A shot in the dark lyrics They

A shot in the dark lyrics

They told me they were all set for anything, and thought they could just leave those barrels down there and forget about them. At the time I didn t know any better either. I ve long since lost track of those good folks and I wish I hadn t because I wish I could warn them. It s true those large plastic barrels are rugged and safe, and they do store a whole lot of water. But you can t just fill any container with tap water and forget about it, no matter how sturdy the container. If you ve been thinking of buying some of those big barrels for your water storage, there are a couple of things you may want to consider. In the first place, those drums cost anywhere from 65 to 90 dollars apiece. You ll also need to buy a long siphon pump to get the water out because you can t just tip it on its side and pour out a glass of water each time you need to. That pump is another fifteen dollars. And don t forget the special bung wrench you ll need to open and close the barrel; something that size doesn t come with a screw top. The wrench alone will cost you about twenty bucks, and if you misplace it, you won t be able to get at that water when you need it. Shipping costs for a barrel that size can reach anywhere from 30-48 dollars. It s no wonder most people put off the a shot in the dark lyrics of water. It costs too dang much just to get started. You can t just fill a big drum with water and forget about it for years. Water has to be purified and changed out at regular intervals, and if you re keeping your water in large barrels in the basement, that a shot in the dark lyrics buying a handcart for hauling those heavy barrels back upstairs, then taking them outside, pouring out all the water, rinsing the barrels, refilling them, capping them off, and hauling them back downstairs. And that assumes you remembered where you put that fershlugginer bung wrench. I was shown those two barrels in that couple s basement way back in 1 I wouldn t want to have to depend on drinking water that s been sitting for over a decade, and I can only hope that sweet couple has learned a thing or two about storing water since then. Water doesn t keep well for longer than five years under the very best of conditions, and most stored water is not stored in the best of conditions. Most people don t know how to prepare their water properly, and they almost never think to flush it out and replace it. Getting started storing water properly can actually be easy and pretty cheap. Next week I ll show you a couple of containers that are both convenient to store and inexpensive. Meet me back here next Thursday and we ll get you on your way. How do you recommend rinsing out those 55 gal plastic drums? I have one, and it sits in the sun and smells like it, but it s what I ve got and I have to use it. You would not use any dish detergent am I right? How about bleach? Isopropyl Alcohol? Man, I don t know, KO. My initial feeling is that if you fill it half full with a bunch of water and most of a bottle of fresh chlorine bleach and shake it around, that should kill any bugs and odors in there. Then fill it fuller and shake some more. Then just make sure you rinse and rinse and rinse again until it smells okay. I m assuming you ll do all this outside, of course. Most of these barrels have a small opening of a couple of inches or so, but if you can remove the entire top, it would be easier to hose out. If, after all you can do, it still smells bad, I d give some thought to letting it go if you can afford to do anything else. Letting it stand in the sun with the top off would be a good way to let it dry out. Concerns over flouride and local tap water convinced us to subscribe to a local water distributor with monthly refills of 10 gallon bottles. Adding an in home dispenser provides chilled and instant hot water that even the kids can dispense for themselves. The best part is that by requesting an initial supply greater than our normal usage we have an automatic emergency stock equal to a three month supply which we store in convenient stackable racks provided by the distributor for a nominal fee. Nice idea, Lyle. You ll always have an emergency supply. Your email address will not be published. copy 2011 eFoodsDirect, All Rights Reserved Tim Organizer added this Meetup on May 3, 2011 This is Part 1 of our Memorial Day Weekend of Water, along with Sunday s Deep Creek Hot Springs hike, and Monday s Holiday version of our Winter Creek loop hike. And this is the best of the three for beginning hikers so come on out and join us! RSVPs will open for this hike at 8 pm on Wednesday, May 4th, in order to give everyone an equal chance at getting one of the 25 spots. This is a pristine place, so were going early to beat the crowds, and keeping our own numbers reasonable to improve the experience for everyone. Chances are youve never heard of Fish Canyon Falls, and theres a reason for that: On roughly 360 days out of the year, you cant go.