>>The hard part is 6 months of water, 1 gallon per person per day is 182 gallons of water per person for 6 months. Better start buying those quart bottles of water now<<

I have close to 300 gallons stored in my basement- not that hard to do, but I wouldn't try it with quart bottles. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Most of it is in plastic 55-gallon drums, with a couple of "portable" (if you're the Incredible Hulk) 15-gallon drums, and a small collection of 5-gallon water cooler bottles that date from my apartment days (I've been trying to be prepared for some time now). That's not counting the 50 gallons of fresh water reserve in the water heater, of course.

For the record, I don't consider that anywhere near a 6-month supply of water (unless you're a Bedouin), and I would personally be very surprised if the earth suddenly shifts on it's axis. There certainly is the "precession of the equinoxes" thing, which is a 26,000 year cycle as mentioned (think of a wobbling top) but I've seen no evidence that it comes on suddenly.. as in, less than a few centuries.

Nothing's impossible, I guess, but there are other scenarios I would consider more likely. I think preparedness is in general a pretty good idea, but, IMHO, it's a mistake to obsess and prepare for any one specific threat. The idea, really, is that some of us hedge our bets a little against an unknown future- if the future were knowable, everyone would be prepared for it.

>>No, that would mean it is still spinning at one turn per year around its own axis.<<

Only relative to the sun. If it quit rotating relative, to, say, the rest of the galaxy, but continued to revolve around the sun, he's quite right.

I remember that now. It's amazing how a little bit of science can be distorted into something scary by the new-agers.

OTOH .... these extra-pounds I'm trying to loose would no longer matter ......
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These guys sell flexible water tanks in various sizes. The 110 gallon one is about right for storing under a bed.

http://www.aquaflex.net/

Of course if you live out in the boonies, your simplest approach is to just dig a pond out back.

Where did you get your 15 gallon ones? I want one or two for the truck, have kind of a mini rv going on with my old aluminum cap for camping out on the parents farm.

Pssst, listen buddy, I can get you a ride off this rock on the next pass of Hale-Bopp.

Just remember to bring your white sneakers.

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http://www.millennium-ark.net/

An excellent site . Go to the Preparedness Section

'fraid I'll have to get back to you on that. It was 1998 or 1999, and I got them from the same supplier I bought the 55 gallon plastic drums from. They are drums, smaller of course, and with a handle on top, but the same bungs as the larger ones. I'm sure most of the suppliers have them, but I'll look for the info on the one I used.

BE AWARE, however, that there's a reason most suppliers don't carry "portable" 15-gallon containers. The weight of the water alone is 120 pounds, plus the weight of the container itself. You're not going far with that on foot...

Yes, you are right of course! Not sure what I was thinking. <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> Without any rotation we'd still have a one year long day.