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Taking out mother nature’s trash?
Pandemics: Taking out mother nature’s trash? 🌎
I’ve long thought at some point humanity would be exposed to some kind of pandemic or zoonic disease like rabies in racoon or CWD in deer. Most animal species when they get too overpopulated and start putting extreme pressure on their ecosystems start seeing a die back.
It’s not something to celebrate or be happy about, but it’s reality that mankind faces. Humans have a unique ability to shape their environment but that doesn’t mean that they can’t see their population reduced by diseases or other malaises. After hundreds of years of extreme growth maybe the population bomb is starting to explode and natural forces are running their course.
Humanity can and should to a certain extent fight back. But we should also realize we might be finally pushing up against outer limits and a natural cull maybe in order. It will not necessarily be fair or equitable but it might be necessary for the survival of our planet.
Poop may be warning sign of coronavirus outbreaks, Dutch study says
A new study in the Netherlands has found the coronavirus in sewage — and in one Dutch city, the coronavirus was detected in the sewage system days before any cases were officially confirmed through human testing.
The researchers behind the study, which has not been peer-reviewed, hope their findings can help authorities detect early warning signs for cities if the virus enters or reemerges in a community — especially if testing is limited.
Although the researchers found that the coronavirus can pass through human intestines into sewage systems, early data show that the virus dies quickly — meaning the virus is unlikely to be transmitted via urban sewage systems
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35 Degrees and Rain Under the Truck Cap
People sometimes ask what it’s like to camp under the truck cap in the rain. They ask if it’s dry and warm. The truth is it’s fairly dry, moderately warm, but certainly not hot or completely dry. It’s best to describe it as cool and damp.
The fiberglass truck cap does keep the bulk of the rain out. But the past two truck caps I’ve owned both leak a little bit around the windows. Not a lot, but in heavy rain, there trends to be an occassional drip drop. Building your bed up, using a stack of sleeping pads and mats helps, but it’s still kind of damp.
A bigger issue is the humidity under the truck cap. When the windows are closed in the truck cap, there is still air ventilation in and around the bed of the truck. Not a lot, but still enough to ensure there is some fresh air. But because the ventilation is low, and not up at the top of the truck cap, moisture tends to accumulate at the top of the truck cap, from the heat of one’s body and even just the moisture one breathes into the air.
Is it drier then a tent? It depends, a lot on how the tent is set up, how well it’s waterproofed, and the drainage of the tent. The truck bed is always up high, so you don’t have to worry about flooding. The truck cap is naturally waterproof, even if you do get an occasional drip-drop around the windows.
If you don’t dress properly and try to keep your bedding out of the damp parts under the truck cap, it can be problematic. It could lead to hypothermia, because it’s chilly and damp back here. But if it gets too cold out, once can always hop in the cab of the truck, crank the heat, and get warm and dried out that way.