Originally Posted By: dweste
I suggest you consider the range and type of disasters before coming to such an absolute conclusion.

I mentioned flooding in my previous post. The irony of flooding is you had so much water but it is not potable.

Originally Posted By: dweste
By the way, you do have an emergency food plan that includes lots of water, don't you?

I do have a plan that included enough water to last 72hours. Storing more water would not be possible.

Originally Posted By: dweste
And if polluted water is likely to become your only source, you have filters and other treatments lined up to allow you to process such water for consumption, don't you?
I do have some water filter for normal hiking / camping uses. However, it is beyond these device to deal with flood water which is contaminated with raw sewage / toxic petrochemical / floating corpse, etc.