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To: LindyBill who wrote (23629)	1/9/2004 8:39:39 PM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793637

Alert level dropped a notch to yellow. What do December 6, 1941, the day before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and April 19, 1995, the day before the Oklahoma City bombing, And 9/10/2001 have in common? ON all three days America's alert status was green. We go to red after an attack not before. Dropping our alert status does not impress anything on me but more vulnerability. Tip: The Red Cross recommends using 16 drops of bleach per gallon of water, adding 16 more after 30 minutes if the water does not have slight chlorine or bleach odor. They do not mention boiling the water before adding the bleach. The Red Cross’ suggestion for purifying water with heat is to boil the water for 3-5 minutes and let cool before drinking. The Red Cross website states, “The two methods described above will kill most microbes in water.” I prefer to use both methods when possible, particularly if the water is dirty. If boiling is the only method used, I suggest the old stand by may be the overall safest. Bring the water to a full boil and keep it there for 10 minutes. Add one more minute for every 1,000 feet above sea level. Water used for cooking vegetables can be used for drinking. Tell the kids it is soup. The Red Cross recommends distillation as the best method to purify water suggesting the following technique. “Distillation involves boiling water and then collecting the vapor that condenses back to water. The condensed vapor will not include salt and other impurities. To distill, fill a pot halfway with water. Tie a cup to the handle on the pot's lid so that the cup will hang right-side-up when the lid is upside-down (make sure the cup is not dangling into the water) and boil the water for 20 minutes. The water that drips from the lid into the cup is distilled.” The French believe that adding red wine to water purifies it. I tried this method in Belgium and can say with certainty that it improves the taste of water! I would not trust this method to purify water. Plan on a minimum of one gallon of drinking water per person per day. The bleach method is excellent and precludes the need to store water if you live near a running stream or other clear water source. All you need then are empty containers and a supply of bleach.