Okay, so it turns out it was bad timing for me to read The Road by Cormac McCarthy last week, right before the World Health Organization (WHO) raised its pandemic alert from 3 to 4 (I think levels 5 and 6 are the official “holy crap” levels), AND two (mild) cases of swine flu turned up here in Kansas.
It could have been worse – I could have been re-reading The Stand
All this to say that I spent a good part of yesterday procrastinating on my writing by looking up food storage information and products on the web and internally debating the relative merits of single-burner, dual fuel camp stoves vs. butane or propane setups.
Can you tell I have a writing deadline looming on May 15?
I read The Stand when it looked like a good, big book to grab … when I was in the sixth grade and home sick with the flu.
Yeah. Smart.
Look into a single burner kerosene stove. They’re more economical to operate than the other fuels and it is safer to store kerosene.
Perhaps I could give you some pointers on preparation if you took me out for some sushi. It’s been a while.
You say I’m “Machiavellian” like it’s a bad thing.
@Scoopgirl: Ha! Yes, don’t think visions of the Superflu aka Captain Trips weren’t dancing in my head when news of the swine flu broke.
@Rod E.: Hi! Long time no see/hear/read! I was just checking out your Flight in Winter site, and the article on the 30-Minute Go Bag is great – really useful. Interested readers, go here to read it–and do it–yourself: http://flightinwinter.com/News/article/sid=42.html.html