It was his bicycle tire. Don’t know if Fix-A-Flat is suitable or not.
Things have changed since my childhood. I’d guess cell phones are behind it. I’d have had to walk my bike home.
Going back to the decline of ancient Sumer, it’s my understanding that persistent drought is only one of several possible scenarios, with persistent drought being one of the more speculative. Dry summers and dependence upon floodwaters due to snow melt running down out of Turkey has always been the case. The shift from wheat to barley that is evident in archaelogical research and in cuneiform tablets, would seem to indicate salinization of soil over time, due to heavy reliance upon flooding and/or irrigation.
“It was his bicycle tire. Don’t know if Fix-A-Flat is suitable or not.”
No. Try a bike shop.