Early on, when the original group of us had only been here a week or two, we organized a small group and explored the public buildings. Figured out what we had, what resources were available to us and where, brought anything important (like the bikes) back to the house, that kind of thing. We avoided all the houses. They're in such a state of disrepair, and at the time none of us felt any driving need to run the risk of searching through them.
I talked it out with Owen and Oliver earlier, and we think it's time to revisit that idea. I'd like to organize another group to look through the houses (or at least, as many as we safely can) and take inventory of anything potentially useful. We have no idea if there's anything important or helpful in any of them, and it's better to figure out now than wait until snow starts and wish we had. We'll go as one group for a couple, and Oliver's going to try and teach us what to look out for in the way of hazards. Then, once everyone's comfortable and oriented, we'll see if we can group off and cover more ground.
Ideally, I'd like to get this going as soon as possible. It's difficult to plan things around here, but let's say the day after tomorrow? Please let me know if you're interested in joining, and I'll let you know a more specific time and place once I know how many we've got.
[PM to Kate]I want to recruit you for a really weird project.