{"id":31719,"date":"2018-02-28T10:42:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T15:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=31719"},"modified":"2018-02-28T10:42:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T15:42:26","slug":"the-easiest-way-to-create-an-emergency-water-supply-that-lasts-all-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=31719","title":{"rendered":"The Easiest Way To Create an Emergency Water Supply That Lasts All Winter\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/the-easiest-way-to-create-an-emergency-water-supply-that-lasts-all-winter_27022018\/\">The Easiest Way To Create an Emergency Water Supply That Lasts All Winter<span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45367\" src=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/winter-water.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/winter-water.jpg 500w, http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/winter-water-300x200.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/center>There are reasons that everyone disdains converting snow and ice to water, such as \u201cit\u2019s not cost or heat effective,\u201d or \u201cyou can\u2019t get much from it,\u201d etc.\u00a0 In a survival situation, though, you may not have that much of a choice and this could be your only <a href=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/how-harvesting-snow-creates-a-long-term-water-supply_28032017\/\">long-term water supply<\/a>.\u00a0 With many surface water bodies freezing solid, it renders it difficult to remove the ice and then melt it down.\u00a0 Snow is the most-maligned of the two, but you can still take water from it.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go over some of the numbers and explore a few methods to get some water in the wintertime when you\u2019re out in the wilds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn About Snow Water Equivalent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The volume of ice can be converted to the volume of water by multiplying the ice\u2019s volume by 0.92 for water volume.\u00a0 This can be helpful, especially if you have a way of measuring blocks of ice or ice that has been formed within a container where you know the dimensions.\u00a0 Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) is the most common way to measure the amount of water that is in a given amount of snow.\u00a0 The \u201cmagic\u201d number here is 10% of the volume of the snow is equal to the volume of water.\u00a0 Therefore, if you had a large container (such as a kid\u2019s plastic swimming pool) filled with 2 feet of snow?\u00a0 Your amount of water would equal 2.4 inches, for the remaining area and volume of the pool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Simplest Way to Harvest Water in Winter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I mentioned these just to give you an idea.\u00a0 Naturally, you won\u2019t be lugging around a Coleco plastic swimming pool in the woods with you.\u00a0 You can, however, pack in gallon-sized Ziploc plastic bags, and here\u2019s where your math comes into play to figure volume.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Easiest Way To Create an Emergency Water Supply That Lasts All Winter\u00a0 There are reasons that everyone disdains converting snow and ice to water, such as \u201cit\u2019s not cost or heat effective,\u201d or \u201cyou can\u2019t get much from it,\u201d etc.\u00a0 In a survival situation, though, you may not have that much of a choice 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