Jun 29 2007 03:40 am
RVs to the Rescue
With all the rain in the Texas Hill Country, and the lack of drinking water that followed the flooding, I have an idea that might help. Our travel trailer has a 40 gallon freshwater tank, but some RVs, especially the Class A (motor homes), have huge water tanks–some over 300 gallons.
The next time I hear of a need for freshwater within 100 miles of our home, we are heading out with a full tank of water to share. Meanwhile, I am going to start collecting water bottles and sterilize them. That way, I will have a bunch of bottles to fill up once I get wherever they need the water.
Think of it. RVs, normally seen as a nuisance–clogging up space at the gas pumps, slowing down traffic on highways, taking up campsites at the State Parks, stinking up the air with diesel fumes–rolling into town to give water to flood victims.
~RVs to the Rescue~
We could take it further, transporting people to shelters and hospitals, using our generators to run lights, sharing space out of the weather for emergency care, using our propane to fuel cook stoves or to keep blood refrigerated, and sharing bathrooms where there are none. Think about how much gasoline or diesel fuel RVs carry. With a siphon hose, a large RV could be an emergency fuel depot.
What do y’all think? Would you share your water with flood victims? Would you drive 100 miles to help?
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coolhandrescue on 29 Jun 2007 at 6:06 pm #
RV Rescue. Great idea, just don’t let FEMA know or I am sure they will find a way to stop you. thought you might also want to equipe your RV with the worlds most innovative water rescue tool, the Personal Retriever. It can be hand thrown out to 100 feet from the shore or a vessel and provides sufficient buoyancy to keep an adult breathing as you pull them inusing the integrated floating line.
Stu
http://www.life-safer.com
CyberCelt on 30 Jun 2007 at 12:50 am #
@coolhandrescue-Thanks. That looks like a helpful tool in Texas. I liked the way you toss it like a frisbee.
The only thing was that I could see kids wanting parents to pull them in again and again. LOL
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