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To: longnshort who wrote (2866)	9/1/2005 10:17:24 AM
From: exdaytrader76	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26021

You don't have to get food for your gun Guns eat bullets, though. I can't buy 40 lbs of bullets for $18. A large supply of dog food is prudent - (yuck in advance) - it can also double as human food in a dire crisis. Plus, a closet full of dog food will not blow my house up in a fire or make me look like an Idaho militiaman. Ideally, and this is a stretch in our modernized world, a dog should be able to hunt or assist in hunting enough to feed itself. Looking at the refugee lap dogs, this thought is sadly laughable. The most important survivalist supply is water, or a water to get/filter it. survival-center.com Pour-though filtering systems can be made in an emergency. Here's one example that will remove many contaminants: 1. Take a five or seven gallon pail (a 55-gallon drum can also be used for a larger scale system) and drill or punch a series of small holes on the bottom. 2. Place several layers of cloth on the bottom of the bucket, this can be anything from denim to an old table cloth. 3. Add a thick layer of sand (preferred) or loose dirt. This will be the main filtering element, so you should add at least half of the pail's depth. 4. Add another few layers of cloth, weighted down with a few larger rocks. 5. Your home-made filter should be several inches below the top of the bucket. 6. Place another bucket or other collection device under the holes you punched on the bottom. 7. Pour collected or gathered water into the top of your new filter system. As gravity works its magic, the water will filter through the media and drip out the bottom, into your collection device. If the water is cloudy or full of sediment, simply let it drop to the bottom and draw the cleaner water off the top of your collection device with a straw or tube. (If you have a stash of activated charcoal, possibly acquired from an acquarium dealer, you can put a layer inside this filter. Place a layer of cloth above and especially below the charcoal. This will remove other contaminants and reduce any unpleasnt smell or taste.) While this system may not be the best purification method, it has been successfully used in the past. For rain water or water gathered from what appear to be relatively clean sources of running water, the system should work fine. If you have no water source but a contaminated puddle, oily highway runoff or similar polluted source, the filter may be better than nothing, but it's not a great option. Once the system has been established and works, you must remember to change the sand or dirt regularly.