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Maintaining an emergency water supply should be your #1 priority when gathering survival supplies. Amounts – How much to water to store per person for drinking, bathing & cooking Water storage – what type of containers should be used to store water and where should they be stored Water Purification – How to properly purify stored or contaminated water to avoid illness Water Supplies – Where to find alternative water sources in your home, neighborhood and surrounding area Don't wait until there is a storm warming or the ground is rumpling under your feet to start collecting an emergency water supply. Keep in mind that during...

Water is our most important resource, but you never know when a disaster could compromise your local water supply. While the novel coronavirus has not been detected in drinking water supplies, according to the World Health Organization, many of you have reached out about emergency water filter options as you build out your disaster kits. We’ve put together the information you need on some clean water solutions to help ensure you have access to water that’s safe to drink during all kinds of emergencies. CLEAN WATER THREATS When drinking water is contaminated in municipal or developed areas, the immediate threat...

If you are in the process of putting away food storage to prepare for emergencies, chances are at some point in the process, you have or are going to feel overwhelmed by the task before you. Planning for unknown circumstances is always a challenge, and to top it off, there is a variety of (often conflicting) information in the food storage world about what and how to store your emergency food. Before you get too frustrated and give up, take a look at the most important rules of emergency food storage. 1. DO SOMETHING. When we have a big task before us, sometimes...

We talk a lot about the importance of emergency food storage on this blog, and today I want to switch to a little different gear. Once you’ve got your stash of emergency food built up and you’ve got a solid supply of water, your next step in getting yourself and your family prepared for every eventuality is to gather emergency supplies. When you think of emergency supplies, you might think of matches and a first aid kit, but there’s a lot more to a good emergency supply kit than these. If you’re a serious prepper, your emergency supply list is probably pretty...

Wandering around any food storage supply store, one of the first things you’ll notice is that there are a slew of different types of emergency food methods—canned foods, bulk grains, meals ready-to-eat, freeze dried and dehydrated meals, and emergency food bars, to name just a few. The eager prepper embarking on her self-reliance journey can easily become overwhelmed at the different options available. Which type of food storage is the best? As you know, Legacy Supply Co offers emergency food that is a mix of freeze-dried and dehydrated foods. We have chosen this method because we think it is the best way to...