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Odds 'n Sods:
Ken M. sent us this: The US Banking/Derivatives Contagion Spreads Still Further: BNP
Paribas (France's Biggest Bank0 Freezes Funds as Loan Losses Roil Markets
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Christopher D. recommended a
site with simple instructions on rain barrels.
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Hawaiian K. flagged this useful article: Top
100 Items to Disappear First in a National Emergency
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Adam M. sent us the link for this photographer's
tour of a civil nuclear fallout shelter, beneath Lucerne, Switzerland.
I wish that the U.S. had a real civil defense system (like Switzerland's),
instead of just printing pamphlets and hoping for the best. By law, the builders
of any multi-family apartments in Switzerland must provide fallout shelter
space for the tenants. That's my idea of a good building code!
