Researchers Identify Fragment of Amelia Earhart’s Plane

[talisman]

Yeah and even then there is a lot of problems to figure out. Especially if no shade/decent clothes...etc.

I've read up on that island before. There have been several attempts to settle it, and even with big resources backing the settlers they ended up abandoning the settlements due to the problems with lack of fresh water. There have been bottles found there from the 30's with apparent burn marks to the underside, apparently showing that someone was attempting to make drinkable water. I'm interested to see what the next expedition digs up.

[talisman]

Any of those can be improvised with what's around you. A tube is more efficient, but anything the steam can touch will condense. Just put it at an angle that runs down to whatever you are storing your water in.

Plenty of others too:

Collecting rain water like Denny said
Morning dew on leaves
Coconuts a la Cast Away
Tapping trees
Sand filtering

That island is practically on the equator with very little rainfall. As for coconuts, the settlers were there attempting to start a coconut farm, and it failed. I don't think there are viable coconut producing trees on the island. The place is more of an atoll than an island.

[ceyko]

Any of those can be improvised with what's around you. A tube is more efficient, but anything the steam can touch will condense. Just put it at an angle that runs down to whatever you are storing your water in.

Plenty of others too:

Collecting rain water like Denny said
Morning dew on leaves
Coconuts a la Cast Away
Tapping trees
Sand filtering

These are all things are minimal and some of them are a big hassle even when 100% healthy and without a plane crash involved.

Not impossible, but not super easy. A knife and some other supplies would increase the odds quite a bit.

Although, sand filtering is one that I've always read about but never actually tried. Seems like that would be the easiest if it works.

A lot of issues to decrease their odds of any prolonged survival though, starting with injuries.

[ceyko]

That island is practically on the equator with very little rainfall. As for coconuts, the settlers were there attempting to start a coconut farm, and it failed. I don't think there are viable coconut producing trees on the island. The place is more of an atoll than an island.

Also seems like 1 "storm surge" of any type could wash ya right off the dang thing if the pictures are accurate.

[ceyko]

I've read up on that island before. There have been several attempts to settle it, and even with big resources backing the settlers they ended up abandoning the settlements due to the problems with lack of fresh water. There have been bottles found there from the 30's with apparent burn marks to the underside, apparently showing that someone was attempting to make drinkable water. I'm interested to see what the next expedition digs up.

Interesting stuff. Just looking at the island it seems hard to survive on.

[Denny]

Most islands are hard to live on without outside reasources. Guam would be chaotic without K-Mart and KFC.

[Binky]

In Civ5 I can build a city anywhere there is land.

[John -- '02 HAWK]

Most islands are hard to live on without outside reasources. Guam would be chaotic without K-Mart and KFC.

and then there is the chances it could flip over

[Denny]

and then there is the chances it could flip over

We distributed the troops evenly throughout the island.

[LANTIRN]

I've read up on that island before. There have been several attempts to settle it, and even with big resources backing the settlers they ended up abandoning the settlements due to the problems with lack of fresh water. There have been bottles found there from the 30's with apparent burn marks to the underside, apparently showing that someone was attempting to make drinkable water. I'm interested to see what the next expedition digs up.

Yep, that is what I remember from the last documentary I watched on it.

[46Tbird]

and then there is the chances it could flip over

We distributed the troops evenly throughout the island.

lol

[sc281]

and then there is the chances it could flip over

We distributed the troops evenly throughout the island.