A jenerek family

Working on our year's supply

November's goal - 14 gallons of water storage per person. Ta da!! Meet our new 55 gallon water storage barrell (complete with pump and wrench). We finally decided on a place to put it (since we won't be moving it around much once it's filled) but we need to actually put water in it. It doesn't do us much good when it's empty.

Also displayed is an emergency food supply from Costco that says it is 275 servings. Not bad for a 10 gallon bucket! I can't really say that it's "health food", but it will keep us alive in an emergency. It also has a 20 year shelf life so we don't have to rotate that very often. If we each had 3 servings a day it wouldn't meet our calorie requirements, so it's really supplemental food, but it's a start!

There is no emergency preparedness goal for December but I can't wait for January. I am glad that we are in a position to follow the prophet in this manner (not so glad that we're in an area that is prone to earthquakes where we might actually have to USE this stuff.)

*clarification* There are different food packets in the bucket - it's not like a bucket of grits. It has 55 packets (5 servings each) and you boil the stuff in water. Our menu choices: Barley Vegetable, Blueberry Pancakes, Ala King, Cacciatore, Country Noodle, Corn Chowder, Rice Lentil, Western Stew, Whey Milk, and Potato Ba-kon (which is a way of saying vegetarian bacon I think.)