Comments on: Losing your storage to disaster http://www.utahpreppers.com/2010/02/losing-your-storage-to-disaster/ Preparing Deseret, one blogger at a time Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: North Mountain http://www.utahpreppers.com/2010/02/losing-your-storage-to-disaster/#comment-1277 North Mountain Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:38:06 +0000 http://www.utahpreppers.com/?p=2955#comment-1277 Great post!<br><br>A couple of other comments include: <br><br>Many have their water storage in the same basement "fruit room" and it would also be buried. Water needs to be stored in multiple locations too.<br><br>A 72-hour kit in a typical large earthquate / disaster situation is an 'under estimation' of the probable response time by emergency personnel and groups. 120-hour kits may be a better plan. (Reference: any major disaster in the last 20 years.) <br><br>Lastly, most homes destroyed by fire in an earthquake are lost because water heaters aren't properly secured with earthquake proof straps. The shake tips the water heater, which breaks the gas line feeding it and then a spark ignites the loose fuel in the air. The home / business is lost to fire and any nearby structures also burn. (source: Dr. Ron Harris, geology professor at BYU).<br><br>The upside is that at least the question and answer refers to having food storage rather than no storage. After talking to a number of folks who lost their homes in Katrina, their properly stored foods all survived and fed them and many others -- even if they had to 'mine' for the storage in the wreckage of their homes. Great post!

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Many have their water storage in the same basement “fruit room” and it would also be buried. Water needs to be stored in multiple locations too.

A 72-hour kit in a typical large earthquate / disaster situation is an 'under estimation' of the probable response time by emergency personnel and groups. 120-hour kits may be a better plan. (Reference: any major disaster in the last 20 years.)

Lastly, most homes destroyed by fire in an earthquake are lost because water heaters aren't properly secured with earthquake proof straps. The shake tips the water heater, which breaks the gas line feeding it and then a spark ignites the loose fuel in the air. The home / business is lost to fire and any nearby structures also burn. (source: Dr. Ron Harris, geology professor at BYU).

The upside is that at least the question and answer refers to having food storage rather than no storage. After talking to a number of folks who lost their homes in Katrina, their properly stored foods all survived and fed them and many others — even if they had to 'mine' for the storage in the wreckage of their homes.

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