Re: [at-l] appalacian trail net

[hopefl@juno.com (Lamar Powell)]

I recall that back in the 1950s when the Cold War was just coming into
vogue, the Civil Defense folks recommended that we should have 10
gallons of water in our "fallout shelter" and that one drop of clorox
should be added to each gallon. Personally, I would trust the Maine
trail keepers over the C.D. guys. Not only did they tell us to put one
drop of clorex in a gallon of water but they also told us the world
could survive an atomic war!

On Sat, 1 Mar 1997 19:57:00 GMT John Foley <foley@ERA.COM> writes:
> 
>I'm forwarding this message to the list for the Old Ridge Runner.  
>Apparently,
>he or she (no gender was specified in the message I got.) is having 
>some 
>difficulties posting to the list.
>
>STEAT86@aol.com writes:
> > I am the Old Ridge Runner, a 1986 AT thru-hiker.  I am planning to 
>join this
> > years class for a couple of months starting the last week of March. 
> I did
> > not carry a water filter in 86 and used purifaction tablets only a 
>few times.
> >  This year I hope to use clorox at a rate of three drops per liter. 
>Last
> > summer I worked on the FORCE (Maine AT trail crew) and that is how 
>they
> > purified all their drinking water.  Does anyone know of any 
>reliable studies
> > about the use of clorine bleach for purifing hiker water?
> > Thanks for any help
> > 
> > ORR86
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