It’s great advice about storing water for an emergency.
Comment on I am so scared of nuclear war, how do I cope with it?
KelvarCherry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Nuclear War in films, like most aspects of life, is extremely over-dramatized. IF, and that’s a big If, a country launched a nuke at another, it would not mean an end to the world, or the nations involved.
Nukes are not reality-destroying devices. They will destroy a part of a city. They would destabilize life in that area, but one bomb is far from a global crisis. Your life would remain the same unless you are near the impact site.
Here is one key disaster preparation step you can take, relevant in a nuclear attack as well as storms and civil unrest: Stock up on water. Keep a few milk jugs, clean them out well, and fill them with tap water; Then shut them and put them somewhere cool and out of the way. That’s the most essential disaster prep step you can do.
someone@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Nukes won’t burn the world to a cinder, but they will end the world’s infrastructure.
Say good bye for probably a longer period to clean water, electricity, healthcare, etc. There is a point to say that the dead will be lucky.
Having said that, there will likely be pockets of livable arras where humanity will survive, but life for the survivors likely will be shitty for a number of decades until things stabilize again
Scrollone@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
You better change that water every now and then though.
KelvarCherry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I looked up the advice I had blindly followed and apparently milk jugs are biodegradable. That’s good for the environmentalists, but not for water storage. That said, stored water won’t “go bad”. It won’t even acidize like a glass of water on your countertop.
Scrollone@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
Pure water, maybe. But I’m pretty sure that if you just put water out of the tap, algæ will grow in it