Flood zones are notorious for spreading Infectious disease. If he has been in the flood waters and/or the rain splashed any of the flood water up onto his food he gets infected. Yes the rain is washing him, but still, eating in a flood zone on top of used flotation gear is a bad idea. As recent lettuce based infections have shown. Some things don't wash off with water.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11627491/

[–] Doom@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

Your heart's in the right place, I appreciate that, but it's more dangerous during emergency work like this to pass out or make a stupid mistake from skipping a meal. Infection is treatable, death is not. It's not practical or logistically possible to simply evacuate every time someone needs to eat either. In situations like this they are likely running long shifts with teams swapping out at set intervals. Trust that these are working professionals that have been trained in how to keep themselves safe.

[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

You're right. They shouldn't even be there should they? They could catch a cold too!

[–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social -1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

You've obviously never cleaned up after a flood.
It gets everywhere.

[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 1 points 16 hours ago

Do you want the firefighters to not eat!?