▲ 226 ▼ Americans are looking to stock up on gas masks, emergency meal kits, and power banks as anxiety builds (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 1 year ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 35 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Wait what's blue can water? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Fondots@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Pretty much exactly what it sounds like, water that comes in blue cans. The manufacturer claims it has a 50 year shelf life or something. It costs several times what regular bottled water does, and it's literally just water, not flavored or sparkling or enhanced with any vitamins or electrolytes or anything, just water in a can. It's kind of a stupid thing to buy, and arguably you'd be better off just filling up some sturdy jugs from your tap and treating it with a couple drops of bleach and dumping it down the drain every so often, but I can also see the convenience of a buy-one-cry-once set-it-and-forget it prep like that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Pretty much exactly what it sounds like, water that comes in blue cans. The manufacturer claims it has a 50 year shelf life or something. It costs several times what regular bottled water does, and it's literally just water, not flavored or sparkling or enhanced with any vitamins or electrolytes or anything, just water in a can. It's kind of a stupid thing to buy, and arguably you'd be better off just filling up some sturdy jugs from your tap and treating it with a couple drops of bleach and dumping it down the drain every so often, but I can also see the convenience of a buy-one-cry-once set-it-and-forget it prep like that. permalink fedilink source parent