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Date: 29 July 2006 14:12:38
I have a uni group work assignment due on Friday. It's a poster and the broad topic is "Pandemics". My group has chosen to do ours on a Pandemic of Fear. Due to the exam on Friday, we only really started to think about the poster today. But anyway, last night I did a bit of reading on some Avian Flu Survival forums and learnt some interesting things. It made the one box of family Tamiflu seem rather paltry. We only have it because I went to Vietnam and there actually have been cases of bird flu there. Now it's also been to Germany, Canada, USA and Switzerland.
1. Some people are extremely prepared for a bird flu epidemic to hit some time soon and to nearly obliterate the human race. I say nearly, because these people are prepared for 3 years of hiding in their homes.
2. Fear makes people spent lots of money on interesting things
3. Washing machine lint can be saved for use as fire starters.
4. As a result of the bird flu, people will be forced to let their dogs run away because they won't be able to feed them as resources will be limited. The dogs will form roaming gangs that will destroy anything in their path. You may need to dig tunnels from your house to the garage so that you don't get eaten.
5. Everyone should have a gun. Or two. Or more!! One for each entry to the house, one for the car, one to go in your handbag.
6. Someone has worked out how to preserve M&Ms so that they'll last at least 8 years. I can't see how you could buy enough M&Ms that they'd still be around in 8 years...
7. You can remove skunk odors by wiping down the animal with a 50-50 solution of white distilled vinegar and water, followed by a plain-water rinse. I'm not sure if this is the skunk that you wipe down...
8. Be careful not to store too much of your preparations in the attic as this can cause the ceiling to fall in.
9. There is no such thing as too much toilet paper. But if you do run out, the yellow pages are a good back up plan. Especially as the phone lines will not be working.
10. There are many many uses for instant noodles that I never considered possible.