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;[[Gillespie]] to [[EPAC]], 3 August 2009. | ;[[Gillespie]] to [[EPAC]], 3 August 2009. | ||
* | * Dehydration(but, according to the [[Kilts|Floyd Kilts story]], the Benedictine bottle contained "water for drinking.") | ||
** "Rainfall at Nikumaroro is sporadic. That's why the [[PISS|colony]] failed. There are ways to collect rainwater after a shower but I'd be interested to hear how you would fashion a water trap from natural resources. In October 1937 [[Maude]] and [[Bevington]] counted 111 [[coconut trees]] on the island. In my experience, it's a rare Westerner who can climb a coconut palm. Try this experiment. Buy a coconut at the grocery store that has fluid in it (shake it and you can hear the fluid). Take it home and try get it open without losing the fluid. No fair using tools other than a pocket knife and hammer or hatchet." [https://tighar.org/smf/index.php/topic,165.msg851.html#msg851] | ** "Rainfall at Nikumaroro is sporadic. That's why the [[PISS|colony]] failed. There are ways to collect rainwater after a shower but I'd be interested to hear how you would fashion a water trap from natural resources. In October 1937 [[Maude]] and [[Bevington]] counted 111 [[coconut trees]] on the island. In my experience, it's a rare Westerner who can climb a coconut palm. Try this experiment. Buy a coconut at the grocery store that has fluid in it (shake it and you can hear the fluid). Take it home and try get it open without losing the fluid. No fair using tools other than a pocket knife and hammer or hatchet." [https://tighar.org/smf/index.php/topic,165.msg851.html#msg851] | ||
* Heat stroke. | * Heat stroke. | ||
* Dysentery. | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciguatera Ciguatera (fish toxin)]]. | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciguatera Ciguatera (fish toxin)]]. | ||
* Botulism from eating canned roast mutton that has sat around in the heat since 1929. | * Botulism from eating canned roast mutton that has sat around in the heat since 1929. | ||
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* Shark attack (not very likely unless you're unlucky enough to have a run in with a visiting Tiger or Pelagic Whitetip). | * Shark attack (not very likely unless you're unlucky enough to have a run in with a visiting Tiger or Pelagic Whitetip). | ||
* Fall out of a tree while watching for ships. | * Fall out of a tree while watching for ships. | ||
* Malnutrition. | |||
* Etc., etc. | * Etc., etc. | ||
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Revision as of 12:55, 22 July 2010
- Dehydration(but, according to the Floyd Kilts story, the Benedictine bottle contained "water for drinking.")
- "Rainfall at Nikumaroro is sporadic. That's why the colony failed. There are ways to collect rainwater after a shower but I'd be interested to hear how you would fashion a water trap from natural resources. In October 1937 Maude and Bevington counted 111 coconut trees on the island. In my experience, it's a rare Westerner who can climb a coconut palm. Try this experiment. Buy a coconut at the grocery store that has fluid in it (shake it and you can hear the fluid). Take it home and try get it open without losing the fluid. No fair using tools other than a pocket knife and hammer or hatchet." [1]
- Heat stroke.
- Dysentery.
- Ciguatera (fish toxin)].
- Botulism from eating canned roast mutton that has sat around in the heat since 1929.
- Blood poisoning from infection due to coral cuts (been there, done that). "Any cut or scratch is prone to infection on Niku unless treated promptly. Coral abrasions are especially bad (and I have the scars to prove it)."[2]
- Wander into lagoon silt "quick sand" (been there, done that).
- Shark attack (not very likely unless you're unlucky enough to have a run in with a visiting Tiger or Pelagic Whitetip).
- Fall out of a tree while watching for ships.
- Malnutrition.
- Etc., etc.