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The 12 Rules of Survival

The 12 Rules of Survival
The 12 Rules of Survival has been out of a couple of years now, but it never hurts to reread them. Read the whole book “ Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why ” if you get an opportunity! Also, check out his new book “Lucy” at www.laurencegonzales.com ! By Laurence Gonzales As a journalist, I’ve been writing about accidents for more than thirty years. Survival should be thought of as a journey, a vision quest of the sort that native Americans have had as a rite of passage for thousands of years. Don’t fall into the deadly trap of denial or of immobilizing fear. Many people who in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, died simply because they told themselves that everything was going to be all right. Survivors see opportunity, even good, in their situation, however grim. In the initial crisis, survivors are not ruled by fear; instead, they make use of it. Survivors also manage pain well. Yes you might die. Now, What is the reason for this?

9 Steps To Starting A Survival Garden In a time of economic uncertainty and rising food prices, it it always a good idea to have a garden to provide extra food for you and your family. Besides providing a source of food in an emergency, a garden is also a great source of wonderful vegetables which are MUCH healthier to eat than most of the food you can get at the supermarket. So how do you begin? #1) Decide What Your Goals Are - Do you want to grow enough just to add a few vegetables to your dinner once in a while? Some people who want to live "off the grid" end up building a garden large enough that it will provide almost all of the food that their family needs. #2) Evaluate Your Land - Once you know what your goals are, you need to evaluate the land that you are currently living on. If you decide that you want a "mega-garden" but you live in a condo, then you may have to end up moving to achieve your goals. #4) Improve The Soil - It is almost a certainty that you soil will need a boost. So what is the solution? Comments

The Top 50 Survival Blogs! BASIC LIST OF SUGGESTED ITEMS FOR LONG TERM SURVIVAL Some people are saying we should prepare for at least 7 days, but the way things go after a hurricane, tornado, floods, loss of electricity and the fact that these disasters will continue and perhaps even get worse in coming years according to trends, one week is not enough. Some have said 7 years, but that seems too long so do what you can. Be sure to use the older stocked goods first and replace them with new. Otherwise you will end up with all old food you might not even want to eat. Always check canned tomatoes for spoilage, as even in the can they can spoil. Most other foods last a long time. 1. Homeland Security recommends 7 days for survival, but in recent years, some people don't have electricity or heat for up to 3 weeks, so to be really safe - plan for at least 3 weeks. 2. Note: I have received arguments that boiling for longer than 5 minutes will just waste good water, but 15 minutes is safer to kill Cryptospiridium. 3. Wheat - 300 lbs. Rice - 100 lbs. Honey or Sugar - 60 lbs.

Mehrzweckanlage Kudamm-Karree Zur Einrichtung gehören Stockbetten für rund 3.600 Personen Geschichte[Bearbeiten] Nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs sollten die ehemaligen Bunkeranlagen in West-Berlin gesprengt und abgetragen werden. Bis Mitte der 1960er Jahre hatte man rund die Hälfte der etwa 360 Bauwerke entfernt. Vor dem Hintergrund des Kalten Krieges, der 1962 mit der Kubakrise eine neue Qualität erreicht hatte, stoppten die Westalliierten den Abriss alter Schutzräume. Die Anordnung BK/O (65) 11 vom 1. Das Theater am Kurfürstendamm im Ku’damm-Karree, 2005 In diesem Zusammenhang entstand von 1973 bis 1974 die Mehrzweckanlage Kudamm-Karree unter dem Gebäudekomplex Ku’damm-Karree, das ein Einkaufszentrum, die Komödie und das Theater am Kurfürstendamm sowie Büroräume umfasste. 1989 konnten in West-Berlin 24.641 Personen in insgesamt 16 öffentlichen Schutzräumen aufgenommen werden. Konstruktion und Organisation[Bearbeiten] Zur Dekontamination würden alle Personen hier ihre Kleidung ablegen und duschen müssen.

3 Ways to Hoard Food for an Emergency Edit Article Where to buyWhat to buyWhere to keep it Edited by Aplin8378, Krystle, Teresa, Derrick Hensley and 5 others We live in uncertain times, with war, natural disasters, and economical instability causing fears of interruptions to our food supply. Read this article for some suggestions on how to hoard food, just in case. Ad Steps 1Identify which foods you want to hoard. Method 1 of 3: Where to buy 1 Make sure you have at least £300/$490/342 Euro's (these are equivalent as of the seventh of May, 2011).2Go to a shop that sells canned foods and drinks. Method 2 of 3: What to buy 1Tinned and dried foods are best, as they last for a long time. 2 Think about what tinned foods your family/you eat the most. 7 Buy plenty of bottles of water, and cartons of squash, juice etc. Method 3 of 3: Where to keep it 3 Cover the food and liquid in a clean, breathable sheet, to make sure that it remains cool and untouched.Ad Tips Warnings

Nine Things to Consider When Looking For Your Survival House « Food Storage and Survival image from Seattle Municipal Archives You don’t need a bunker in a remote location in Idaho or Montana to have a home that is able to withstand an emergency situation. However, there are a few things you’ll want to consider when choosing where to live as your home is an often overlooked but important part of your preparedness efforts. If you’re looking to relocate (or just want to run your current location through a survival checkup), here are a few important things to consider that affect the security and survivability of your home. 1. 2. 3. Weather hazards can encompass large areas, so are sometimes difficult to avoid. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Bonus #10. My home is my castle (albeit a very small castle).

Hidden Cache Fishermen or hunters will keep strategically hidden supply caches so they don’t have to carry as much on their way in. A military might use larger supply caches for similar reasons. A new group of people called “preppers” may use a supply cache in conjunction with a “bug out location” to allow them an option to wait out an economic or natural disaster. I have a supply cache for gardening tools in my square foot garden, which is in a back yard a few miles from where I live. As you can see, it’s impossible to tell I have hidden something underneath my mulch layer. I think this technique would be useful to allotment gardeners, or even guerrilla gardeners using forgotten spaces and boulevards.

Hochbunker Pallasstraße Hochbunker mit Pallasseum, Blick vom Kleistpark Der Hochbunker Pallasstraße, auch als Sportpalast-Bunker bezeichnet, ist ein vierstöckiger Hochbunker in der Pallasstraße in Berlin-Schöneberg, dessen Rohbau im Zweiten Weltkrieg fertiggestellt wurde. Er ist nach Endausbau und Modernisierung in den 1980er Jahren heute als Zivilschutzanlage nutzbar und wird als Lager für Notstandsware genutzt. Seit Mai 2002 wird der Bunker durch den Leistungskurs Geschichte der benachbarten Sophie-Scholl-Schule als „Ort der Erinnerung“,[1] vom Kunstamt Tempelhof-Schöneberg und vom Verein Berliner Unterwelten als Veranstaltungsort genutzt; der Verein kümmert sich im Auftrag des Berliner Senats um die technische Wartung des Gebäudes.[2] Die Entwidmung als Zivilschutzanlage war für Ende 2010 geplant.[3] Das Gebäude liegt unweit der Potsdamer Straße und ist mit einem Flügel des auch als Sozialpalast bekannten Pallasseums überbaut. Geschichte[Bearbeiten] Literatur[Bearbeiten] Weblinks[Bearbeiten]

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