there are still snakes in the water, and crocodiles, and now at least one shark. Good lawd. I was living in Des Moines for 30 days w/o potable water, but it never occurred to me that there was one thing to be thankful for -- the flood was INLAND.
Bless you for your birthday wishes yesterday, btw. I have decided to schedule my b'day for a new time, since for the past week I appear to have become an animagus snot machine.
A couple of tips from our flood: first, water is ESSENTIAL. Besides potable water, they'lll need it for flushing the toilet and what washing can be done. We hooked up a rainbarrel to get toilet water, etc but our flood came from the rainiest month evah, and don't know if that's the issue there. Also let my little truck have a plastic lining and half filled with water, for bathing. At night, in the dark, obviously.
Second, I dropped an open bottle of water in my purse, and it soaked everything, including my camera, which is not water proof. The camera guy who sold it to me told me later (it resisted the wet) that the best way to dry very small electronics safely for them and you is to pack it in rice, and leave it for a few days. Makes sense -- salt shakers in restaurants, when I was a little girl (before they started putting poisons in the salt to make it not clump) always had a few rice grains in them to keep the salt free-flowing by sucking out the water. another friend who is a puter programmer and whose husband assembles hard drives and such, said "Didn't you know that?" I didn't, so I pass it on fwiw.
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Date: 2011-01-13 02:46 am (UTC)Bless you for your birthday wishes yesterday, btw. I have decided to schedule my b'day for a new time, since for the past week I appear to have become an animagus snot machine.
A couple of tips from our flood: first, water is ESSENTIAL. Besides potable water, they'lll need it for flushing the toilet and what washing can be done. We hooked up a rainbarrel to get toilet water, etc but our flood came from the rainiest month evah, and don't know if that's the issue there. Also let my little truck have a plastic lining and half filled with water, for bathing. At night, in the dark, obviously.
Second, I dropped an open bottle of water in my purse, and it soaked everything, including my camera, which is not water proof. The camera guy who sold it to me told me later (it resisted the wet) that the best way to dry very small electronics safely for them and you is to pack it in rice, and leave it for a few days. Makes sense -- salt shakers in restaurants, when I was a little girl (before they started putting poisons in the salt to make it not clump) always had a few rice grains in them to keep the salt free-flowing by sucking out the water. another friend who is a puter programmer and whose husband assembles hard drives and such, said "Didn't you know that?" I didn't, so I pass it on fwiw.