn’t allowed in the house all day so will bring him something to lay on next time.

Ran into a number of improvements we can make such as picking a second meeting place in case the first one is not an option (flooded, etc.). Lots of fine-tuning to do and looking forward to it.

Thanks ladies! What a fantastic learning experience!

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