August 31, 2005
EMERGENCY WATER FOR KATRINA VICTIMS
8-16 drops of household bleach will purify a gallon of drinking water.
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First let water stand until particles settle. Filter the particles if necessary with layers of cloth, coffee filters, or fine paper towels. Pour the clear water into an uncontaminated container and add Regular Clorox Bleach per the below indicated ratio. Mix well. Wait 30 min. Water should have a slight bleach odor. If not, repeat dose. Wait 15 min. Sniff again.
Iodine works, too.
In an emergency, iodine in a medicine kit will purify water. Use 2 percent U.S.P.-strength iodine (read the label). Using a medicine dropper, add 20 drops per gallon to clear water and 40 drops per gallon to cloudy water. Mix completely by stirring or shaking in a clean container. Allow the water to stand at least 30 minutes before using. Iodine is an antiseptic and is poisonous, so use and store it safely.
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Sounds to me like a certain blogDad has had some survival training in the Navy, and kept his training manuals. All that info looks exactly correct.
Good for you offering that advice - I hope the folks down their will get it somehow. It's life or death.
Posted by: Jeff at August 31, 2005 11:21 PM (GtrXh)
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Truth be told, I first heard about this in P.J. O'Rourke's book "All the Trouble in the World".
Google just gave me the details.
Posted by: Harvey at August 31, 2005 11:57 PM (ubhj8)
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Heh! Even though I'm a huge O'Rourke fan, I haven't gotten around to reading All the Trouble in the World yet. I'll be wanting that one next time I'm at Barnes and Noble.
And I'm not the least surprised he has such basic disaster survival info - that's just like him.
Posted by: Jeff at September 01, 2005 12:45 AM (GtrXh)
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So this is for the flood victim that still has internet access.
This could actually help me when my house floods from sewer backup next time. It's happened twice in the past two years, so any day now.
Posted by: Sunbuzz at September 01, 2005 03:28 AM (IdcDU)
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I think the plan should be ammended to "find protesters; beat up protesters; take their bottled water"
Posted by: Dr. Phat Tony at September 01, 2005 06:59 AM (fk/lm)
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Having had to do that before two interesting side notes on this process.
1)The water tastes nasty... drinkable, but nasty. It's almost like drinking pool water.
2)If you accidently put too much bleach in, you'll be able to shit through a strainer.
Posted by: Contagion at September 01, 2005 08:52 AM (M8Swz)
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Sunbuzz - yeah, I know it's probably not much practical use at this point, but it's been bugging me for years that I've known about this VERY simple little gimmick, but I've never seen it mentioned in disaster preparedness lists.
Posted by: Harvey at September 01, 2005 09:22 AM (ubhj8)
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I now know how to crap through a strainer, which is a big plus.
Posted by: Sunbuzz at September 01, 2005 12:24 PM (IdcDU)
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