Last night's session of the Northern Nevada Preppers Group Net has been posted.
We asked the question, What Have You Been Putting Off In Your Preps And Why?
Here's your link:
http://www.nnpg.net/120617_radio.shtmlHere's the chat room transcript:
7:56:23 PM
Josh K7ZIM joined the channel
7:58:27 PM
Ken K7KBJ
Hi Josh
Tonight's topic is a question: "What have you been putting off in your preps and why?"
7:58:37 PM
Josh K7ZIM
Hi ken
7:58:47 PM
Rob K9RVM joined the channel
7:58:55 PM
Ken K7KBJ
Hi Rob
Tonight's topic is a question: "What have you been putting off in your preps and why?"
7:58:55 PM
Josh K7ZIM
Ohhh man! Sooo much personally!
Hi rob
7:59:30 PM
Rob K9RVM
Hi Rescue Chicken. Thanks. Not sure I have an answer for that one yet.....
Evening Josh
7:59:47 PM
Ken K7KBJ
I bet Jerry will !
8:00:18 PM
n7sax joined the channel
8:00:40 PM
n7sax
hello
8:00:43 PM
TWP joined the channel
8:00:49 PM
TWP
Hi All
8:00:56 PM
Josh K7ZIM
Hi sax and twp
8:01:47 PM
Rob K9RVM
Good evening gentlemen
8:01:59 PM
TWP
Hi Josh, sax and Rob
Ken, how goes the puppies? Hope they are well...
8:03:08 PM
Jason joined the channel
8:03:43 PM
Josh K7ZIM
Hi jason
8:03:46 PM
TWP
Hi Jason
8:04:06 PM
Jason
Good evening all
8:04:31 PM
Rob K9RVM
I didn't catch Darrel's call sign
8:05:53 PM
Josh K7ZIM
My list of things put off is too long to list. My tops would be water storage and medical supplies.
Fallon?
8:07:49 PM
TWP
Josh, We've got a minimum water storage now, about a months worth. Medical is limited by funds. I too have a big list and no real priorities assigned to most of it. Money drives most of it..
8:08:51 PM
Josh K7ZIM
Ya money and space. I feel your pain twp. Apartments make it rough.
8:09:02 PM
Rob K9RVM
missed I6OO , Keith in Feather River Ken.....
8:10:25 PM
Ken K7KBJ
I must have doubled with him.
8:10:39 PM
TWP
Space, where I want to put my feet is full of water bottles... The "scary closet" is full to the roof, an earthquake would cause an avalanche...
8:11:54 PM
Josh K7ZIM
Lol! I'm trying to convince my girls kids to let me build bed frames out of those stacking water cubes. I have yet to win that one.
8:18:59 PM
Ken K7KBJ
Is that another type of "water bed" ?
8:19:18 PM
TWP
We're considering using 5 gallon buckets under the bed springs, It takes a lot of buckets... Don't have enough of them.
8:19:26 PM
Josh K7ZIM
Lol!
8:19:43 PM
Jason left the channel (timeout)
8:20:12 PM
Ken K7KBJ
TWP, sometimes you can get those buckets at the larger bakeries. Their frosting comes in 5 gal buckets !!!
8:20:31 PM
Josh K7ZIM
I have plenty of buckets to do the job, im wprried about the weight. We live on the second floor so i dont wamna have the kids end up in the ladys appt downstairs. Lol
8:20:42 PM
TWP
That is the actual source for our few buckets.
8:21:05 PM
Jason joined the channel
8:22:04 PM
TWP
Josh, consider a water bed, about 6 inches thick and weighs around 800 pounds. Most houses can hand that weight, but stacking water bricks could be much thicker, more weight.
8:22:44 PM
Josh K7ZIM
We cant have water beds per our lease. I already asked. Lmao!
8:22:48 PM
TWP
"hand" - handle
I don't mean use a water bed for storage, just as a weight comparison
8:24:41 PM
Josh K7ZIM
7 lbs per gallon. Those cubes really arnt that heavy. Less then a pound.
8:24:58 PM
n7sax
At what ambient temperature/duration at 5000 feet elevation will 55-gallon blue plastic water drums freeze and damage/rupture the vessel?
8:25:30 PM
Ken K7KBJ
I wish I knew the answer to that question
8:25:50 PM
n7sax
Thinking about draping my barrels with an electric blanket...
8:26:05 PM
Jason
N7sax the blue drums will split open when frozen
8:26:23 PM
Ken K7KBJ
If they are in direct sunlight during the day, maybe they will warm up enough to be protected
8:26:23 PM
n7sax
hi jason
8:26:36 PM
Jason
but you need some serious cold to freeze them
8:26:57 PM
TWP
I'll give you an educated guess, below 32F temperatures are needed. The lower, the quicker the freeze. 5 gallons will take several hours to move one degree (33F to 32F)
8:27:09 PM
n7sax
it seems like it will have to get pretty cold in order for them to freeze
8:27:56 PM
Jason
my experiance you need sub zero for a week or more to freeze a drum to the point of failure
8:28:14 PM
TWP
IF the temp is way below freezing, the time frame decreases. If you can insulate the bucket storage area (blankets or pads,) then you slow down the freeze.
8:28:48 PM
Rob K9RVM
I kept 8 55 gallon drums of water in my garage for years and never had a problem with them. They were exposed to freezing temperatures throughout the winters and did well.
8:29:19 PM
TWP
Too many variables to give a numeric answer, but Jason is right in the ballpark.
8:30:17 PM
Jason
best bet is the water heater. If its freezing chances are there is snow and ice
8:30:26 PM
TWP
RE the question of the night, I am currently torn between getting water filters or a used dehydrator.
8:30:26 PM
n7sax
Thanks to all
good night
8:31:07 PM
TWP
Night SAX
8:31:20 PM
Josh K7ZIM
Night sax
8:31:29 PM
Rob K9RVM
good night all. thanks for joining the net!
8:31:40 PM
TWP
Night Rob
8:31:48 PM
Ken K7KBJ
Good stuff !
Good night
8:31:51 PM
n7sax
73 Ken
8:31:56 PM
Jason
twp IMO dehydrator. Water can be boiled easy enough.
8:31:57 PM
Ken K7KBJ
73
8:32:13 PM
Josh K7ZIM
Twp cabelas had some awesome deals on their 6 drawer dehydrator yesterday. I got theit mailer. Go check it out under $100
8:32:14 PM
TWP
Thanks Ken, good net.
Jason, agreed, thanks
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