LAist: Speaking of Heat, What About an Earthquake?

BottledBoy

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:08:34 -0800

OK. Call me a skeptic. What exactly is the contamination risk here? Radon? And you think that cardboard will block it, but the bottle will not? Or is there something I don't know here?

Zach

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:20:21 -0800

If there is something between the bottles and the concrete, you are fine. So the cardboard that is pretty standard with bottles is suffice. I can't speak to a blanket or sheet though. What happens is that people may store those 5 gallon bottles in their garage and they end up sitting on the concrete. No good. And in regards to Josh's comment. He has a point. It is recommended to have $200 in twenty's as part of your preparedness. With electricity down, credit cards are worthless.

Jason Davis

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:37:16 -0800

So are my Arrowhead 5gal water bottles that are delivered every month contaminated because they sit on concrete?

Josh Strike

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:16:04 -0800

Please. As everyone in West LA knows, you don't need bottled water to survive a natural disaster! Just a few private security guards and lots and lots of cash. Cash is the one thing Hal Fishman never tells you to stock up on. It's a conspiracy: Hal doesn't want you to know his pillow's stuffed with twenty-dollar bills. Of course, if you live in a canyon and you're unfortunate enough to have the house of some sans-culotte slide to a point where it fucks up your landscaping, you might have to pass the proverbial sushi platter to some of the less fortunate. But don't worry; just because half the Hollywood Hills is sitting in your backyard, you're still not technically in the valley...