Day: September 11, 2018

funnywildlife:

#WildographyUganda Presents Today’s Cuteness:
Endangered Mountain Gorilla Fam beautifully captured by #wildographer & cinematographer @ruediplattner, who has is embarking on a photographic expedition of the Pantanal wetlands of Brazil.
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Well, my mom preferred to fill up jugs from a spring if she could. The worst that’s going to happen if you leave that sitting for a month is possibly a little algae visible on the container if it’s exposed to light.

But, most people just don’t have ready access to free spring water from cleaner sources than a lot of the commercially bottled stuff. Chlorinated water is a pretty good second, unless what’s coming out of the tap has a higher bacterial count than it should to begin with 😨

aegipan-omnicorn:

clatterbane:

spillywolf:

lunadoodles:

kid-with-the-bullet-soul:

kid-with-the-bullet-soul:

Hurricane tips I haven’t seen circulating yet

Hey guys if you’re in the path of hurricane Florence and you still need to buy water/bread but everywhere is sold out, here’s some tips.

  1. Don’t bother with the main grocery stores unless you’ve tried literally everywhere else or you know for sure when they get a shipment. That’s where it runs out first. Don’t even think about going in Walmart. Seriously my friend was in there yesterday and she said it looked worse than black Friday, everything non perishable was running out.
  2. Try some places no one really thinks to go first when looking for water. The club stores, home improvement, office supply, dollar stores, gas stations, big lots. Even more upscale grocery stores might still have some. I found water yesterday at staples. STAPLES guys, they had a whole pallet left. Some guy came behind me and bought 15 cases. I hope he was on well water. Speaking of…
  3. IF YOU ARE ON CITY WATER what are you even doing your water will stay on during power outages, buy maybe one pack and then invest in water filters if you’re worried about quality, because PEOPLE WITH WELLS WILL LITERALLY NOT HAVE ANY TAP WHEN IF THE POWER GOES OUT UNLESS THEY HAVE A GENERATOR. Which are also sold out where I am btw.
  4. If you need bread and it’s just not available here’s some things you can do. Buy dough. Biscuit, croissant, whatever, and go ahead and cook it up and put it in air tight baggies, keep in refrigerator top improve shelf life until power goes out. Or make dough and do the same. You need hardly anything, maybe 5 ingredients. Get frozen dinner rolls, waffles, pancakes and cook them ahead of time and do the same. Tortillas and bagels are just as filling and usually don’t sell out at fast. Crackers can also work for mini sandwiches.
  5. If you are worried about having enough food obviously grab canned goods if you can find some but may I also recommend Goldfish. Yeah. The kids snack. That stuff is FILLING. If you’re worried about going hungry get a giant box. Have one bowl full in the morning and you’ll be fairly full most of the day. It stays with you.

Well that’s my weird tip list, if you’ve got any hurricane advice feel free to tack it on!

Let’s do some more.

  1. Flooding. Everybody knows not to drive through water on the roads. Everyone knows this and still people do it. Don’t do it. That’s not an uncommon tip, just putting that as a disclaimer. IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE ON THE ROADS WHEN THERE’S FLOODING, get life jackets for everyone on board and bring something proven strong enough to break your car windows. Practice getting into the life jackets on quickly. If your vehicle gets swept off the road you need to unbuckle, put on the life jacket, break the window, and get out of the car and you need to do it in 45 seconds or less. 30 if possible. Do not drive through water on the roads, but rivers can rise suddenly, and just… be prepared.
  2. In preparing for storms you can see the best and worst of humanity. People have gotten into fistfights over bottled water in my area, but I’ve also seen so many people giving advice and being helpful. Fear can make monsters of the best of us, and I know this is scary, but take a breath, calm down, and be the best in humanity. I have been giving out these tips to people I see searching for water in sold out stores, I had a lovely conversation with people giving and recieving advice on which phone battery packs to buy, mothers coming to drop their children off with me while I’m at work stop to tell the staff what was going on at the stores they just left and what they’ve heard about new shipments of water. Be the best.
  3. IF YOU LIVE IN A TRAILER PARK OR APARTMENTS OR ANYWHERE THAT YOUR UTILITIES ARE REGULATED OR BUNDLED check and make SURE whether or not your water will work if the power goes out.
  4. If you are evacuating keep in mind that once you get out you may not be able to get back in until the flooding goes down. PACK ACCORDINGLY. I’ve seen people saying they only need to pack for 3 days but I would pack for at least a week just in case the roads are flooded that badly.
  5. It’s possible the winds are gonna be really bad in this one. If you’ve got tools out in the shed bring them in. Stuff like axes, hatchets, chainsaws and extra chains and gas, saws, anything like that, bring it inside the house or attached garage, if, heaven forbid, a limb breaks through a window or a tree falls on part of the house you’re not going to want to hunt for tools. Granted if a full tree falls dead on the house your best option is to get out, but if someone is trapped you’re going to want to get them out as fast as possible.

Imma keep this going again

Bring lawn furniture indoors or put it in the garage or shed (not the plastic or flimsy metal ones those need to be tied down or they’ll blow away)

Fill your bathtub with water for bathing/flushing (this is common but needed advice)

If you have pets, make sure they come indoors and have all the food/water they need

If you are in an area that floods get sandbags, sand bag any low lying doors or openings to try and prevent your home from flooding

Make sure your friends and family in the area are prepared, they may have forgotten something or need help

Be kind, if you see an elderly person who needs help with hurricane prep, help them, the world is too selfish these days

During Harvey the city water became undrinkable due to flooding, buying water IS a good idea.

Besides filling the bathtub for utility uses? You can also fill up clean empty bottles/jugs in advance for drinking and cooking purposes. For people on wells or municipal water supplies, either way.

Storing (especially chlorinated) water for that short a time should generally be fine if you’re starting out with clean water and clean food-safe containers well closed up. No expert here, but that’s what we always did if there was a chance of losing water.

May be useful for backup purposes, in any case.

^^What @spillywolf said.^^

If the power goes out, and you’re on city water, the water will still flow out of the tap, sure (so you can keep flushing the toilet).

But!

Sewage treatment needs electricity to work! If you drink the tap water after the power goes out, you’re drinking only the most crudely filtered sewer water.

Not a good idea. Especially if anyone in your household has a compromised immune system.

(And remember: the recommended amount to stock up is one gallon per person, for three days.)

spillywolf:

lunadoodles:

kid-with-the-bullet-soul:

kid-with-the-bullet-soul:

Hurricane tips I haven’t seen circulating yet

Hey guys if you’re in the path of hurricane Florence and you still need to buy water/bread but everywhere is sold out, here’s some tips.

  1. Don’t bother with the main grocery stores unless you’ve tried literally everywhere else or you know for sure when they get a shipment. That’s where it runs out first. Don’t even think about going in Walmart. Seriously my friend was in there yesterday and she said it looked worse than black Friday, everything non perishable was running out.
  2. Try some places no one really thinks to go first when looking for water. The club stores, home improvement, office supply, dollar stores, gas stations, big lots. Even more upscale grocery stores might still have some. I found water yesterday at staples. STAPLES guys, they had a whole pallet left. Some guy came behind me and bought 15 cases. I hope he was on well water. Speaking of…
  3. IF YOU ARE ON CITY WATER what are you even doing your water will stay on during power outages, buy maybe one pack and then invest in water filters if you’re worried about quality, because PEOPLE WITH WELLS WILL LITERALLY NOT HAVE ANY TAP WHEN IF THE POWER GOES OUT UNLESS THEY HAVE A GENERATOR. Which are also sold out where I am btw.
  4. If you need bread and it’s just not available here’s some things you can do. Buy dough. Biscuit, croissant, whatever, and go ahead and cook it up and put it in air tight baggies, keep in refrigerator top improve shelf life until power goes out. Or make dough and do the same. You need hardly anything, maybe 5 ingredients. Get frozen dinner rolls, waffles, pancakes and cook them ahead of time and do the same. Tortillas and bagels are just as filling and usually don’t sell out at fast. Crackers can also work for mini sandwiches.
  5. If you are worried about having enough food obviously grab canned goods if you can find some but may I also recommend Goldfish. Yeah. The kids snack. That stuff is FILLING. If you’re worried about going hungry get a giant box. Have one bowl full in the morning and you’ll be fairly full most of the day. It stays with you.

Well that’s my weird tip list, if you’ve got any hurricane advice feel free to tack it on!

Let’s do some more.

  1. Flooding. Everybody knows not to drive through water on the roads. Everyone knows this and still people do it. Don’t do it. That’s not an uncommon tip, just putting that as a disclaimer. IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE ON THE ROADS WHEN THERE’S FLOODING, get life jackets for everyone on board and bring something proven strong enough to break your car windows. Practice getting into the life jackets on quickly. If your vehicle gets swept off the road you need to unbuckle, put on the life jacket, break the window, and get out of the car and you need to do it in 45 seconds or less. 30 if possible. Do not drive through water on the roads, but rivers can rise suddenly, and just… be prepared.
  2. In preparing for storms you can see the best and worst of humanity. People have gotten into fistfights over bottled water in my area, but I’ve also seen so many people giving advice and being helpful. Fear can make monsters of the best of us, and I know this is scary, but take a breath, calm down, and be the best in humanity. I have been giving out these tips to people I see searching for water in sold out stores, I had a lovely conversation with people giving and recieving advice on which phone battery packs to buy, mothers coming to drop their children off with me while I’m at work stop to tell the staff what was going on at the stores they just left and what they’ve heard about new shipments of water. Be the best.
  3. IF YOU LIVE IN A TRAILER PARK OR APARTMENTS OR ANYWHERE THAT YOUR UTILITIES ARE REGULATED OR BUNDLED check and make SURE whether or not your water will work if the power goes out.
  4. If you are evacuating keep in mind that once you get out you may not be able to get back in until the flooding goes down. PACK ACCORDINGLY. I’ve seen people saying they only need to pack for 3 days but I would pack for at least a week just in case the roads are flooded that badly.
  5. It’s possible the winds are gonna be really bad in this one. If you’ve got tools out in the shed bring them in. Stuff like axes, hatchets, chainsaws and extra chains and gas, saws, anything like that, bring it inside the house or attached garage, if, heaven forbid, a limb breaks through a window or a tree falls on part of the house you’re not going to want to hunt for tools. Granted if a full tree falls dead on the house your best option is to get out, but if someone is trapped you’re going to want to get them out as fast as possible.

Imma keep this going again

Bring lawn furniture indoors or put it in the garage or shed (not the plastic or flimsy metal ones those need to be tied down or they’ll blow away)

Fill your bathtub with water for bathing/flushing (this is common but needed advice)

If you have pets, make sure they come indoors and have all the food/water they need

If you are in an area that floods get sandbags, sand bag any low lying doors or openings to try and prevent your home from flooding

Make sure your friends and family in the area are prepared, they may have forgotten something or need help

Be kind, if you see an elderly person who needs help with hurricane prep, help them, the world is too selfish these days

During Harvey the city water became undrinkable due to flooding, buying water IS a good idea.

Besides filling the bathtub for utility uses? You can also fill up clean empty bottles/jugs in advance for drinking and cooking purposes. For people on wells or municipal water supplies, either way.

Storing (especially chlorinated) water for that short a time should generally be fine if you’re starting out with clean water and clean food-safe containers well closed up. No expert here, but that’s what we always did if there was a chance of losing water.

May be useful for backup purposes, in any case.

systlin:

unbossed:

positive-memes:

Wholesome farmers

This reminds me of the “penny auctions” of the Great Depression.

I’m reblogging this again, because I forgot to mention; 

My family has lived in Iowa for, oh, a hundred and twenty years? Maybe a hundred and thirty.

My grandpa and grandma and great grandpa and grandma were part of the penny auctions and bullying bankers and mortgage holders into behaving. 

Grandpa was 6′ 3″. Great grandpa was an inch shorter. Both were big old farm boys, who could heft an eighty pound hay bale in each hand and toss them up on the hay wagon. 

Grandma told me a few times about how they went around with some of their buddies to ‘explain things’ to mortgage holders during the Depression, and how the farmers would all get together for coffee and settle among everyone in the township how no one was going to bid on the Miller auction but the Millers, and oh, if everyone could chip in fifty cents or so to loan the Millers to buy their land and equipment back at the auction, that’d be the Right Thing To Do.  

This is still a point of pride for many farming families around here, decades later. 

Why You Should Actually Be Terrified Right Now

raedusoleil:

It’s what happened to Jews in Germany in 1938 when their passports were declared invalid. That is what is beginning to happen here, now, to Hispanic citizens along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Oh, is it bad to compare the GOP to Nazis? Well, if members of the GOP do not like being compared to Nazis, they should consider not behaving exactly like Nazis.

Hispanic U.S. citizens, some of whom were in the U.S. military, are not being allowed to renew their passports. This is reportedly happening to “hundreds, even thousands” of Latinos, according to a report in the Washington Post. They’re getting letters from the State Department saying it does not believe they are citizens. The government claims their citizenships are fraudulent. “I’ve had probably 20 people who have been sent to the detention center—U.S. citizens,” Jaime Diez, an attorney in Brownsville, told The Washington Post.

The Washington Post also reports on ICE officials coming to citizens’ homes and taking their passports away. This is an escalation from a few months ago, when Americans were detained by ICE officials just for speaking Spanish to one another.

The administration is currently launching an effort to take citizenship from people who they suspect of fraud in obtaining it. Fraud in these cases is exceedingly rare. The last time the government tried to strip people of their citizenship was, according to Columbia Professor Mae Ngai, during The Red Scare of the 1950s. As Ngai remarks, McCarthyism is not typically remembered as a good period in American history.

There is good reason to believe that this could portend still worse things to come for the U.S. Hispanic population, unless people begin to speak out loudly, and fast.

Why You Should Actually Be Terrified Right Now