AmyD and others…..Interesting, the discussion on other methods of sterilizing for germs on masks, medical instruments, etc. I was only thinking of the dust issues…which use up my masks so quickly in the dry summer/fall months. Must have but $$$. But the expanded issue…. Thanks for introducing more ideas.
Cinnamon Grammy….hope you have a wonderful trip and wedding. Northern Minn …Boundary Waters is where DH and I did our honeymoon. Canoe camping. Had a great time [but purely stupid for him to try to quit smoking during that]. Ahem, we paddled back to the nearest civilization to get HIS supplies and have ice cream [me!]. Then back into the wilderness. 🙂 He finally did quit, BTW. 🙂 MINN was A LOOONG time ago. Lived near Duluth for a year….had so many weird things happen that folks renamed us “Murphy”!! Yes, there are bears and wolves. Beautiful. Love the ice buildup along the N. shore when wind bunches it up…that iridescent blue GLOWING in the sunshine. Possibly my favorite color.
LilSister…glad you had family time, despite the sad reason. Every opportunity to gather with loved ones is good.
Columbia River….prep cuz you never know what life will bring you. You said that one right!! Certainly doesn’t have to be a major event….especially when one is older or has health issues……[or has animals to care for…roll eyes! ] Sometimes it seems like my life events are so bizarre! And then another and another pile on top. DH and I are so physically strained right now, we’re just getting on however we can. Wish I had more things home canned. But just simply getting some food in us ….that’s a goal. Got plenty stored….but fixing does take energy. Hoping we can catch our breath soon. I’m still mostly flattened from all the snow/ice work during recent storms. But…doing what we can and working together.
Muffy….always glad to hear about your garden progress. And yes, I did note the EO about EMP preparedness. That would be a colossal mess – either by the sun or other. We’ve got some things stashed in hopefully adequate protection. Radio for gathering data. 2-ways for comms between DH and I. Few other things. JIC.
RE: Data. I HATE trying to plan things during crisis WITHOUT accurate data. Our community’s big fire evac was a mess….due to inadequate/inaccurate data. And that was with all the usual communications [radio/TV/etc] still working. But no one KNEW what would happen. Now there is auto-alerts to phones and email. Reverse 911 calls. Didn’t have those during our crisis. Bad data in the form of outdated maps was the likely cause of some of it getting even further out of control. [Oh, you mean people LIVE back there?]
Well, today DH and I got our barnyard light and the outlet WORKING! 😀 Yay! It’s realllly dark here without that …..adds security. However the extension cord to the big livestock tank heater….or the heater itself….or moisture in the connection [we think it might be that] still shorts out the new outlet. Pushing the red button fixes it, thankfully. Since creek is flowing, we don’t need the tank heater. Wrapped all that up for now. We’ll test the cords and the tank heater separately later to discover what’s what. But for now, poultry have light and the LED barn yard light is on!
Cross one task OFF the LIST…..
OldMtWoman G’nite all