What are you doing today?

[Catseye3]

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[Aqua Letifer]

@89th said in What are you doing today?:

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@Mik said in What are you doing today?:

It takes nothing to do it daily and would be a godsend if things get dicey. The possibilities of cyber warfare worry me much more than a pandemic.

Fair enough. I'll probably stick to stocking up on potable water because quite frankly we have an assload of water nearby if needed.

Then again, I'm also within a D.C. blast radius so we're kinda fucked anyway.

Nah, you’re well outside the radius of a Hiroshima type blast… https://www.businessinsider.com/how-nuclear-attack-would-destroy-us-cities-2019-12

They have much, much, much bigger bombs.

Even a 1.2 Megaton bomb has a radius of 7 miles. Yes, there are larger bombs, but they aren’t really practical.

When I lived in Northern Virginia I did a quick check (a few years ago) of what I would do. I found the (relatively) best place in the basement to go, but also felt better that the wind would take the fallout north and east... oops, sorry Aqua if that sends it your way.

Nope, different area now.

[Mik]

Today I am setting up a fundraiser for my nephew. Lost everything he had in a fire last night. No insurance.

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in What are you doing today?:

Today I am setting up a fundraiser for my nephew. Lost everything he had in a fire last night. No insurance.

FFS... Sorry to hear that.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Mik said in What are you doing today?:

Today I am setting up a fundraiser for my nephew. Lost everything he had in a fire last night. No insurance.

Oh God, that's awful.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Mik said in What are you doing today?:

Today I am setting up a fundraiser for my nephew. Lost everything he had in a fire last night. No insurance.

SHIT. My wife had a similar catastrophe growing up. Fires are terrible.

[Jolly]

Very much so.

Want to know what you consider important in life? If your home caught fire tonight, and you had time to get only three things out of the building, what would they be?

[Mik]

Wife and cats. Everything else is replaceable.

[Horace]

Wife and dogs. Then wait outside until the prime dry aged steaks in the freezer are a perfect medium rare, and rescue them for distribution to the fire fighters.

[Copper]

@89th said in What are you doing today?:

also felt better that the wind would take the fallout north and east...

So you would be perfectly positioned to collect the fallout from Mount Weather.

Just kiss it goodbye.

[LuFins Dad]

Filled up again this morning.

$75...

[89th]

@LuFins-Dad said in What are you doing today?:

Filled up again this morning.

$75...

Depends how big the gas tank is, really. What was the cost per gallon?

The cheapest (Costco/Sam's) is $3.74 but most normal stations are starting to go above 4 bucks. Also, I have found the Sam's gas line to be a little shorter than Costco.

[Mik]

Seriously though, I hate GoFundMe as it makes too high a percentage and I've seen it misused badly. MFR asked me to set it up as she was in Indy moving her mom to memory care when the fire happened. I'd rather have sharp pencils stuck in my ears than go on the internet begging for money.

Despite my reservations and animosity, it has turned out well in ways I did not foresee. The kid was really down on himself for not having renters' insurance. By the end of the first night all the outpouring of concern and donations, he said he felt like he was living It's a Wonderful Life. I guess something good can come out of it greater than the money.