Okay, this is inspired by some less-weird parts of 'Resistance to die-off' thread...
Kath commented this morning that Ebola count is up through 200 and 90+ % mortality-- but based on small sample...
So, in (unlikely ;-) event that it breaks free, how should I put my library into storage ??
I know basic stuff about mould-killer, bug-spray and a knotted-cloth bag with bi-carb soda to delay acid-paper self-destruct...
And, I've enough sense to find a cache-site that will *still* be above water-table when the drains fail...
Also, I'd add multiple copies of 'kids stuff' kindegarten-upwards school books, pocket dictionaries etc and el-cheapo solar-powered sum-adder calculators to bootstrap the heavy stuff... and LOTS of chalk & pencils, squeezy torches, stainless-steel kitchen implements, multi-tools etc etc.
Without access to welding & inert-gas-flush equipment, I was considering the armoured cases used by expeditions & film crews. Low-tech version is nested plastic drums, spaced with cement...
I'm in urban environment, would be trapped ~ 400 miles from any 'isolated' kin, but my collection of antigens would give me as good a chance as any...
That's providing I don't succumb to Survivor's Guilt after losing umpteen kin when either a bug gets them or their pills run out...
Which reminds me to stock up on Aspirin, Paracetamol, hay-fever pills, multi-vitamins, disinfectant-tablets, sterile dressings and first-aid booklets. Here-abouts we can't get antibiotics off-script...
Kath commented this morning that Ebola count is up through 200 and 90+ % mortality-- but based on small sample...
So, in (unlikely ;-) event that it breaks free, how should I put my library into storage ??
I know basic stuff about mould-killer, bug-spray and a knotted-cloth bag with bi-carb soda to delay acid-paper self-destruct...
And, I've enough sense to find a cache-site that will *still* be above water-table when the drains fail...
Also, I'd add multiple copies of 'kids stuff' kindegarten-upwards school books, pocket dictionaries etc and el-cheapo solar-powered sum-adder calculators to bootstrap the heavy stuff... and LOTS of chalk & pencils, squeezy torches, stainless-steel kitchen implements, multi-tools etc etc.
Without access to welding & inert-gas-flush equipment, I was considering the armoured cases used by expeditions & film crews. Low-tech version is nested plastic drums, spaced with cement...
I'm in urban environment, would be trapped ~ 400 miles from any 'isolated' kin, but my collection of antigens would give me as good a chance as any...
That's providing I don't succumb to Survivor's Guilt after losing umpteen kin when either a bug gets them or their pills run out...
Which reminds me to stock up on Aspirin, Paracetamol, hay-fever pills, multi-vitamins, disinfectant-tablets, sterile dressings and first-aid booklets. Here-abouts we can't get antibiotics off-script...