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MthrNature
With all that is going on in Japan, I'd like to gather supplies to survive a period of time in the event that the San Andreas Fault acts up.
-How much time should I be prepared for?
-What supplies do I need for 3 adults?
-What are some types of food I should buy?
-How much water should I store?
-We want to go to the 24 hour grocery store tonight and grab some things. Your ideas will be implemented right away.
Storage space is not a problem.
Answer
If your an outdoors-man and go camping a lot or have an RV then your already quite prepared, having the ten essentials. The main things you will need are shelter, water and food. If your prepared as above you already have an alternative shelter, a tent or an rv.
Water you need at least a gallon per person per day for at least a week, or a way to treat a water source like a filtration system. An Rv holds an average of 30 gallons of fresh water. In your home most homes have a 50 gallon water heater if it's not destroyed you can access that. Many folks buy the 50 gallon drums and store those in a garage or storage shed.
Food should all be non perishables and canned goods get what you like to eat because if you don't like it you won't eat it. MRE's taste like
$4!t and for the cost are not worth it. Again your local grocer has ample items that taste good and have a long shelf life like twinkies. Again you should have enough food on hand for again at the minimum for least a week some say a month or 6 months supply. Rotate the food out so that you have a constant fresh supply.
Some folks will insist that you provide for them as well, for that you can show them the long or short end of a barrel meaning a firearm. A good pump shotgun doubles as a home defense weapon and away to get some fresh meat from the local park like ducks or stray critters that also taste just like chicken. You should have at least a full case of ammo for what ever your firearm of choice will be, each member of your group should have and carry a firearm if old enough to handle one.
Power and Communication sources will also be knocked out. I suggest you get a portable Ham radio and some GMRS radios for each member of your group. For power you need batteries and deep cell rv type batteries and a way to recharge them either solar or a generator. To power all the toys and necessities for a home you need about a 4000 watt generator and enough gas to run it 24/7 for at least a week. the best generators in that category are Honda and Onan and many RVs are already equipped with them. Any way that's about it
Good luck!
If your an outdoors-man and go camping a lot or have an RV then your already quite prepared, having the ten essentials. The main things you will need are shelter, water and food. If your prepared as above you already have an alternative shelter, a tent or an rv.
Water you need at least a gallon per person per day for at least a week, or a way to treat a water source like a filtration system. An Rv holds an average of 30 gallons of fresh water. In your home most homes have a 50 gallon water heater if it's not destroyed you can access that. Many folks buy the 50 gallon drums and store those in a garage or storage shed.
Food should all be non perishables and canned goods get what you like to eat because if you don't like it you won't eat it. MRE's taste like
$4!t and for the cost are not worth it. Again your local grocer has ample items that taste good and have a long shelf life like twinkies. Again you should have enough food on hand for again at the minimum for least a week some say a month or 6 months supply. Rotate the food out so that you have a constant fresh supply.
Some folks will insist that you provide for them as well, for that you can show them the long or short end of a barrel meaning a firearm. A good pump shotgun doubles as a home defense weapon and away to get some fresh meat from the local park like ducks or stray critters that also taste just like chicken. You should have at least a full case of ammo for what ever your firearm of choice will be, each member of your group should have and carry a firearm if old enough to handle one.
Power and Communication sources will also be knocked out. I suggest you get a portable Ham radio and some GMRS radios for each member of your group. For power you need batteries and deep cell rv type batteries and a way to recharge them either solar or a generator. To power all the toys and necessities for a home you need about a 4000 watt generator and enough gas to run it 24/7 for at least a week. the best generators in that category are Honda and Onan and many RVs are already equipped with them. Any way that's about it
Good luck!
can I heat my camping tent with my 170,000 btu propane forced air heater?
Jim
The tent is really sturdy.
Answer
I assume we are talking about a construction heater...There are not too many heaters of 170k BTU that are portable other than construction heaters.
There are two possible types of construction heaters.
One is direct fired, where the fuel/air mixture is burned and the products of combustion flow out of the end of the heater along with the heated air. Pipe this into a tent and two things will happen. It will be on fire in pretty short order because this is putting out the heat of 2 furnaces designed to heat a 3000 ft² house! and you will not be able to survive in there with that heat and carbon dioxide level ( lack of oxygen ). Carbon monoxide wont have time to kill you because you will have already suffocated!
The other is an indirect fired unit. It has a heat exchanger with a fan blowing clean air across it which you can then duct into a building. But again, the heat output would drive you out of the tent, 170,000 btu is just waaay too much for what you are talking about. Also they require electricity to operate.
Unless we are talking about a 2000 ft² event tent or something...My answer is definitely NO! Don't do it!
If you could elaborate on the type of heater and tent you are talking about, maybe I could offer some suggestions...Is that a typo perhaps and we are talking about a little 17,000btu heater?
I assume we are talking about a construction heater...There are not too many heaters of 170k BTU that are portable other than construction heaters.
There are two possible types of construction heaters.
One is direct fired, where the fuel/air mixture is burned and the products of combustion flow out of the end of the heater along with the heated air. Pipe this into a tent and two things will happen. It will be on fire in pretty short order because this is putting out the heat of 2 furnaces designed to heat a 3000 ft² house! and you will not be able to survive in there with that heat and carbon dioxide level ( lack of oxygen ). Carbon monoxide wont have time to kill you because you will have already suffocated!
The other is an indirect fired unit. It has a heat exchanger with a fan blowing clean air across it which you can then duct into a building. But again, the heat output would drive you out of the tent, 170,000 btu is just waaay too much for what you are talking about. Also they require electricity to operate.
Unless we are talking about a 2000 ft² event tent or something...My answer is definitely NO! Don't do it!
If you could elaborate on the type of heater and tent you are talking about, maybe I could offer some suggestions...Is that a typo perhaps and we are talking about a little 17,000btu heater?
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