So the airlift pump requires electricity too, right?
What is happening in Asia to make you nervous? I must have missed something.
The airlift pump does require electricity AND an air compressor of considerable volume, but I'm wondering about one thing. You said your well is 600' deep, is this the drilled depth or the water level depth? If it's the drilled depth, your water level should be considerably shallower (nearer the surface).
It might be a good idea to locate another source of water (lake, river, roof catchment) to use as a back-up in case the grid fails.
As far as being nervous about Asia; over the last few weeks there have been reports of rapid H2H2H transmission of H5N1, with multiple fatalities in Indo, China et al. The northern hemisphere is in prime flu season, there has been documented cases of species jumps, multiple segregated outbreak locations, and last but certainly not least is the lack of transparent reporting of suspected or confirmed cases by certain governments.
All these factors combined means that there may be a wider swath of infection and/or fatalities in Asia than we actually are aware of. The simple fact that some governments are withholding information means to me that when a pandemic finally does break loose, we will have VERY little advance warning and the window of opportunity to react will be quite small. By the time WHO declares a threat level of 4, in reality we will likely be at 5, possibly 6.
My own personal 'trigger' of events that will start the bug-out of my family will be reported clusters > 7 to 10 in separate locations involving a few dozen people, unusual mobilization of resources overseas by governments (troops, health care workers, quarantines). All this means that I have to pay very close attention to multiple daily news sources and NOT rely strictly on the WHO pandemic threat level which is still at phase 3.
Boy, that was sure a long winded answer!
This morning: Yet another case in Indonesia reported this day
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2938630795These are the sources I gather my information from, in case you want to bookmark them for your own references:
http://afludiary.blogspot.com/http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Business+%26+Finance/Industry+Sectors/Agriculture/Bird+Fluhttp://www.birdflubreakingnews.com/http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/http://www.recombinomics.com/in_the_news.htmlOne last personal observation. The world is paying attention to so many other issues other than pandemic flu (new president, middle east tensions, poor economy ect.) and when a pandemic starts, I'm afraid this planet will be severely 'blind-sided' by the event. When it finally does occur, I think the population will react rather poorly to the news.
