This is the seventh post in a series of posts that will cover each area of threats/risks as they pertain to emergencies, disasters, and grid-down events. Each check list has been taken from the associated “layering” article for each area of risks and threats. This series is based on the “7 Common Risks/Threats” article I produced a few years ago.
As I have reviewed the disasters in the last 40+ years I noticed pattern develop, a pattern of common risks, or threats, that were present each and every time. Granted, in some situation/incidents one or more items were far more prominent but they were all there.
This particular check list applies to the risk/threat of dehydration…in other words…water storage.
This topic is virtually self-explanatory. You must have a source of clean water to survive. Water storage and ability 
to produce sanitized water is vital. Without it you go from being disoriented to sick to dead in a relatively short period of time.
Problem: You can last 3 – 5 days without water before you will die. Drinking contaminated water assures you and/or your family of an agonizing death.
Solution: Have an initial supply of transportable water storage. Have the ability to purify sufficient quantities of highly contaminated water into potable water (purified drinking/cooking water).
Partial Preview of the “dehydration – water storage” PDF File –
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All Articles in this series –
- Check List – Introduction
- Check List – Violence
- Check List – Injury or Sickness
- Check List – Communications
- Check List – Organization
- Check List – Starvation (food storage)
- Check List – Dehydration (water storage)
- Check List – Exposure
- Check List – Misc.
Related Articles –
- WATER: Part 1 – Introduction
- Layering & the Common 7: Part #6 – Dehydration
- 7 Common Risks/Threats
- Threats, Risk, and Mitigation: Introduction
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