[at-l] smug hiker knowledge

[thornel@attglobal.net (W F Thorneloe)]

The odd thing about the recommendation for 20 minutes of boiling is to 
consider what bugs are anticipated to be in the water supply. If for some 
reason the city had no water towers and somehow produced sanitized water on 
demand, that might make sense. If the water supply is low due to use during 
loss of power or broken water lines, that may be a way to slow consumption. 
If they somehow crossed their sewage and water supply lines, or got 
agricultural contamination, that might make sense. But in general the idea 
has been about 10 minutes of boiling only if there was specific concern of 
giardia or crypto. I wonder if that was advice from Red Cross of other 
emergency services, or if the announcer simply was carried away by the drama.

OrangeBug

At 04:17 PM 2/6/2002 -0500, lubitz@alumni.fdu.edu wrote:
>... when the water comes to a boil, turn down the heat, (you can do that 
>on one of those stoves) to where is is just boiling.  After 20 minutes, 
>most of it should be there.