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The Threats of Nuclear War and Other Concerns…
If lack of water is Public Enemy
No. 1 in a crisis, then darkness is a close second. If you can’t SEE the
threat, you can’t NEUTRALIZE the threat.
That’s why a flashlight is one of
the most critical pieces of my EDC (everyday carry) gear. And THIS flashlight
is head and shoulders above the rest.
The incredibly compact design
packs a blinding beam that will shed light on any emergency situation. Plus,
the nearly indestructible military-grade metal means it can take a beating and
keep on shining.
In addition to your EDC gear, you
should have one of these flashlights in your car (for a roadside emergency) and
on every level of your home (for a blackout or home invasion scenario). Click
on the link above to buy one for yourself today.
When it comes to self-defense,
your main goal shouldn’t be to beat your attacker into submission. Rather, you
should focus on creating an opportunity for you to escape to safety and call
for help.
This piece from Modern Survival
Online runs down a concise list of five self-defense moves that will give you
the time you need to remove yourself from a dangerous situation. Best of all,
they don’t require ANY special training. Any person of any size, age or gender
can execute them.
Stockpiling emergency water. One way to do this is by purchasing several 55-gallon drums.
However, these containers are immovable and take up a ton of space.
Another (more convenient) option
is to use the WaterBricks water storage system. They act like bulk storage but are completely portable. Plus,
you can store WaterBricks practically anywhere to maximize space — basement,
closets, underneath beds, above cabinets, etc.
Next, make water conservation a
habit in your household. In an extended drought you’ll have to make your supply
last. Click on the article above to discover five ways to conserve water in
your home.
Not only will we explain exactly what a straw bale garden is we will
also tell you how to start your own, with minimum effort and stress, in just 30
days. As well as discussing how to get the most out of your garden we will look
at the most common problems associated with this method and tell you how to
avoid them.
[Note: We offer a book on how to
build a Straw Bale home at our online store]
Worries of war with Russia, and the possible
things to protect against range from minor annoyances and shortages to a grid
down event (via EMP or hacking) to a nuclear war.
Of them all, I suppose the grid down event scares me the most if it
involved any protracted outage of more than a month. Things fall apart
never to be properly rebuilt if that happens.
But a limited nuclear war, or even a more broad-based one if things
really get out of hand, also worry many of us.
The Russians have been developing new technologically superior weapons
that can deliver multiple nuclear warheads during the past two years and they
are frightening.
And I am not the sort to sit around and worry. I hate sitting
around and worrying so last week I did what few things I could to assure that I
can make the best of it if a nuclear exchange happens.
Look, even if there’s only a 1% chance of a nuclear exchange over the
next five years, I personally consider that that to be an excessive risk (given
the catastrophic outcomes involved). Given how I am built, I need to
prepare as best I can so that I can relieve my anxiety and get back to living
life fully.
As background, you should definitely re-read our excellent
previously-issed reports on radiation and the difference between that and
radioactive contamination because those are the building blocks for knowing how
to survive.
In fact, you should print them out and have them tucked into your
preparations area.
Having a grounded understanding of what radioactive isotopes are and
what they do to a living system is critical knowledge to have. But maybe
you don’t need it yet. So read the articles of background and put the
whole subject away, hopefully forever, never to be revisited.
I’ll be honest; I am not all that scared by radioactivity. My view
is we evolved with background radiation and life has been dealing with it for a
very long time. Now contamination, on the other hand, which is the
ingestion of a hot particle of some sort, now that scares me a lot. And it
should scare you too. So much of my preparations are centered around...
The laundry list of things we need to consider doing is extensive.
A ‘war’ between Russia and the US/NATO could range from a very minor
skirmish fought over some relatively meaningless items of trade (already
underway), to an attack on financial markets, to a conventional shooting war of
limited duration, all the way to an all-out nuclear exchange.
Given that wide range of possible outcomes, what can we realistically do
to prepare?
Quite a lot as it turns out.
Luckily, most of the preparations are similar to those you should be
undertaking anyways, war worries or not, so they won’t cost you much extra in
terms of time or money.
What you end up doing depends on which sort of war you consider most
likely, where you happen to live, and your means. So let’s consider the range
of possibilities here...
Here are the base
level preparations you should have in place regardless of what
sort of war comes along:
- A minimum of three months of food
for your family plus others. You decide how many others that might
be. A couple of close friends? Half your neighborhood?
- Water filtration devices capable
of filtering one gallon per person, per day, for three months. You
may have to buy extra devices and/or filters to accomplish this. If
you do not have access to your own water (well, nearby pond, lake or
stream), then stored water sufficient to last several weeks.
- Cash out of the bank that can
cover three months of living expenses.
- A bug out bag pre-loaded with your
most valuable documents, irreplaceable pictures, medicines, weapons &
ammunition, some cash and some gold/silver bullion. As the natural
disasters of late have shown, you never know when you might have to pick
up and flee with little/no warning.
- All the basics in case of a
nuclear exchange or a grid-down event that causes nuclear plants to
overheat and explode as happened in Fukushima. Dosimeters/Geiger
counters, plastic sheeting, tape, and disposable coveralls and facemasks.
Final Notes…
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