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#285654 - 08/26/17 06:38 PM Re: Shelves are now empty of water... [Re: wildman800]
hikermor Offline
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I guess southern Californians are just better prepared (or have plenty of alternative liquids on hand). You never see a rush to buy bottled water just before an earthquake....
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#285655 - 08/26/17 07:01 PM Re: Shelves are now empty of water... [Re: hikermor]
gonewiththewind Offline
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Now that is funny!

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#285656 - 08/26/17 07:02 PM Re: Shelves are now empty of water... [Re: hikermor]
Russ Offline
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Registered: 06/02/06
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LOL smile that's due to the nature of earthquakes, not Californians.

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#285657 - 08/26/17 07:06 PM Re: Shelves are now empty of water... [Re: hikermor]
Jeanette_Isabelle Offline
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Originally Posted By: hikermor
You never see a rush to buy bottled water just before an earthquake....

What about after an earthquake?

Jeanette Isabelle
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#285659 - 08/26/17 07:48 PM Re: Shelves are now empty of water... [Re: TeacherRO]
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Registered: 07/11/10
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I believe that Californians drink Kool Aide

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#285660 - 08/26/17 08:19 PM Re: Shelves are now empty of water... [Re: TeacherRO]
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Loc: Colorado
These filled 5 gallon water bottles run about $7.00 here, if you return your old empty one when you buy the new one. If you don't return the empty, a new one costs about $14. You can find them in the grocery stores, office supply stores, home improvement stores, etc.

Sooo ... you can "buy" one of these nice 5 gallon water bottles to keep (just don't return it) for $7 if you want. Not collapsible, but built sturdily. And they have a handle to carry with and a nice neck for pouring (although there really didn't intend them to be poured I don't thing). Once you've removed the cap, you can smack it back in place later, and it seals up nicely upon re-use (the lower part of the cap is torn off and thrown away however). I don't know how many times you could re-use the cap, since we throw ours away 95% of the time. You could fashion a new "cap" with Saran Wrap and a rubber band though. You can also get a 3 gallon version for slightly less money, if you can't manage the larger bottle.

We have these delivered (for a small additional cost), and we always keep around 6 bottles in queue in addition to the one that sits in the water chiller/dispenser. We cycle through the queue, first in first out, so the water we have on hand is "fresh" (no more than "6 bottles old" - the size of our queue).




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#285663 - 08/26/17 11:03 PM Re: Shelves are now empty of water... [Re: TeacherRO]
LesSnyder Offline
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Haertig... a friend uses a similar one... you can get a pump that fits the mouth if wanted

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#285678 - 08/27/17 02:11 PM Re: Shelves are now empty of water... [Re: TeacherRO]
Pete Offline
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Registered: 02/20/09
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EARLIER POST - "I guess southern Californians are just better prepared (or have plenty of alternative liquids on hand). You never see a rush to buy bottled water just before an earthquake...."

I live in California.
Today seems normal ... blue skies, people playing golf.
I'm rushing out to buy some water now. Hope there's some left.

:-)

Pete


Edited by Pete (08/27/17 02:12 PM)

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#285680 - 08/27/17 03:06 PM Re: Shelves are now empty of water... [Re: Pete]
hikermor Offline
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Take your turn and wait in line. We will be having a heat wave starting Sunday. I am sure the rush will be tremendous smirk
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#285843 - 09/02/17 06:32 AM Re: Shelves are now empty of water... [Re: TeacherRO]
CANOEDOGS Offline
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Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 1853
Loc: MINNESOTA
I wonder how many people thought to grab their kitchen counter top water filters? would it do any good in storm water filled with junk?

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