[MR] Lesson from Isabel

[Stefan li Rous]

<<< Go buy a large paint bucket with a lid and a largs package of  
kitty litter. In  pinch it will work for a few days.
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Date: Friday, August 26, 2011 9:09:44 pm
To: "Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org" <Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
From: "Chris Harrop" <chrshrrp at yahoo.com>
Subject: [MR] Lesson from Isabel

Back in 2003 when Isabel blew though northern Virginia we didn't get  
much damage apart from some water in the basement.? But our water and  
electricity was knocked out for several days.? Losing the electricity  
wasn't so bad, but no water!? Try going without a flush toliet for  
several days.? That is medieval!? Get you some rubber stoppers for  
your tubs and fill the tubs with water.? That way you'll be able to  
fill your toliet tanks.? The s--- fill flush.? You'll be glad. >>>

Frankly, in many ways folks are better set up than most non-SCA folks.  
Many of you have been camping and often go some time without  
electricity or running water.

While some of these take more time to prepare ahead of time, here are  
some solutions that folks have been recommending for toilet facilities  
in private camps, even when there are public facilities such as at  
Pennsic. It seems that many of these could be adopted for disaster uses.

In the SCA-CAMPING section of the Florilegium:
camp-toilets-msg (9K) 6/27/04 Camp toilets for private camps.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CAMPING/camp-toilets-msg.html

Stefan

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