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Old 12-29-2011, 03:21 PM
Odonk Odonk is offline
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Originally Posted by Jon Lemon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Your water advice is a little further to the permanent side than I'd be comfortable with in this situation. It's all well and good if you have a permanent encampment, but you need to be prepared to carry what you need on your person for this situation.

Iodine is gr8 choice, a kilo of it goes a long way. If you had a scientific professional [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] available it wouldn't be difficult to attenuate the local flora with iodine & develop a vaccine that should render the area water supply fairly safe to drink if the situation was starting to look more desperate. That'll have to wait til after my hilltop cult gets the first round of inductees though, fuck knows I'm not testing on myself.
purify water = simple answer. bring to a rolling boil for 6-8 minutes then strain through clean cloth. might not look like dasani but it is just as clean
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