I do not want to be a critic of your legitimate and even perhaps useful labor of love — that manual. I also downloaded it some months ago, fwtw, but did not find it worth my own time at the time I did so. I gave it a very cursory look-see and 86’d it. I would not call that a deep review of it — I’m sure there’s some interesting stuff in it.
My concern in posting on this thread was only to the specific subject it covered — making chlorine bleach at home. I found that to be really “extreme”, as in extremely foolish, prepping.
But then you over-amped in reaction. You zoomed-into paranoia about “rats”. I suggest you work on that reaction, amigo.
You’re welcome to your opinion, but many, MANY people keep bleach on hand as a way to purify water, not knowing it has a limited shelf life. Once you’re aware of that fact, it’s only natural to start looking for more reliable ways to make tainted water potable. Buying a pound of calcium hypochlorite and storing it properly is an easy way to do that, especially if you’re on a budget. I don’t think spending a couple of bucks is a radical wild-eyed survivalist thing to do, but that’s just me.
“My concern in posting on this thread was only to the specific subject it covered — making chlorine bleach at home. I found that to be really “extreme”, as in extremely foolish, prepping.”
Its about making a solution to sterilize water. Water is perhaps the most important resource in any kind of emergency. Bad water kills millions of people around the world.
To discount it is infantile and extremely ignorant.