A TV discussion this morning listed the kinds of preparedness items we should consider for possible disaster. They pointed out that many of the rescue workers in New Orleans can be seen wearing the backpack type water carriers, like the ones we use for long bike rides. A pack like that allows one to work all day in a situation where drinking water is not available, and still leaves both hands free.
This brings up two thoughts. If you have a hydropack, don't forget to use it as an emergency water supply. If you are like me, and don't feel you really need it for bicycling, maybe emergency preparedness would be enough justification for buying one anyway.
This brings up two thoughts. If you have a hydropack, don't forget to use it as an emergency water supply. If you are like me, and don't feel you really need it for bicycling, maybe emergency preparedness would be enough justification for buying one anyway.
Remember that you should store 1 week of water per person. Figure 1 gallon per day. Your camelbak is really secondary and not much use if you don't have the water in the first place.
This brings up two thoughts. If you have a hydropack, don't forget to use it as an emergency water supply. If you are like me, and don't feel you really need it for bicycling, maybe emergency preparedness would be enough justification for buying one anyway.
I doubt it. The likelihood of you being in a situation where you don't have access to drinkable water is very very very very small. Unless, of course, you live below sea-level, a hurricane's coming, and you choose to ignore the evacuation order... (I say choose because I'm assuming since you're posting here you have the means to evacuate).
And you can always fill up a few empty milk jugs. They hold much more water then a camelback. And are cheaper, even if you simply dump the milk down the drain.
The likelihood of you being in a situation where you don't
have access to drinkable water is very very very very small.
Yet very very possible. Learn to build a solar still. Buy a couple sealed 5-gallon jugs next time you see them. Put them in the dark corner of the basement.
"You know what happens to paranoid people? Very little."
I believe the Camel Back is standard issue for all soldiers deployed to Iraq. I have read testimonials from soldiers referencing that they would not live without them.
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Quoted message said:
The likelihood of you being in a situation where you don't
have access to drinkable water is very very very very small.
Yet very very possible. Learn to build a solar still. Buy a couple sealed 5-gallon jugs next time you see them. Put them in the dark corner of the basement.
"You know what happens to paranoid people? Very little."
"Rich" (clip) And you can always fill up a few empty milk jugs. They hold much more water then a camelback. (clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I did not intend to suggest that a Camelback would serve as a primary water supply. C gives a recommended figure of a gallon per day for one person. I've got that in my water heater and solar backup tanks. But if you have to go out and do some hard work in the midst of a disaster, or have to walk a long distance, wouldn't you consider the Camelback useful?
In California recently, several farmworkers died as a result of exposure to heat, while working in the fields. Something like the Camelback could have saved their lives. I think they are under-utilized.
A TV discussion this morning listed the kinds of preparedness items we should consider for possible disaster. They pointed out that many of the rescue workers in New Orleans can be seen wearing the backpack type water carriers, like the ones we use for long bike rides. A pack like that allows one to work all day in a situation where drinking water is not available, and still leaves both hands free.
But one should be careful about consuming water from a bite valve if said valve has been exposed to contaminated water from the surroundings.
I thought about this on the way home yesterday when I took a drink from my Camelback and got a mouth full of sandy water - the sand having been deposited on the valve by a passing dump truck....
I'm not even sure a sterile wipe of the valve would be adequate. Mine occasionally drips. If water can drip out, bacteria can get in. Sure, the risk *might* be small, but several people have died from infections caused by being exposed to the filthy water already.
