Emergency Water Storage System

Disclosure: Grandma Bonnie's Closet has not been compensated for the following product review. I received a product sample for review purposes only.
After seeing so many natural disasters happening in a short period of time I have planned to be prepared. I started by making lists of items that would be useful in an emergency. Then I researched many different emergency preparedness resources online. I even wrote a post or two about being prepared. You can find those here and here. So when I was given the opportunity to review "The Reservoir" I said Please with a capitol P!

"What is The Reservoir?" you ask. Well, it's an Emergency Water Storage System that fits right in your bath tub. The system main part is a large plastic reservoir. It folds out into your bath tub and a plastic hose attaches from the tub faucet to the plastic reservoir. The reservoir is filled from the faucet then capped. The water is kept clean. It is free from soap residue and airborne debris.

Has you home ever been with out tap water for a day or more?
A few years back I am guessing about 6 years I believe. We had our water turned off by the local water supplier. They were doing some repairs and informed the three houses on our road we would be with out water for a day or two. They gave us about an hours notice. We filled every container in our home. Both bathtubs were filled and we purchased drinking water. We went three days with out tap water. That is truthfully not that long to be with out water. But one thing is for sure the water in our tubs was only used for flushing and washing up. I was very nervous about contaminants.
With "The Reservoir" my family will not have to worry about having clean back-up water any more.

The reservoir holds 100 gallons of water. It is made of heavy-duty food-grade plastic and meets FDA standards. Below is the reservoir folded flat for storage. I placed a regular size drinking glass beside it in order to show its relative size when folded flat.

The reservoir also comes with a siphon pump to dispense the water into pitchers or bottles.

Remove the cap to siphon water then replace to keep the water clean.

I do hope we never have to use The Reservoir. But in the event of an emergency I will be thankful we have it for use. 

Readers, What do you think about this product? What will you do if your water is off in an emergency?

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Quiet Again

You know the saying, "Time flies when your having fun." Well, time sure flew around here while my grandchildren were visiting. I enjoyed every minute of it and wish it could have lasted a little longer but that was not to be. I am now sitting here blogging and looking forward to a long visit on Skype with their little faces.
We took the children to an indoor water park of which we have many in our area.

 Sweet Pea and Pumpkin playing in the water spouts.

 Little Roo having a blast in the baby water spouts.

Pooh Bear in his Puddle Jumper splashing in the water spouts.

 Pumpkin getting ready to go on a water slide.

Sweet Pea taking a break with Grandma.

The last week after my granddaughters left the weather finally co-operated enough for my grandsons to swim in our pool.

 Little Bug getting ready to swim in our pool.

Pooh Bear having a blast in our pool.

The grandchildren also did a lot of swinging. 

 I am not sure what Little Bug is attempting but boys will be boys!

Look at Little Roo! He is trying to be just like his big brother Pooh Bear. He looks so determined to make that swing go!

Of course I have many more pictures but I will end for now before you become terribly bored. How is your summer going? Have you had any visitors this summer? What did you do to keep busy?