blog hit, nuclear hit, pandemic hit
Hey! I got a hit! Yeah, OK. So it was my MIL approving of our idea for a swimming pool. Hmmm, I wonder if she would be interested in subsidizing the project? We'll probably just build in phases as the money becomes available.Sorry I haven't posted to the blog recently. Life happens. Football season has started and my Cougars are 1-1. They narrowly lost to Arizona (13-16) on a last second field goal and convincingly beat the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes (49-24). They face the Boston College Golden Eagles this week. Unfortunately, I have a previous engagement with my family. Unfortunate in that I will miss the game, not in that I have an engagement with my family :D. It's not too big a deal since I believe that it's not available on TV here anyway, which makes this the second week in a row that BYU football has not been available. The fans are getting mighty upset. The Mountain West conference made a major mistake in negotiating new TV rights with CSTV and dropping ESPN. They didn't procure any guarantees that we would be on and after three weeks, they are still trying to sign satellite providers on to distribute a new staion they created specifically for the MWC. If they don't hammer out a deal soon, we may end up missing a good half of the games this season and that will not sit well with fans at all.
Work is going well. I read a couple articles this morning about how to survive a nuclear blast and the avian flu. The avian flu isn't too worrisome as long as we get our house built. The way it is designed, it is actually ideal for surviving the bird flu. It will have its own independant water source and septic tank. With solar panels, it will have it's own power source as well. We located rurally, so we could isolate ourselves relatively easily if needed. We have food storage (it's a good idea on so many levels). All around, we would be in a good position to sit out a pandemic.
A nuclear blast is more worrisome simply because if it is going to happen in Indiana, it will most likely happen in Indianapolis and I work smack dab in the heart of Indianapolis. I know if I were inclined to detonate a nuclear bomb ( I am not) I would probably detonate it in the Hard Rock Cafe (which we used to work directly above), simply because they have a neon sign that declares "No drugs or nuclear weapons inside". Yep. That's where I would detonate it. A little terroristic irony. Now I work a little further from that ideal location about a block and a half away on Monument circle - the heart of the city with a large monument to America's brave soldiers and sailors and surrounded by financial institutions - the next best target for a nuclear blast in Indianapolis.
Most likely, if either of those targets are selected, I will be among the lucky ones who will NOT survive the blast, but I did find the article's suggestions for blast survivors interesting, particularly the part about duck and cover, or more specifically, staying put and under cover for a few days. If the blast occurred far enough away that I were a survivor, my first inclination would be to hightail it out of Dodge and head home to my family (fighting my other urge to go help), but with all the fall out after a blast, that is supposedly a bad course of action. It would be helpful to have some food on hand too. I guess I could live off the chocolate in the Chocolate store downstairs for a couple days. :)
They're interesting topics, but it's pointless to worry about it. As one of the articles pointed out, your chances of dying are the same as everybody elses - 100%. The when and where are up for grabs, but everybody dies at some point. Still it's nice to be armed with a little knowledge.
posted by bylaw @ 6:10 PM
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Funny you were thinking about food storage and all. I had a dream a few days (literally) ago about food storage. In my dream I was instructed to get 52 boxes of chicken rice a roni, 52 cans of chicken, and 52 jars of applesauce. I have no idea what that means or why I had the dream, but I'm going to do it anyway.
So... about the donation to further the cause of said swimming pool. How about a donation to assist Becky with her education so she can get a plum job? :)
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