I store some water, about 90 gallons in the garage now in 30 gal. barrels, and 6 gal. and 1 gal. water jugs. I have capacity to fill and store ~820 gallons inside, all in food grade containers that I otherwise use for making beer and wine. I'm not too worried about a water shut down in a SHTF event because our regional water system is all gravity fed. But, if some event were to occur, I'd start filling our 35 & 65 gal. water tanks, the 55, 32, 12, and 10 gal. Brute barrels, the 40 glass carboys, and a couple dozen other jugs. All the bigger barrels and carboys have roller bases so they're easy to move around.
We have an irrigation canal that meanders through the property so if they can keep it flowing from the Colorado River, most folks in the area will have water. Just have to filter and sterilize. I have a whole house UV sterilizer but it requires electricity.
We store enough food to keep us going for 1-2 years. Some is dry storage like rice and beans I've bought in bulk at Sam's, and then vacuum packaged in meal sized servings. Two cups of pinto beans done in the crock pot is good for three meals for the two of us, along with elk steaks and veggies from the garden. In harvest season our 1200 orchard trees would provide food for sale and trade.
We keep two refrigerators and two chest freezers full. If the electricity goes out long term we'll have to work fast converting frozen foods by cooking, canning and dehydrating. Our house is on natural gas, which might be fairly secure in a SHTF, but maybe not. I keep several 100 and 20 Lb. propane bottles, but that's not enough. I have a spare 120 gal. propane tank that I've been thinking of setting up here. That would keep us cooking for a while.
Be Prepared is a good motto, (and Hummer is an Eagle Scout).![]()