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Started by patric, March 18, 2006, 02:27:56 PM

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patric

"And you can be in a state of readiness in your home too. The health department reminds you to always have an emergency kit ready. They suggest drinking water for up to 2 weeks and canned food. As far as drinking water they say one gallon per person per day should do the trick.
They also say it may be a good idea to have a stash of the drug Tamiflu..."
http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=2&id=100740


Since Tamiflu is a prescription drug, it's going to be tough for people to add to their first aid kits.
Most doctors wont prescribe it unless you're already sick, and the friendly neighborhood drug dealer moved on when his favorite streetlight burnt out...

In any case, I see restaurants and fast food taking a huge hit once "the eagle has landed".
"Tulsa will lay off police and firemen before we will cut back on unnecessarily wasteful streetlights."  -- March 18, 2009 TulsaNow Forum