<html><head></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" data-blackberry-caret-color="#00a8df" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: initial;"><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dear Erin and all</div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In a disaster zone there is likely to be a large number of loose bricks and blocks. The Lion Cub is probably one of the easiest high performance stoves to build using mud as mortar. </div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I was watching the vintage flick 'Malta' on the plane and in it they showed people cooking in bombed out communities. They were using a version of these stones using rectilinear stones. It reminded me that in Ethiopia they have hand made (and glazed) 'stones' that are like a letter 'U' on its side. They can be moved back and forth to create a suitably sized fire chamber, as appropriate. </div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">After a cyclone there is a huge amount of broken wood available but cutting it can be a problem so a sheltered fire with logs is reasonable and remember people are sleeping in the open so they need warmth. </div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Regards </div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Crispin in Beijing </div> <div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="display:initial"></div> <div style="font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div> <table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div id="_persistentHeader" style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; font-family: Tahoma, 'BB Alpha Sans', 'Slate Pro'; font-size: 10pt;"> <div><b>From: </b>Erin Rasmussen</div><div><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, November 14, 2013 15:34</div><div><b>To: </b>'Discussion of biomass cooking stoves'</div><div><b>Reply To: </b>Discussion of biomass cooking stoves</div><div><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Stoves] In search for a stove model for the disaster in the<br> Philippines</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(186, 188, 209); border-top-width: 1pt; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><br><div id="_originalContent" style=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Roger reminded me of the Crispin's Lion Stove: http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/node/46<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">and the lion cup: http://user.xmission.com/~acparker/LCS/img0.html<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">:-) Erin Rasmussen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">erin@trmiles.com<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><br><!--end of _originalContent --></div></body></html>