In Time of Emergency A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters (1968) - Softcover

United States. Office Of Civil Defense

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1406913766 ISBN 13: 9781406913767

Publisher: Hard Press, 2006

Synopsis

Excerpt: ... dirt and fallout particles, if any. Or else let the water "settle" in a container for 24 hours, by which time any solid particles would have sunk to the bottom. A handful of clay soil in each gallon of water would help this settling process. 2. After the solid particles have been removed, boil the water if possible for 3 to 5 minutes, or add a water-purifying agent to it. This could be either: (a) water-purifying tablets, available at drug stores, or (b) two percent tincture of iodine, or (c) liquid chlorine household pg 48 bleach, provided the label says that it contains hypochlorite as its only active ingredient. For each gallon of water, use 4 water-purifying tablets, or 12 drops of tincture of iodine, or 8 drops of liquid chlorine bleach. If the water is cloudy, these amounts should be doubled. There would not be much danger of drinking radioactive particles in water, as they would sink quickly to the bottom of the container or stream. Very few would dissolve in the water. Although open reservoirs might contain some radioactive iodine in the first few days after an attack, this danger is considered minor except to very young children. Care and Use of Food Supplies Food also should be rationed carefully in a home shelter, to make it last for at least a 2-week period of shelter occupancy. Usually, half the normal intake would be adequate, except for growing children or pregnant women. In a shelter, it is especially important to be sanitary in the storing, handling and eating of food, so as to avoid digestive upsets or other more serious illness, and to avoid attracting vermin. Be sure to: --Keep all food in covered containers. --Keep cooking and eating utensils clean. --Keep all garbage in a closed container, or dispose of it outside the home when it is safe to go outside. If possible, bury it. Avoid letting garbage or trash accumulate inside the shelter, both for fire and sanitation reasons. Emergency Toilet Facilities In many home shelters,...

About this edition

• Publisher: Hard Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1406913766
• ISBN 13: 9781406913767
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128