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ABC News report on the storm A good reason for watching the weather, having a warm EDC kit and a reminder that Winter is here
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The 3M Half Facepiece Respirator 7500 series with the down-turned exhaust is my own favorite. It works well with my glasses, seals better & feels more than some of their other models. Of course the trick is to know what kind of cartridges and
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A cabin air filter would be nice, but the ones I’ve seen are for particles, dust and allergens, not gaseous fumes. Regardless, my truck doesn’t even have a mount for a cabin air filter. I keep N95 masks in each FAK, one of which is under the seat
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I haven’t had a chance to unpack and repack the emergency kits yet, but I did put my ECWSS back in the car. This act brought to my attention that I may have too much prep stuff in the car; I’m going to go through everything and see if there are plac
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I’ve seen emergency masks for getting out of structure and tunnel fires, and decided not to buy one based on cost and bulk. It’s worth looking into again. I do carry an N95 filter mask in my laptop bag (and one in my outdoors activity bag, and the
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Originally Posted By: benjamminFor EDC, I am surprised at how few people carry any duct tape, aluminum foil, high tensile string(like dacron fishing string), and ziplocs. These are things that take up very little space, and I use them all on a regul
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Its time again. - Check batteries (incl fire/smoke c02 detectors) extinguishers. - back up info ( incl. phone) - update software as necessary ( check your GPS)
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I have found both cheap tents and very expensive bivvy bags.
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Snow In NYC today; will send report tomorrow
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Since another thread is primarily about the fires ongoing in CA, I thought it might be timely to start a thread about respirators to deal with one of the by-products of wildfires. First though, what is Smoke? Quote:Smoke is a collection of airborne
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I am down in Sacramento the air quality here is now at hazardous. I am not sure how many miles Paradise is/was from here.
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Recent events have given me the impression that I need to take a firmer hand in maintaining standards of civility here on ETS. I would rather not spend my time that way. Look for PMs from me if I need you to change your wording or tone. I would pr
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Re: the respirator — California's Deadliest Fire ... Air Chokes Residents Quote:...The smoke from the Camp Fire, which has burned 140,000 acres, claimed at least 56 lives, and is 40% contained, is so bad that anyone in the cities of Chico or Gridley
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Around The Campfire
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Roy Clark
by Jeanette_Isabelle
@ 11/15/18 09:46 PM
In honor of Roy Clark (April 15, 1933 - November 15, 2018), a video of him playing "Malagueña," one of Mom's favorites. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxDQQDF6j0Y Jeanette Isabelle
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Around The Campfire
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Originally Posted By: haertigIn case you don't know, the only dressings that need to be sterile are the ones touching the wound. It is OK to place non-sterile (but obviously new and clean) dressings on top of the next-to-wound sterile one. The non-
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Actually, could you spare some of your rain? That would be welcome - in the appropriate quantities and intensities, of course....
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Originally Posted By: hikermorMostly, before the emergency, prioritize and determine what is really necessary and irreplaceable, like the Japanese Nambu pistol my Dad liberated in WWII.. I agree. I wish there is a way to do that. Jeanette Isabelle
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Around The Campfire
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Sounds like you're ready for the battlefield then. In case you don't know, the only dressings that need to be sterile are the ones touching the wound. It is OK to place non-sterile (but obviously new and clean) dressings on top of the next-to-wound
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Generally controlled burns are conducted by whatever group is managing the land to be burned - USFS for the Los Padres NF, or the NPS for Santa Monica NRA (which really took it on the chin in this latest fire). Generally the constraints are the budg
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Is there an ETA on delivery?
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Stay safe out there! We moved from SoCal to Florida in August. We’re concerned about our friends there, and...everybody really. Thoughts are with you.
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Wow. I just saw a pjoto from the hills of Malibu, after the fire. ALL the vegetation is gone. There is nothing but charred ash. That was a seriously-hot fire. We are accustomed to seeing burned-out areas here in California. Usually the grass is
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Around The Campfire
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Originally Posted By: haertigDo you have enough dressings already stockpiled to go under all that bandage? I have a hundred-count box of 3" x 3" gauze, a twenty-five-count box of 4" x 4" gauze and a twenty-five-count box of 5&quo
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Around The Campfire
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Do you have enough dressings already stockpiled to go under all that bandage?
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