I have decided to make Monday's theme on survival. Each Monday I will go into the how's and why's on surviving. I'm writing out my opinions on general survival for both an urban and wilderness setting from a heathen prospective. I am new to the survivalist lifestyle, and as I gain knowledge in this, I will share it with my readers.
Why should someone want to learn this?
Good question. The best answer I can come up with is: it's better to know how to survive on limited to no means and not need it, than to need these skills and not have them. We as a modern society are so use to running around the corner or down the road to the grocery store to pick up our necessities. Are minds are so far removed from providing for ourselves that we wouldn't know what to do if said grocers were destroyed or flooded (Think Hurricane Katrina). How would you survive if your food supply was gone, your gas and electricity (things we take for granted) cease working? How would you apply first aid? Do you know CPR? How do you start a fire (A very important part of survival) without a box of matches, lighter,or gas? How do you obtain clean drinkable water when your main water source is contaminated? These are some of the questions that you need to ask yourself if you are ever in a survival situation. Not having the answers to these questions during a survival situation will increase your chances of not surviving.
Some of you may say "I'll never be in a situation where these skills will come in handy". Think again! I'll give you an example: A few weeks ago in Philadelphia a Duck boat was hit by a freighter in the Delaware river. Two out of twenty died in the river. Each passenger on the Duck boat didn't think that they would be fighting for their lives when they entered the boat that day. Eventually they did, and two of them died. Having the skills to survive, knowing what to do when you have to abandon ship, or knowing how to perform CPR on someone who has taken water into their lungs will not only help you, but others to survive as well.
Let me bring this from a less dramatic angle. Right now or economy is bad. The job market isn't recovering as fast as we need it to, the price of gas, and other essentials are increasing, and the number of lay offs is still too high. We are looking at another great depression soon. How does one survive this? My father once told me that he had family in the south who, during the great depression, didn't feel the effects of it. These folks had farm land, and ended up living off the land while folks in the large cities were struggling to survive. My point is that one of the best ways to survive during these times is to buy land. Depending on where you're looking, acreage is pretty cheap. In Wyoming you can purchase 32 acres for around $19,000 (An acre is about 100 yards-size of a football field). Multiply that by 32, and you've got yourself your own land to grow crops; raise sheep, pigs, and cattle, and build an house on; dig a well, put in a septic tank, and have a propane operated generator. You'll be living off the grid a bit, but you'll have what you need for you and your family to survive.
Survival skills in my opinion is a must! Never fall victim to your own ignorance!
Next Monday's topic will be on Hunting. I will talk about some of the necessary tools for the trade, and the how's when's and why's.
In Frith!
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