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11 top survival tips essential for preppers:
1. Have A Plan: Disaster can strike at any time. You never know when you may
have to go off the grid, defend your home from enemies, or take action in
another sort of emergency. When the time comes, you won’t have time to think,
you will need to take action. So it’s best to have a plan in place beforehand.
Work with your family and neighbors to come up with a plan of action, and make
sure everyone knows what to do. When disaster strikes, this will save you
precious time and might just save your life.
2. Know How To Start A Fire: We use the term
lifesaving a lot in survival and preparedness, and truth be told, all of the
things we talk about can possibly save your life. Fire however is the ultimate
survival tool. You can use it as a very basic form of shelter by keeping you
warm and avoiding hypothermia. It will sanitize your
water for you making it safe to drink, It
will keep predators (and other creepy crawlies) away and allowing you some much
needed rest. Fire is so important that it may well be the first skill you
should learn at all. But don’t stop at knowing how to make a fire one way, make
sure that you know at least three! The more you know the better! Here’s our
friend Ruth Hawk starting a fire without matches.
3.
Know How to Grow Your Own Food: When disaster strikes, you
may no longer be able to make a quick trip to the grocery store for food.
Supplies may run out, or it may just be too dangerous. Those who know how to
fend for themselves will be the survive and thrive when SHTF. Start learning
how to grow your own food. Learn which plants grow well in your area and how to care for them. Make sure you
have plenty of space for a garden and a plan for irrigation. Knowing how to
grow your own food will literally be the difference between life and death.
4. Know How to Barter: When civilization collapses, you can be sure that the collapse
of the monetary system will not be far behind. If and when this happens, your
stack of cash hidden in the mattress will be all but worthless, and you will
have to figure out what other items can be used as bartering chips. Much needed items like food, medicine, and clothing will
be in high demand, so you may want to keep extra stores of these items on hand
to use when trading.
5. Know How to Store
Your Food: If you and your
family are going to survive more than a couple of days, you will need plenty of
non-perishable food. You will also need a place to keep it so that your food
will be protected from theft and the elements. Learning how to can food is
essential and will make your food stores last much longer. Other great airtight
food containers include pill bottles, Mylar storage bags, and flip tight
canisters. Remember to keep food in a cool, dark place and to carefully label
all of your food containers with the date and the name of the item.
6. Stay Healthy: Illness is never a good thing, but in a disaster situation, even
a minor illness can become deadly if food and medicine are scarce. At the very
least, getting sick will make you temporarily weak, and you never want to be in
a vulnerable state. Stay healthy by eating nutritious foods, staying active,
and maintaining a sanitary living space. If you or someone in your party does
contract an illness, isolate the sick individual and do all you can to prevent
the disease from spreading. In addition to fighting off disease, keep your body
and immune system in shape by getting plenty of exercise and sleep. This will
keep both your body and your mind sharp.
7. Learn About Home Remedies: If you or someone in your group does fall ill or get
injured, it is important to know what you can do to treat it, especially in a
situation where medicine may not be readily available. Study up on home
remedies for common ailments, and keep a
well-stocked first aid kit with items like gauze, bandages, peroxide and
antibiotic ointment. Read up on medicinal plants and learn to identify them and
what they can be used to treat. Be ready to fill the role of doctor, nurse or
surgeon if the need should arise.
8. Keep Your Home Secure: In some disaster situations, it may make sense to stay
where you are and just take extra measures to make sure your home is safe. Work
with your neighbors to develop a plan, and a start a neighborhood watch to protect yourselves
from looters and criminals. Install a security system and never leave your home
unattended without letting a neighbor know that you will be gone. Establish a
plan with your family for what to do if an intruder does enter your home.
9. Have a Bug-Out Bag: Have a bug-out bag ready in case of an emergency that requires immediate
evacuation. Keep your bug-out bag fully stocked at all times with essential
items like tools, flashlights, cash, a compass, a tent, and extra clothes. Be
smart – pack your bag tightly with as many important items as possible, but
make sure it is light enough to pick up quickly and carry. Keep your bug-out
bag in an easily accessible place so that you can grab it quickly. Here’s what
I have in my bag.
10. Have An Emergency Fund: Like we discussed earlier, the economy is likely to
collapse in an emergency situation, rendering paper currency useless. Gold and
silver are much more secure and will be much more valuable than fiat currency
in a post-disaster society. Invest in gold and silver, and keep your stores
somewhere where they are secure and easy for you to get to.
11. Prepare for Bad
Weather: Many survivalists think they are prepared for almost
anything. They’ve prepped for pandemics, riots, civil breakdown, terrorism.
They get so caught up in the big buzzwords that they fail to prepare for the
little things, like weather. Weather and other natural events can quickly ruin
all of your survival plans. If your plan was
to bug in and suddenly you
find yourself without a house, you better be ready to adapt quickly! In a
situation where you may have to go without shelter for a while, it is vital to
have appropriate clothes and supplies for a variety of weather situations. Make
sure you are prepared for heat, cold, rain, wind, and extreme weather events
like tornadoes or hurricanes (depending on your location). It is also helpful
to learn how to predict the weather ahead of time, and there are several tools
and techniques you can use to do this.
A real survivalist never stops learning and improving his
(or her) skills. These eleven survival tips cover the very basics of what you
need to know to handle just about any disaster. Remember that everything you
learn should be shared with your family and core group of like-minded friends.
There is strength and numbers, and it will help to have other people around who
know what to do in an emergency situation.
The most important survival tool you have is your mind. Keep it sharp. Learn to use these survival tips, and you
will be much better off.
Remember, We’re all in this together!
“Above Average” Joe
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4 comments:
Always find your tips and resources very useful and I share them with our group-have a happy turkey day my friend!
Most Americans are pretty complacent about everything until disaster strikes-then they panic. They are not Boy Scouts, most are idiots and I'm glad to see postings like this.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone
Outstanding!
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