Namelus – Thank you for the information about those new, washable masks. I’ll look into them! If I get a UV-C light wand I will, of course, be very careful not to point it toward anyone’s eyes. I want to get one similar to the one demonstrated by Joe Alton, M.D. (“Doctor Bones”) in this YouTube video he made describing ways to sterilize medical instruments in the field: https://www dot youtube dot com/watch?v=skdaVhIIDrI The video is titled “Sterilization of Instruments: New Method”. If you haven’t already seen that video, you might want to check it out. In it he describes the results of a research study done by scientists working at a U.S. Army base. Those results were published in the December 2015 issue of the Journal of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. By wiping medical instruments with Hibiclens and then passing a UV-C light wand within 4 inches of the instruments’ surfaces for just 45 seconds, the researchers found that 100% of the bacteria they had previously smeared on on those instruments were eliminated. The instruments could then either be used for medical procedures right away, or could be vacuum-sealed and stored for later use.
Muffy1938 – I worry about that too! In order to have a variety of methods of communication, I’ve stockpiled 3 of the older “Red Cross” radios made by Eton that can be either hand-cranked, powered by batteries, or charged by AC power. I also have a few of the relatively inexpensive BaoFeng BF-F9 and UV-82HP portable HAM radios, a battery-operated Grundig Yacht Boy 400 shortwave radio, an older model BayGen Freeplay hand-cranked shortwave radio, 2 pairs of Family Service Radios, and one handheld CB radio (I would like to eventually get a base camp CB radio to go with it). Once I finish making my DIY Faraday cage (To be made from a Behrens brand galvanized steel trash can lined with thin yoga mats cut to fit, with aluminum HVAC tape to seal the lid seams once the can is filled up), I plan to put one or two of each of those different types of radios into EMP-proof bags, place those filled bags in the “Faraday Cage” can and seal it up – just in case of an EMP from a high-altitude nuclear burst. As far as information on preparing for a possible EMP goes, I feel comfortable relying on the advice given by Dr. Arthur Bradley in his YouTube videos and his book Disaster Preparedness for EMP Attacks and Solar Storms (Expanded Edition). With his background as an electrical engineer for N.A.S.A., I believe he really knows what he’s talking about 🙂
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