Warning, get the right information first!
It is correct that the US Coast Guard recommends a minimum of 8 oz of drinking water for seamen and people on sea faring vessels.
However!
This is a recommendation based on minimum water requirements for a short period of time (usually until rescue arrives) and not for a long term period such as 3 months or longer!
Furthermore, this recommendation is for people that are seamen who are usually in rather healthy physical condition or passengers of life rafts (boarded after a disastrous event on board a vessel) waiting to be rescued without performing strenuous levels of activity.
In no way is this US Coast Guard recommendation of only 8 oz of water per person per day meant for people that are engaged in average to heavy physical activity levels as it would be the case during recovery and rebuilding efforts following a large scale disaster such as an Earthquake, Hurricane or Tornado destruction, etc.
For comparison, 8 oz is just half of what is inside a standard soda can, which usually contains 16 oz.
No person that is involved in standard activities can survive long term on such a small amount of drinking water!
In fact, drinking such low amounts of water for weeks or even months (as it is suggested by those questionable resellers and their websites) could result in severe dehydration and internal organ failure such as kidney shutdown etc.
We therefore ask everyone to please do the math yourself and do not take these misinterpreted statements for fact!
If our canned water is your only water supply for consumption, then please follow the instructions printed on the can, which are 'store one two two cans per person per day'.
One can of Canned Emergency Water will give you 46 fl oz per day, or the equivalent of 3 standard sized glasses of water which is the minimum amount the average human body requires over long periods of time to survive!
So how much water per person should you really store if you want to keep a 3 month supply?
46 oz per day = 1 can per day
1 can per day = 30 cans per month
30 cans per month = 90 cans for 3 months
90 cans / 6 cans per case = 15 cases for a 3 month supply!
Summary: You need the equivalent of 15 cases of water for a 1 Person / 3 month supply.
Please understand that this is a realistic assessment to ensure you have enough drinkable water available long term. This is not an attempt to make you purchase more water than you really need. In fact, you can never have enough clean drinking water on hand.
People with certain health related issues might require even more drinking water.
To us here at JJWTech, Inc. Emergency Preparedness is not about making a quick sale but to ensure
our customers are properly informed and truly prepared for a disaster.
It is of no help to you if someone tells you that 6 cases will prepare you for 3 months when in reality you need to have 15 cases of drinkable water to survive.
If you have any questions about this, then please contact us.
We would love to hear from you.
However!
This is a recommendation based on minimum water requirements for a short period of time (usually until rescue arrives) and not for a long term period such as 3 months or longer!
Furthermore, this recommendation is for people that are seamen who are usually in rather healthy physical condition or passengers of life rafts (boarded after a disastrous event on board a vessel) waiting to be rescued without performing strenuous levels of activity.
In no way is this US Coast Guard recommendation of only 8 oz of water per person per day meant for people that are engaged in average to heavy physical activity levels as it would be the case during recovery and rebuilding efforts following a large scale disaster such as an Earthquake, Hurricane or Tornado destruction, etc.
For comparison, 8 oz is just half of what is inside a standard soda can, which usually contains 16 oz.
No person that is involved in standard activities can survive long term on such a small amount of drinking water!
In fact, drinking such low amounts of water for weeks or even months (as it is suggested by those questionable resellers and their websites) could result in severe dehydration and internal organ failure such as kidney shutdown etc.
We therefore ask everyone to please do the math yourself and do not take these misinterpreted statements for fact!
If our canned water is your only water supply for consumption, then please follow the instructions printed on the can, which are 'store one two two cans per person per day'.
One can of Canned Emergency Water will give you 46 fl oz per day, or the equivalent of 3 standard sized glasses of water which is the minimum amount the average human body requires over long periods of time to survive!
So how much water per person should you really store if you want to keep a 3 month supply?
46 oz per day = 1 can per day
1 can per day = 30 cans per month
30 cans per month = 90 cans for 3 months
90 cans / 6 cans per case = 15 cases for a 3 month supply!
Summary: You need the equivalent of 15 cases of water for a 1 Person / 3 month supply.
Please understand that this is a realistic assessment to ensure you have enough drinkable water available long term. This is not an attempt to make you purchase more water than you really need. In fact, you can never have enough clean drinking water on hand.
People with certain health related issues might require even more drinking water.
To us here at JJWTech, Inc. Emergency Preparedness is not about making a quick sale but to ensure
our customers are properly informed and truly prepared for a disaster.
It is of no help to you if someone tells you that 6 cases will prepare you for 3 months when in reality you need to have 15 cases of drinkable water to survive.
If you have any questions about this, then please contact us.
We would love to hear from you.
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