Those that die will die, those that don't, won't. OffWorldBeings (you can quote me on that)
--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe a bunch of us are going to die. Wow! That would > be really cool! I'm serious. > > --- Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > From a friend: > > > > Listen to Michael Osterholm. Go to www.npr.org > > type in > > Osterholm in the search engine there. Listen to > > his October 10th > > talk first....it's about 5 minutes. > > Then listen to his October 14th talk > > afterwards.....it's about 15-20 > > minutes. He mentions that the pandemic will last > > 12 to 18 > > months!!!....so one month > > isn't going to cut it. There will be many waves of > > varying strains of > > influenza sweeping through the population...some > > more virulent then > > others.....and it will last > > for quite some time. Also go to the CDC's web site > > and read what they > > have to say. They say it's inevitable and that > > it's coming anytime > > now. > > > > I didn't feel y2k was anything to worry about. But > > I am very concerned > > (not afraid) of what this will do to the status quo. > > I have a lot of > > young friends who would > > be very susceptible to a flu resembling the 1918 > > pandemic. I don't > > want to lose a single one. > > > > Pass the food prep thing on. The more folks who > > invest the small > > amount it costs to squirrel away some grains the > > better off we'll all > > be. > > > > ------------------ > > > > There are five gallon plastic pails at Wal-Mart. > > The pails, with > > locking lids, costs about $4.50. Buy two of them > > for each member of your family. Pack them with > > dried grains...a good > > variety. You can buy four or five pounds of > > different > > grains and leave them in the plastic bags you bought > > them in. Each > > plastic pail should then be packed to the top with > > multiple bags > > of these different grains. It'll cost you about > > $30 or $40, if > > purchased in bulk, to fill each five gallon pail. > > > > Stick some dry ice (CO2) in the containers and put > > the lids on....make > > a pin hole, with a safety pin, in the lids.....after > > 48 hours > > put a piece of tape over the pin hole. Now your > > containers are secure > > for at least a year. > > > > But remember to wait at least 48 hours. By then the > > dry ice would of > > melted (gone directly to a gas..carbon dioxide) and > > displaced all of the air in the pails. CO2 is > > heavier then air so it > > will settle to the bottom of the pails displacing > > the air > > which will be pushed out of the pin hole. If the > > CO2 has not fully > > melted then once you've closed the hole the pressure > > will > > build in the pail, possibly blowing the lid > > off....so wait until the > > dry ice (CO2) has all gone to its gas state. > > > > Bugs don't do so well if there is no oxygen. The > > CO2 will smoother the > > little suckers if there are any in there. Often > > times the > > bugs you end up getting are already in the grains. > > You don't have to > > do the CO2 thing but it does add an extra measure of > > protection and it's cheap and easy to do. > > > > Each five gallon bucket, if fully sprouted, will > > expand to ten times > > that volume. You can take a hand full of a mixture > > of grains and > > soak them for a couple of days and then eat them > > without cooking....you > > can let them sprout longer, if you wish, for > > great salads. The enzyme and nutritional content of > > sprouted grains is > > much higher then cooked grains. So even though it > > may > > not be as tasty, to some folk, as a warm meal it > > will be highly > > nutritious and an ideal food to sustain your family > > through difficult > > times. > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. > http://farechase.yahoo.com > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> AIDS in India: A "lurking bomb." Click and help stop AIDS now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpTY2A/lzNLAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
