Saturday, December 6, 2008

The Survival Encyclopedia

Arthur: "All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world."
Slartibartfast: "No, that's perfectly normal paranoia. Everyone in the universe gets that."
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

On the web site Mt Athos, there is an article called the The Survival Encyclopedia. In it the author suggests that everyone create their own survival guide tailored to their needs. You should store it on paper in a ring binder. If you keep it on a CD you will need electrical power to read it. Do NOT rely on the Internet and the web to be available during an emergency.
Here is the list of recommended topics:
Food Storage:

Foraging:

Water

Shelter:

  • Wilds Camp
  • Retreat
  • Expedient Shelters

Energy:

Health:

Heating, Cooling & Light:

Disaster Preparedness: (List natural disasters common to your area)

  • Wild Fire
  • Flooding
  • Snowstorms
  • Windstorms
  • Financial Preparations and Documents
  • First Aid
  • Pandemic Planning
  • NBC Planning

Survival Skills:

  • Fire Building
  • Deadfalls and Snares
  • Direction Finding
  • Knot Tying
  • Hide Tanning

Gear:

  • Firearms Care and Repair
  • Reloading Information
  • Axe Sharpening
  • Knife Sharpening
  • Tool Sharpening

Homesteading:

  • Goats and Sheep
  • Pigs
  • Rabbits
  • Chickens, Ducks and Geese

Gardening:

Building Materials and Methods:

Bottom Line

I consider myself an urban survivalist and am not prepared to build and live in a little house on the prairie. If you can learn to build a sod house, raise chickens, etc - more power to you. But realistically, for most of us these are lost skills.

Learn what is useful to you. What can you cook without power in the home? (Wood, charcoal, camp stoves with fuel). How will you keep warm? (coats, blankets, fire, Hyperthermia). How will you protect your house? Where will you find clean water? (Storing Water, Water Filtration )

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3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Have you checked out Best Prices Storable Foods? In addition to the usual dry foods, they've got canned meats, canned cheese and canned butter.

http://www.internet-grocer.net/product.html

December 6, 2008 at 8:24 AM  
Blogger John said...

Sounds like a pretty thorough publication. I second your suggestion to have it in paper form.

John

December 8, 2008 at 9:07 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Hello,

My name is Tearrie and I am the assistant publicist at Hesperian, publisher of both Where There Is No Doctor and Where There Is No Dentist. I came across your blog today via Google alerts, and I wanted to say thank you for linking to our website and sharing information with your readers about our organization. I would also like to inform you that some of our books are also available for free download on our website and have been translated into more than 80 languages.

Regards,
Hesperian
www.hesperian.org
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December 8, 2008 at 4:43 PM  

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