Oh, interesting. Thanks for mentioning that. I lean towards grabbing a cheap, small water filter then.
What use cases do you think I should aim to cover?
I suppose no water filter would help in the event of a nuke.
Biological attack, I’m not sure but that also seems unlikely.
In the event of a flood, I guess the scenario would be that I’m trapped, have used up my three gallons of water, the sink doesn’t work, authorities haven’t been able to reach me, and the water filter gives me access to water that I wouldn’t otherwise have? Seems kinda implausible, but not impossible.
Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are the two natural disasters that seem plausible where I live in Portland, OR. I don’t envision water filters being useful in either of those scenarios, but maybe I’m wrong.
Despite it seeming implausible, I still lean towards buying a water filter. My threshold for plausibility is very low, and the fact that I have trouble imagining scenarios where it proves useful isn’t very strong evidence that those scenarios in fact are implausible.
A big part of where I’m coming from with my questions is that I find it fun and interesting to discuss. Part of it though is genuinely wanting to know what type of water filter would make sense for me to get.
Earthquakes could disrupt water pipes, but at that point you’d probably have bigger problems… Those filters in theory should protect you from a biological attack, but not necessarily chemical/nuclear. They’re designed so you can drink from puddles without getting infected with who knows what.
I just got a filter that people who go hiking for days use. That should handle most cases where you don’t have access to trusted clean water
Oh, interesting. Thanks for mentioning that. I lean towards grabbing a cheap, small water filter then.
What use cases do you think I should aim to cover?
I suppose no water filter would help in the event of a nuke.
Biological attack, I’m not sure but that also seems unlikely.
In the event of a flood, I guess the scenario would be that I’m trapped, have used up my three gallons of water, the sink doesn’t work, authorities haven’t been able to reach me, and the water filter gives me access to water that I wouldn’t otherwise have? Seems kinda implausible, but not impossible.
Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are the two natural disasters that seem plausible where I live in Portland, OR. I don’t envision water filters being useful in either of those scenarios, but maybe I’m wrong.
Despite it seeming implausible, I still lean towards buying a water filter. My threshold for plausibility is very low, and the fact that I have trouble imagining scenarios where it proves useful isn’t very strong evidence that those scenarios in fact are implausible.
A big part of where I’m coming from with my questions is that I find it fun and interesting to discuss. Part of it though is genuinely wanting to know what type of water filter would make sense for me to get.
Earthquakes could disrupt water pipes, but at that point you’d probably have bigger problems… Those filters in theory should protect you from a biological attack, but not necessarily chemical/nuclear. They’re designed so you can drink from puddles without getting infected with who knows what.
I just got a filter that people who go hiking for days use. That should handle most cases where you don’t have access to trusted clean water