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#275190 - 05/24/15 06:07 PM Re: What would you do to survive and be rescued? [Re: Leigh_Ratcliffe]
gonewiththewind Offline
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Registered: 10/14/08
Posts: 1517
Originally Posted By: Leigh_Ratcliffe
If your flying commercial you are probably, as they say, deep in it. So let's assume your in a light plane and a have few options. I really hope there is fresh water. Otherwise it's just become academic.



Not necessarily. You can build a solar still with some minimal supplies (clear plastic, container). It would not give you large quantities, but you will live.

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#275234 - 05/27/15 10:32 AM Re: What would you do to survive and be rescued? [Re: ATN]
BmwJohn Offline
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Registered: 04/05/15
Posts: 7
Loc: New York
I would probably scare to death if i been on of the these accident LOL !

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#275240 - 05/28/15 08:21 AM Re: What would you do to survive and be rescued? [Re: ATN]
Phaedrus Offline
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Registered: 04/28/10
Posts: 3148
Loc: Big Sky Country
Under some circumstances you can get enough water from food to survive. Obviously not Datrex rations! If you have food with a high water content (eg some plants, some parts of a fish, etc) you can stretch any available water a lot farther.
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#275244 - 05/28/15 03:00 PM Re: What would you do to survive and be rescued? [Re: Phaedrus]
NAro Offline
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Registered: 03/15/01
Posts: 518
I'm not so sure that the water you get from any food source (even watermelon) makes up for the water used in digesting the food. So without a water supply, I personally wouldn't eat. I might suck the water out of a fruit, vegetable, or fish... but I wouldn't subject the remainder to the digestive process unless I had additional water.
But YMMV

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#275245 - 05/28/15 03:04 PM Re: What would you do to survive and be rescued? [Re: NAro]
hikermor Offline
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Registered: 08/26/06
Posts: 7705
Loc: southern Cal
Good point, but I understand that an apple is 90% h2o by weight, which sounds pretty good. There ought to be some definitive research on this topic. Anyone?
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