Boots used all the way up
So let’s say you bought boots: nice Doc Martens, a few years ago. They were great boots – worn to the point that the soles were slick and the heels were cracked. But as good, well-used boots go, they are particularly useful in very dirty and heavily worked situations. So when you volunteer as a fire suppression team member at a bonfire-like event in a part of the country susceptible to wildfires, it’s not surprising that your duties include lugging heavy, water-filled hoses around, keeping the embers from landing on people; and using a pike to knock down too-tall parts of the burning structure. After several hours of this, the boots (and your clothing) are soaked – and aren’t done any favors by being wadded up in your luggage for a flight the next day. And if you’re particularly slow about unpacking all your things – a week in a plastic garbage bag tucked in your duffel won’t do these boots any favors. In fact, they might look like this:
Just a warning, kids: even good boots go bad. The mold won in this case, but Sam gave them a good life before they were consumed.
Friday 06 Jun 2008 | m. | Other
This is a constant problem up here in the Pac NW. I had to get rid of a car once because it had a slow leak in the trunk that resulted in a bunch of mold growing inside the back seat and spreading throughout the upholstery.
Yeah. Very few things in CO get moldy that fast, but soaked boats in plastic bag for week is not typical conditions, either! Sorry you lost a car! That’s a LOT to lose to the ever-winning mold.