2012 Survival Guide

 

 

 

 

 

2012 Survival Guide

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2012online.org

 

This Guide Survival meant to be a basic introduction on how to prepare and react to events that may occur during the years prior to 21 December 2012. These skills and techniques are provided for information only and is not intended to take the place of professional survival training course or first aid. On the contrary, they intend to increase their awareness of the importance of preparing rescue of upcoming events, survival techniques and encourage you that the investigation of events that may occur.

For beginners interested in understanding the basics of December 21, 2012 and events Changing Earth, there is unlimited information available from many sources, and advances in knowledge and collaboration have resulted in a growing number of vigilante and people who are preparing even though he does not believe that something will happen. Still, unless you are ready, and the way it should. Even if nothing is going to happen then there will be a large number of supplies to last for years to come. What if the Earth does not change quickly, and you're not ready? If you meet the minimum requirements for survival through the shift, volcanic eruptions, extreme cold, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, changes Earth, large floods, solar radiation and gamma then you are a step in the right direction.

However, there is no substitute for experience in any of these extreme situations, and their reaction in a survival situation depends on their education and training. Always keep in mind that a situation above survival that can happen to you. Be prepared and plan to be a survivor.

For too long, the term "survival" has called to mind the paranoia, and the person who lives in the forest. However, as we continue on the path to our future uncertain, will not be called "survival" but "survivors" as we will need every ounce of energy, every thought of our brain, and every inch of muscle to continue our existence here on planet Earth. The following pages are for those who may or may not believe what has been predicted, and what history has taught us over the years.

Read at your own discretion

 

 

 

Table Content

Chapter PG

1. The Basics … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 3

Food

Water

Refuge

2. Beyond the basics …. … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .. 14

Developing a survival mentality

Survival Awareness

3. Disaster … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .. 18

Floods

Earthquakes

Hurricanes

Tornadoes

Fire Storm

Volcanic Eruption

Asteroid Impact

Radiation

Polar Investment / Change

Extreme Cold / Heat

Riot / Civil Disaster

Electricity shortages

Tsunami

Alien Invasion

4. How … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 29

Fire

Refuge

First Aid

5. How can you afford all this …………………………………….. …………………………… 37

6. Checklist … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .. 38

Chapter 1: The Basics

If you have thought about survival, you know that food, water and shelter are basis of any plan of long-term survival. If you are prepared to offer these three elements to the family and yourself, you will be below that 90 percent of the population.

Many would say that water is the most important of the three, but we will face them in the order of food, water and shelter. Then are some questions to ask to better understand the specific characteristics have to prepare for in your area in the world. (Or to be safe, prepare for all)

What natural disasters or extreme conditions most likely to face in the next four years?

What other disasters or emergency situations might face?

What are the ramifications of each?

What you have now that can be used in any disaster situation?

How much is the minimum for you and your situation survival is an answer will have to come up with after reviewing this survival guide, but do not worry, we will give a generic minimal survival Pack.

Food

You may be able to survive a couple of weeks or even a month without food, but without food, they become weak, susceptible to disease, dizziness and unable to perform tasks related to survival. Water may be more critical for survival short term, but it takes every ounce of energy to get out of danger, this is why the food is just as important.

Be a months worth food is enough? Or do you need a whole year? 2012 in line can not tell what is best for your situation, but we suggest that two or more weeks is the minimum for anyone in any of these situations the potential for survival. Why should food supplies whether you're the worst thinking about preparing for a just a little unusual?

Several reasons:

It may take some time for shopping which is replenished especially as we approach December 21, 2012. Think of a heavy storm that hit the area, was there enough supplies for everyone? Now imagine a entire country, even in the world who need the same benefits. Now there's a problem.

You may be asked to feed their friends and neighbors.

You may or may not be protected from price gouging.

You need to be prepared for a devastating blow our food supply system.

You need an existing food supply and a source of future food

Its existing food stocks should not include food in your refrigerator or freezer because you can not have other food items to more than one day (refrigerator) or three (freezer), the majority of cases.

The review of existing foods in your cabinets will tell you how much to add to ensure have enough food for a week. One suggestion is food storage in general, canned food (including items in jars) or dry food. Review our list of industrial food products and their storage times when it was suggested that comprise its staff list, but keep in mind that your family's eating habits likes and dislikes. Also, remember that you can not have access to electricity, so choose foods and packages can be prepared in a single burner stove camp or on an open fire.

 

Rotation Food

The main difference between commercially prepared foods you buy at the supermarket and the specially prepared "Survival" Food storage is useful. You can not store supermarket items five to ten years, as can be with food specially packaged freeze-dried or sealed nitrogen or vacuum. You need to rotate your articles, either continuously or every two or three months. This will ensure that food is fresh (if you can consider canned and dry food "fresh") and not waste food and money.

As a general rule, traditional canned foods should be consumed in one year. For cans with expiration dates, such as Campbell's soup, you may find you have 18 months or two years before they expire. Cans undated or a code, which marks the date of purchase and be sure to eat before a year passes.

 

Survival Food

Simple cooking materials such as flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, oil and butter can be active in a survival situation. For the storage of long-term survival, honey stores for years and can be replaced sugar in recipes. Instead of storing flour or meal, buying the raw grain and a hand mill. Then you can grind your own flour as needed. Network winter wheat, gold wheat, corn and other grains can be bought in batches of 45 pounds of nitrogen packed in bags filled and shipped in large plastic buckets.

The long-term storage is divided into several categories:

Vacuum packaging dry and freeze-dried food

Nitrogen full of beans and pulses

food specially prepared and sealed as MREs (meals ready to eat) with a five-year shelf life ten

All offer a major advantage: the long shelf life. Some, such as MRE and packages sold to backpackers are complete meals. This is useful and convenient, but tend to be expensive on a per meal. As its name implies, MRE are ideal for quick, nutritious food, easy to prepare. They are suitable to carry in the car, traveling or hiking. They have a very long shelf life (which can be extended by placing a case or two in the refrigerator for replacement). On the negative side, they are very expensive for food forage base and do not provide everything you need. (This can lead to digestive problems if you plan to live in them for more than a week or two.) Great products preserved, however, are difficult to transport. But if you are storing your survival retreat or intent to close hatches and stay home, canned products are easy to store large and can be kept well fed for months.

Remember, however, if you have four people in your family or group of survivors, the purchase of a year's supply of food is only equal to three months worth of the family. 2012 Online recommends buying the largest set of these canned, dry foods can manage your budget. Then complete the set with elements tailored to you and your family or group of survivors. You can also add some special items such as candy or desserts, to reward or quick energy.

While on the subject of supplements, do not forget to add vitamins and mineral supplements. Fruits, vegetables and other items high in vitamin C and other nutrients can be scarce, so a good multi-vitamin is well worth the space it occupies in hiding.

 

Home Foods made survival

You can try to dry, vacuum-pack and otherwise prepare food for storage. Pumps vacuum are commercially available or can be built at home. Use to seal dry foods in jars and other containers.

When packing food for storage, you want to remove oxygen. Errors, like beetles and other organisms that can destroy their food need oxygen to live. That's why commercial companies prepare survival cereal box, cereal, pasta, beans and other food into containers filled with nitrogen. You can make a similar packaging yourself for the use of dry ice.

Just take the 10 kilos of noodles (or 25 pounds of rice or other dry foods) that collected from warehouse and placed in a plastic bucket size with a lid that can create a good seal. Then add several pieces of dry ice. As it sublimates, the bucket is filled with carbon dioxide, moving all or most of the oxygen (as carbon dioxide is heavier, oxygen should lead to the top and outside the basin). Place the lid on the bucket, but do not close all the way until the dry ice has completely converted to gas. Remember, as soon as open air hub gets in.

 

Hunting and gathering in the Wild

It is time to look to nature to help feed you. That is fine if you have acres of farmland that was not destroyed. But if not, whether it's too late, will to resort to hunting, trapping and gathering.

If you can identify the wild plants that can supplement your existing diet, good for you. If not, better go buy a guide to some books immediately. Get those photos, you need them. If you're a hunter, can you imagine what that the review of local forest as if the dinner would be the world depended on hunting? The speed with which this continent is pulled all the party food? Planning fishing? So everyone else.

Tip – Always drink while eating, the body loses too much water, while the digestion. - If you do not have water to drink DO NOT EAT!

Water

As mentioned earlier, water is probably the most necessary element for human life, with the exception of oxygen.

When planning your water for survival you need to address three areas:

Water storage

Find or obtaining water

Purify water

 

Water Storage

For your cache in the home or survival stash, you must have two gallons of water per person per day. While this is more water than necessary for survival, says water available for hygiene and cooking and drinking.

Commercial gallon bottles of filtered water and purified spring often carry expiration dates two years after the date of bottling. A good rotation program is necessary to ensure the water stays fresh and clean (See previous chapter on food for information on the rotation).

If you prefer to store their own water, not boxes milk, it is virtually impossible to remove residual milk. If you have a spare refrigerator in the basement or garage, use water bottles (the gas type or l reach water) to fill any available freezer space. In addition to providing fresh water, easily transportable drinking, ice can be used to cool food in the refrigerator in the case of a blackout. For self-storage of large quantities of water, you're probably better off with containers of at least 5 gallons. containers quality plastic food storage are commercially available in sizes from five gallons to 250 or more. Containers with handles and spikes are usually five seven gallons, which will weigh between 40 and 56 pounds.

A gallon of 15 and 30 gallons used for foods such as service delivery syrups for soft drink bottlers and other manufacturers are often available on the surplus market. After proper cleaning, these are ideal for water storage provided a tight seal can be maintained. 55-gallon drums and larger tanks are also useful for long term storage, but make sure you have a good pump. Solutions designed to be mixed with water to prepare it for long term storage are commercially available. Bleach also can be used as a last resort for treating water from municipal sources. Added at a rate of about 1 teaspoon per 10 gallons, bleach can ensure that water will remain safe.

Once you're in a survival situation, where there is a limited amount of water, conservation is a consideration important. While drinking water is essential, water is also necessary to re-hydrate and cooking dried foods. Water boiling pasta, cooking vegetables and similar sources can and should be retained and drunk after it has cooled. Canned vegetables also contain liquid that can be consumed. To conserve water, save water washing hands, clothes and dishes to clean toilets.

 

Short-term storage

People with electric pumps to draw water from your well have learned the lesson to fill all the pots and pans available when an storm is coming. What would you do if you knew that your water supply be interrupted in an hour?

Here are some options besides fill the pots and pans:

The easiest option is to put two or three plastic bags of high strength waste (avoid those with post-consumer recycled material) inside the other. Then fill the inner bag with water. You can even use the garbage can give structure to the bag. Fill your bathtub almost to the top. While it is likely not want to drink this water, which can be used for toilets, washing hands, etc. If you are at home, a good amount of water being stored in water pipes and related system. To access this water, you must first close the valve to the outside as soon as possible. This will prevent water from running out the pressure low throughout the system to prevent contaminated water from entering your home. Then open a faucet on the top floor. This will allow air into the system for the vacuum does not hold water in. Next, open a faucet in the basement. Gravity must allow water in the pipes to run the faucet. You can repeat this procedure for both hot and cold systems. Your hot water heater will also have a lot of water inside. You can access this water valve on the bottom. Again, you may need to turn on a tap elsewhere in the house to ensure good water flow.

 

Find or obtaining water

There are certain climates and geographical areas where water either be very easy search or almost impossible. You have to take into account its location when reading the following.

Wherever you live, your best bet to find a water source is to explore suitable locations and procure necessary equipment before an emergency happens. With proper preparation, you should know not only the location nearest streams, springs or water sources, but some specific places where it would be easy to fill a container and the surest way to reach home. Preparation also means having at hand an easy installation system to collect rainwater. This can range from large tarps or plastic sheeting a system for collecting runoff from your roof or gutters. Once

they have identified a water source, you must have ready bottles or other containers for transporting or storing.

 

Purification

The purified water can not make you sick, probably is killing you. In a survival situation, with little or no medical care available, you need to stay as healthy as possible. Boiling water is the best method to purify tap water met from natural sources. Product requires no chemical, or expensive equipment, all you need is a large pot and a fire or similar heat source. Boil for 20 or 30 minutes should kill common bacteria such as Guard and Cryptosporidium. It should be noted that boiling water does not remove foreign contaminants such as radiation or heavy metals.

purification commercial / filtering devices made by companies such as PUR are the best options. They vary in size from small pump filters designed to backpackers to filters designed for large fields around. Probably the best filtering devices for survival retreats are the model in which water is poured on top and allow it to seep slowly through the media into a reservoir at the bottom. No pumping is required. On the down side, most of these devices filtration are expensive and have limited capacity. The filters are good for anywhere from 200 liters to thousands of gallons, depending on filter size and mechanism. Some filters used fiberglass and activated charcoal. Others use resin impregnated elements or ceramic.

Chemical additives are another, often the least desirable option. Water purification tablets sold to hikers and campers have a limited life, especially once the bottle has been opened.

Pour-though filtering systems can do in an emergency. Here's an example that will remove many contaminants:

Take a bucket of five gallons or seven (one 55-gallon drum can also be used for larger-scale system) and drill or punch a series of small holes in the bottom.

Place several layers of fabric at the bottom of the spoon, it can be anything from denim to an old tablecloth.

Add a thick layer of sand (preferred) or loose dirt. This will be the main filtering element, which should add at least half the depth of the cube.

Add another few layers of cloth, weighted with some larger stones.

Your home of the filter should be several inches below the top of the cube.

Place another bucket or other collection device into holes punched in the bottom.

Pour water collection collection on top of new filter system. How does gravity, water filtered through the media and leaking the bottom in the sampling device. If water is cloudy or filled with sediment, just dropped it on the bottom and get the cleanest water on top collection device with a straw or tube.

(If you have a stash of charcoal, possibly acquired from an aquarium supplier, you can put a layer inside the filter. Place a layer of fabric above and below any charcoal. This will remove contaminants and reduce any unpleasant smell or taste).

While this system can not be the best purification method has been used successfully in the past. For rain water or water obtained from what appear be relatively clean drinking water, the system should work fine. If you have no water source, but a pond polluted road runoff fat or source Similar contamination, the filter can be better than nothing.

Refuge

Often when thinking about housing, we believe that any of our home or emergency protection, as a hut built out of cut branches.

In many survival situations, housing can be as close to home. If no evacuation is necessary, may be better at home, even if the power is off or storm threatening. Remember that your bag has bugs out the essentials, survival hiding in the house should have enough food and water for weeks or even months.

Whether at home or in the vicinity during a natural disaster, your first line of action should be to determine where they will be safer. If you choose not to evacuate, to You must then set about making their current residence as safe as possible. In many cases, this will mean moving in the basement or elsewhere protected home. In an apartment or condo, the best is probably an interior room without windows, or even the basement of the apartment complex.

Although many will find that there are at home, my apartment or family home is the home easier and more cost-effective security, home security or definitive withdrawal of survival would be a second home located in a very rural area. During normal times, this haven of survival can double as their vacation home, hunting lodge or destination getaway weekend. But when the flag goes up, you can evacuate to a safe house fully equipped with everything you need to self-sufficiency.

Safe Home should be:

Well out of the same subject, ideally accessible by a single dirt road. This insulation will provide a good dose of protection. For example, you can cut a large tree down across the road to help remove unwanted guests.

About a spring, well, stream or other natural water source.

Equipped with at least one fireplace or wood for cooking and heating.

Within 10 to 20 miles of a village or small town where you can go (by foot if necessary) for additional supplies, news and other contact with the world outside, in case of emergency in the stretch for months or more.

Enough arable land to grow their own vegetables and other crops.

Near a natural, easily usable food (usually wildlife for hunting or fishing).

Stocked with enough food to protect your family for at least three months, preferably a year.

Provisioned with the necessary tools for long-term self-sufficiency, if necessary.

Stocked with enough weapons and ammunition to defend from small groups of marauding invaders, should come to that.

If you're concerned about caching products in a home without supervision, where they could be stolen, you can cache a nearby source. While most caches are buried in hidden places, a simple solution to this dilemma is to rent a commercial storage unit in a city near you retirement. This has several advantages:

While you have access to facilities 24 hours a day (one of the outdoor storage areas which use their own lock is best) you can get to their sources when necessary.

Will be much easier to make a few trips to and from the storage facility near his home and safer than carrying around with you from home.

It is easier to check the status and add materials to such a cache buried in an isolated place.

In the worst case, can it locks to the storage area overnight inside and walk back the next day with a backpack full.

Of course, for maximum protection, a buried or hidden cache others is hard to beat. He is especially true for long term storage of ammunition and weapons that are or may one day be considered illegal.

Chapter 2: Beyond Basic

Based on the previous section, should have an idea of the situations survival potential may be facing. Now the question is whether to stay and face them or move to a safer place.

In the first indicate problems and rising prices, visit local food store and grocery store and buy whatever you can afford. Get the 50-pound bags of rice and bags 25 pounds of flour. Use your credit cards and part of its emergency cash stash, if necessary.

Dig in your home and protect what is yours.

Keep a low profile and avoid contact with other people, except the other members of your group of survival. Avoid problems and clashes.

We hope that within six months, the country has recovered or at least stable. Otherwise, people will probably be much less when this is over.

We all have a strong desire to protect what is ours. Fortunately, there are times when stay at home makes more sense. If you wait until the events of December 21, 2012 at his home bar for the worst and stay at home can be your best bet. There many advantages to staying at home in a survival situation, if you can safely:

The food in the refrigerator and pantry can complement your survival stash (see previous chapter).

Releasing the power, you can quickly cook your food much and control the temperature of the freezer (frozen foods usually keep at least 24 hours.)

You have more time to improve home possibilities of survival (move items to the highlands, put wood on the windows, etc)

Provides shelter from most elements *.

You will have access to all your clothing, bedding and other amenities.

You do not suffer from boredom as much as possible in a shelter.

You can protect their belongings from looters.

Of course, there is a downside as well:

You could be putting yourself in unnecessary danger and life threatening. (The polar shift, floods, hurricanes, disturbances, etc asteroid, the volcano could be worse than expected).

You may not have heat, electricity, hot water and other services.

You may feel cut off and alone.

* It does not protect against radiation

 

 

 

When disaster strikes, the home is not the only option.

In a large building, you may have a security force probably be smart enough to lock the doors and take steps to prevent access to the building by a crowd. If you think the building is being invaded by protesters, pulling the fire alarm. This will result in all elevators that are recalled to the room and will not run until you restart.

On the floor or in your suite, the bar door, check your personal weapon, and if enough people are present, give some to stand guard. If you alone on the floor, or there are squatters in the building, find a good hiding.

Shopping malls, fast food restaurants and other buildings public may also offer some protection when disaster strikes, but could be targeted for looting, so they want to avoid. In a survival situation serious need to look out for your immediate family. So if you're trying to leave the city in an emergency and your car breaks down, who's to blame break into the house empty and looking for shelter? In a situation of life or death, property crime is the least of your worries.

No matter how much you want to stay home, there are times when evacuation is the only option. These include an asteroid, tsunami, nuclear or biological event, and any impending disaster is likely to destroy your home. Therefore, if survival situations described in the previous section show various situations emergency requiring evacuation, you must develop a plan:

 

The Evacuation Plan

There are several important elements in your evacuation plan:

When to go

Directions

What to bring with you

Sure, you can go walk to the house, but if you sit on cots in the gymnasium of the school local National Guard Armory was his first choice, probably would not be reading this.

You need a safe house or shelter survival in a place where the current crisis does not threaten. The easiest way to create a safe house is to coordinate with a friend or relative, between 100 and 150 miles away, preferably in a different environment. For example:

If you are in the center of the city, which should be in a rural area areas, or at least a smaller town, preferably not the suburbs

If you are near the coast, should be ways

If you near a flood plain, the safe house must be on a higher ground.

By following these guidelines, you can be relatively sure of several things:

Whatever we face disaster should not affect them, and vice versa. This allows you to run out, so when faced with a situation survival, your home can be your safe house.

If you plan ahead, you can leave a few changes of old clothes, a toiletry kit, medicine necessary requirement, munitions, some MRE or anything else you may need in the safe house. This makes it easier to pass.

Chapter 3: Disasters

Floods

The best way to prevent damage of flooding is to move before one occurs. Seriously, do not live in a flood plain unless there is another option. If you learned anything in the last decade, must floods can and do occur in lowland areas thought safe. rivers and streams rising to record levels, resting rate, and not just concrete too for the soil to absorb rain.

If you are trapped in a flood, follow your instincts and move to higher ground as possible. Be careful when traveling because it has a lot of water to float a car or truck.

Earthquakes

The old advice to stand on a door or hiding in the closet or under a table is better than running in a panic, and that just may save your life. If you live in an earthquake prone area, prepare for it, ensuring your home meets current building standards and you have plenty of stored food and water.

If you live through the few minutes of the earthquake, and his house has not collapsed, the damage may be more yet to come. Broken gas lines can cause fires and house can be condemned, leaving people homeless. Contingency plan for having a plastic (non-sparking) key to turn the main gas and includes a good pack of three days, including a tent.

Hurricanes

Hurricanes are one of the few disasters for those who can anticipate some warning. If your house is near the sea and the waves rise is a threat, or appear to be in the direct path hurricane, which can be better evacuation to higher ground. Whether or not you choose to evacuate, tremendous structural damage can be caused by objects thrown by windows. Once the window is open, the power of hurricanes can really blow the roof off the top of the structure!

To protect and protect your property, windows should be covered with plywood hurricane shutters or commercial. 2012 Online recommends hurricane shutters, made from polycarbonate resistant transparent and allows light to enter through the window, unlike their counterparts in steel and aluminum. Garage doors should also be strengthened and the door between the garage and the house itself must be locked and secured.

Hurricane damage in multiple ways: high winds, flooding, fallen trees and utility poles and storm surges. The farther into the land of its location, the less power that the hurricane will have by the time it reaches you, so carefully chosen location.

If you decide to stay home, you should choose an interior room without windows. If you plan well in advance, can enhance the room with 2×6 boards or otherwise build a cage to protect the fallen trees, given in the walls or other storm damage. Move the survival supplies you will need in the room, especially a battery light and radio.

 

Tornadoes

While tornadoes can not be predicted as soon as hurricanes, current technology weather forecasting We often say when weather conditions are perfect for training. Sticking around the home during a tornado warning, you can help protect you from Tornadoes can cause great damage.

A direct hit from a funnel cloud can turn a house into a pile of wooden sticks, toss a van like a tumbleweed and hit the trees faster than Paul Bunyon. So if you live in an area prone to tornadoes, it may be prudent to invest in an underground shelter a la the Wizard of Oz. (Can be used as a basement or nuclear survival.)

If you live in an area not known for tornadoes, but suddenly one is teaching about yourself, your next best bet is the basement, preferably in the corner closest to the direction of the tornado.

If you're driving around and a tornado is coming, the park in an underpass and run as high as possible under it. If caught in the open head, for the lowest ground possible, including a drainage ditch is better than nothing.

 

Fire (s)

 

If a house fire may have to go out in dark and difficult. Will escape a fire much easier if you have already planned your escape route and know where to go. Make sure that your planned escape route remains free of obstructions and that there are coatings for loose soil that could travel. Everyone in the house should be aware of the escape route

It only takes a moment of carelessness or neglect of a fire to start. A couple of minutes later and around home or land may be full of smoke. Smoke and fumes can kill, particularly the highly poisonous smoke some furniture. You only have little time to go. Use it wisely and try not to panic.

If you can do with security, close the door to the room where the fire has started and close all other doors behind you. This will help slow the spread of smoke.

Before opening a closed door, use the back of his hand to touch. Do not open if it feels warm, fire may be on the other side.

Obtained around the world as quickly as possible. Do not try to pick up valuables or possessions, but what his need for survival.

Make your dating as safely as possible and try not to panic.

It will help if you have planned your escape route rather than waiting until it is a fire.

 

What if you are cut off by fire

Is not easy, but try to remain calm. Save your energy to help them survive

If you are prevented from moving away because of the flames or smoke, close the door nearest the fire and use towels or sheets to block the gaps. This will help stop the spread of smoke in the room.

Go to the window. If the room goes up in smoke, down to ground level – it is easier to breathe because the smoke will rise upwards.

If you are in immediate danger and the room is not too high from the floor, cushions or bedding down fall to the ground to stop his fall from the window.

Get first and down the length of his arms before falling to his feet.

 

Desert Fire

If you are caught in a storm of fire hazard, your best option is to find a source of water and stay near it. Underground pass if possible, but it is necessary to make an escape if the fire changes direction. With any fire situation, it is always necessary to know the escape routes and have backup plans.

 

Volcanic Eruption

 

Note the center of the earth is molten rock, and volcanic eruption can occur almost anywhere, but not much that a person can do to prepare for a volcanic eruption. Be aware of the dangers that can come with a rash: flying debris, hot gases, lava flows, and the potential explosion landslides, avalanches, and geothermal areas. Develop provisions, water, food, blankets and medical supplies if you live near a volcano before something happens.

Also be prepared to get up and running faster than the lava flows.

Be careful when around or near active volcanoes.

Do not venture onto any activity, and consult with local experts in the area.

Follow all recommendations regulations, or requests of staff.

Here are some things to consider:

Lava flows – Stay away from the lava flows. Not all of them are red hot and clear, and some move very slowly and appear as dark and solid, but are liquid below the surface. Also, do not try to cross an active flow, you might get trapped by the lava several sequences.

Pyroclastic flows – No visit volcanoes who have or are about to be pyroclastic explosions. The high temperature around the volcano itself can be life threatening.

Domes Volcanic – Volcanic domes and plugs in craters may seem harmless, but it can explode without warning. Pie and glassy rocks can also be very dangerous. Some of cooled lava of this type may resemble irregular pieces of glass. Wear boots good, solid hiking in the mountains – Never walk barefoot. Make sure your path.

Lahars and floods – Be careful when crossing lahars (debris flows), as they may spring up in floods, large and small.

Gas – Avoid areas where volcanic gas is released. Carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide can kill quickly and quietly. It may not be able to hold his breath long enough. If you see a site near an active volcano with dead vegetation, carcasses, or bones, do not enter in it.

geothermal areas – clay pots of hot springs and geysers are also very interesting, but do not go through areas unexplored containing many of them. Stay on marked trails because of the thin silica crusts over boiling pools can break if stepped on. If you fall in, potentially can cause third degree burns or death.

Occurs before an eruption:

Others if there is volcanic hazards in the area likely to affect you.

If you live in a volcanically active region, is always supposed it could have to deal with the effects of an eruption.

If you live in an area that could experience a lava flow during a volcanic eruption know a quick route to safe ground.

If volcanologists agree that a life-threatening eruption is likely to take place, a Defense Civil emergency will be declared and evacuated the danger zone. Listen to radio or television, if everything is working, for information.

During an eruption:

Saving water in your bath, basin, containers or bottles in an early stage – supplies may become be contaminated.

Stay indoors as much as possible.

Use a mask and goggles if you go outside, to prevent volcanic ash input from the eyes and lungs.

Keep your street clothes before entering a building, volcanic ash is difficult to dispose him.

Take your getaway kit with you if you go out. Turn electricity and gas network. If you turn on the gas, a professional check for leakage in case of damage before turning the gas back on.

Keep below ridge lines in hilly terrain, the hills offer some protection against volcanic debris.

A good pre-plan emergency plans should take account of this possibility and offer alternative routes.

 

Near Earth Objects (NEO)

 

A reasonably large asteroid of 200 meters (600 feet) diameter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean could generate a tsunami (tidal wave) that would sink both in Britain and throughout the East Coast of the United States in minutes. If an asteroid of at least 1 kilometer in size hitting the Earth would cause a cloud of dust that blocked sunlight for at least a year and lead to a worldwide deep winter, depleted food supplies.

So the threat is real, but the chances of a mile NEO (3.000 feet) long hitting the Earth soon are virtually 100-100. Even so it is necessary to have a contingency plan if this would happen. The evidence of impact is around us. But we will focus on the asteroid's smaller cars in this section, because if there was a massive asteroid towards us want to give early warning (with luck).

 

 

So what does

For a land impact, one can say that an object about 75 meters (225 feet) in diameter, probably can destroy a city and 160 meters (480 feet) covered can destroy a large urban area. If there is a meteor shower waiting, stay tuned to local officials and monitor the sky.

Impacts of small objects are almost impossible to predict the impact zone

If you live near a cave system, you may want to go and establish a temporary refuge there, or if you lives in the city, go to the lowest point of the building (in case of emergency, but not recommended due to the collapse of a building is possible.) Other possibilities are:

Nuclear fallout shelters

Steel structures

metro systems

No:

Stay away for a Meteor Storm

Stay on top of buildings

Go to the remains of the meteorite

Whenever your survival stash available

Extreme Cold

While people are dying in their homes due to severe winter weather, these deaths are often caused by kerosene heaters or other heat sources. Fire is a danger with any secondary source of heat, including wood stoves, fireplaces, kerosene, propane heaters electric, but can be managed to reduce fire risks. Carbon monoxide poisoning is also a concern that must be considered when using non-traditional sources of heat such as gathering around the gas oven and opening the door.

Another danger is the freezing death if the power fails. People often think that will be fine because they have a gas or oil furnace. This is a fallacy, because the gas furnace needs a ventilator Electric hot air to move throughout the house as even the oil furnace pump probably has a electric starter and / or fuel.

A secondary source of heat is important, and wood stoves are probably the most efficient. While sending fire places much of the heat from the chimney that share wood stoves with the comforts of being able to find all the fuel around, from books to furniture. (Let's face it, most of the trash too have much in our homes anyway.) You can also cook them up in a hurry, and when the storm is howling around your house, a cup of hot chocolate tastes twice as good and restore the spirits.

kerosene and propane heaters can also put out the BTU's in a emergency, but probably require ventilation (see the manufacturer's literature for specific information.)

One key to keeping heat from these sources Backup heat is not trying to heat the entire house. Gather everything you think you might need in one space and close. Use any blankets you can save in the openings, if necessary to reduce drafts. Gather under the quilt and share the warmth of her body.

If you Field is open, a snow cave will provide good shelter. Find a drift and burrow a tunnel in the side about 60 cm (24 inches) and then build your camera. The tunnel entrance should lead to the lowest level of the camera when cooking and storage of the teams. At least two ventilation holes are needed, preferably one on the roof and another on the door.

 

Extreme Heat

 

Prepare ahead of time for the hottest days that may come. Gallons of water freezing in large blocks of ice if you have a large freezer (as we saw in previous chapters). Refilling plastic bottles of one gallon of water with tap water and the freezing works well. The largest of the ice blocks They have the time take to melt when you need to go to one gallon containers if you have the freezer space. These ice blocks can be used to cool a fragile person, placing a thick towel in a shallow container and fanning the air with a hand fan on the ice and head people and the area neck. It can also be used by wrapping them in a pillowcase and put them around the head, in the armpit area and in the groin area. Be very careful not to allow the ice in contact with skin. Place several layers of material between the skin and the ice to avoid frostbite and check every few minutes to make sure they are not the freezing of tissues.

Symptoms of dehydration

It is very important recognize the symptoms of dehydration first and act before their condition deteriorates. Below are the most common early symptoms of dehydration:

Fatigue

Dark urine with a strong odor

Decreased urine output

Emotional instability

delayed capillary refill in the nail beds

The loss of skin elasticity

Trench line down the center of the tongue

Thirst

Avoid overheating

When they overheat, your body starts to sweat. This can be good, because, of course, the body is trying to cool itself, but the extra sweat too much supply of waste of precious water. Always adjust your clothes so you do not sweat too much. Open your jacket a little or removing an inner layer of clothing.

Wear loose clothing

Do not expose your body directly at the sun

Protect your head

Finding time to rest in a shaded area

If you are wearing clothing too tight, can restrict blood circulation. It can also decrease the volume of air between the layers, which reduces the value of cooling.

 

Solar Radiation

 

On Earth, solar radiation is obvious as daylight when the sun is above horizon. This is during the day, and also in summer near the poles at night, but not in winter near the poles. When the direct radiation is not blocked by clouds, is experienced as sunshine, a combination of perception bright white light (sunlight in the strict sense) and warming. Warming in the body and the surfaces of other objects are characterized by increased temperature air.

Increased sunlight could happen here on Earth, and you have to do whatever was necessary to keep out the sun during the day. If there is a possible red / brown dwarf solar beam can be amplified ten times the object is approaching the Earth.

So what do you

Above, be sure to stay out of direct sunlight, or if you are warming to the skin immediately you need to seek shelter. This does not fully protect you, but decrease the amount of radiation received.

Find your shelter, preferably a cave or underground structure will help with the defense

Put on the PPE if you have to venture out during the day (see next chapter)

Polar Investment / Trade

 

In the next years, the polar reversal will take place on earth. This could possibly mean that the North Pole becomes the South Pole and from south to north. Science only can be explained by the fact that the Earth will start rotating in the opposite direction, as well as a huge disaster of unknown proportions. Or it might actually poles change positions a few miles it could still cause unwanted disasters.

View previous disasters and that can be caused by this change (minus the asteroids)

 

 

Riot / Civil Disaster

After a disaster, you may need to protect your home and belongings from looters. Sure, it probably goes to the National Guard but as the police, can not be everywhere all the time. Just as you are taking responsibility for their survival by reading this guide, you will to take responsibility to protect themselves from human predators.

Tsunami

A tsunami is a series of destructive and dangerous waves resulting from seismic activity or some other type of underwater disturbance (meteorites, landslides, volcanic activity underwater, etc.) In order to survive a tsunami, they must be prepared, vigilant and calm.

Your risk if:

Home, school or workplace is in a coastal region, near the sea

The elevation of your home, school or workplace is at sea level or very low and flat

or only slightly elevated land. If you do not know the elevation level of your home, school or workplace find

There are warning signs indicating that your area is prone to tsunamis

Home, school, buildings are not the workplace, etc. resistant tsunami

Prepare in advance. If the investigation shows that you are at risk, prepare a plan of escape and survival stash.

Natural warnings could help indicate the imminent arrival of a tsunami. Note that in many cases, these notices can be obtained only in the coming years. Being self-responsible and keep you and your family, friends and colleagues safe. Natural signs announcing the possibility of a tsunami coming include:

An earthquake: If you live in a coastal zone (by sea), the occurrence of an earthquake must be immediate cause for alarm and evasive action.

Noise on the ground: Even if no real "earthquake", but one can perceive considerable noise underground, this warning.

A rapid rise and fall in coastal waters. If suddenly the sea recedes, exposing the sand, this is an important warning sign is not going to surge in inland waters.

View animals from a zone or behavior abnormal, as humans trying to seek refuge or collaboration in ways that would not normally do.

Take Action

If a tsunami is likely to make landfall in the coastal region, react immediately. Put in place the Evacuation Plan.

Move immediate movement off the coast, lakes or other bodies of water along the coast is essential.

Continental Chief: This means going to a higher ground, and even hills or mountains.

Up high: If you can not go inside because they are caught, your head up. Although not ideal, if this is the only option, choose a tall, sturdy and solid and go up to him. Go as high as possible, even on the ceiling or sturdy trees.

React quickly if you are stranded in the water. If you did not evacuate but is caught in the tsunami, there are things you can do to try to survive:

Grab something that floats

Leave their belongings

Keep away at least half a day, if not more. A tsunami is in waves

Try to obtain reliable information

A good emergency plan pre-planned should consider this possibility and offer alternative routes. Log in survival mode and be prepared for whatever might happen, not lower our guard.

Electricity Shortage

We have lived without him in the past, and we can live without it now.

That is easy to tell when we rely heavily on the use of electricity. We only make life much easier, so that in the event of a disaster and having reached a safe haven, has come the time to review the basics.

Generators are a good way to provide energy, but very difficult to lug around and depend on a natural resource that may or may not be readily available. So you should plan for the worst, breaking the games.

 

Alien Invasion

 

At the time of writing this guide to survival, no information on how to keep its existence if there were foreign invaders to visit. That said, 2012 Online recommends hiding.

Chapter 4:

Fire

The ability to build and how to make fire can make the difference between life and death in a survival situation. to fire is one of the most important survival skills. You must practice and learn different methods for you to know how to light a fire in any place and under any condition.

Several needs:

A fire can meet the needs of many. Can be kept warm and dry. It can be used to cook food, purify water, sterilize bandages. It may scare dangerous animals and their smoke can keep flying insects at bay.

To make a fire you have to understand that there are three components needed: air, heat and fuel. The correct ratio of these components is very important for a fire to burn its greater

Preparation

You have to decide what site and available to use. Before building a fire in mind:

The area (Soil and climate) that are operating

Materials and tools

Time: how long has

Need: Why you need a fire

Security: Do you want unwanted attention

Find a dry place:

Is protected from wind

It is conveniently located in relation to your house (if applicable)

It will concentrate the heat in the direction you want

Has a supply of wood or other fuels available

If you are in a wooded area or brush-covered, clear brush and scraping the soil surface from the point you selected. Elimination of a circle at least 1 meter in diameter so there is little chance that the fire from spreading. If time permits, the construction of a wall of fire with logs or rocks. This wall will help direct the heat reflector where you want. It will also reduce sparks and reduce the amount of wind blowing into the fire. However, you have enough wind to keep the fire burning. In some situations, is possible that an underground fireplace best suits your needs. It conceals the fire and serves food and cooking. To make an underground fireplace:

Dig a hole in the ground.

On the windward side of this hole, into or dig a big hole for ventilation connection.

Build your fire in the hole

Battery

Use a battery to generate a spark. The use of this method depends on the type of battery available. Connect one wire to each terminal. Touch the ends of bare wires together next to the fuse for the ignition on.

Flint and Steel

 

The direct method is easier spark methods primitive to use. The method of flint and steel is the most reliable direct spark method. Strike a flint or other hard-edged, sharp-edged rock, with a piece of carbon steel (stainless steel will not produce a good spark). This method requires a loose wrist articulated in practice. When a spark has caught in the tinder, blow on it. The spark will spread and burst into flames.

Fire-Plough

The fire-plow is a friction method of ignition. Rub a hardwood shaft against a softer wood base. To use this method, cut a straight groove in the base and plow the blunt tip of the shaft up and down the slot. The plowing action of the shaft is out small particles of wood fibers. Then, as more applied pressure on each stroke, the friction ignites the wood particles.

Shelters

If you are not around structures and shelter to survive, or is not safe, temporary shelter may be raised in the desert. A small shelter is isolated from the bottom, protected from the elements and contains a fire is very important in your survival situation. Before building your shelter be sure that in the vicinity, materials needed to build a good fire and a good source of water.

wildlife refuges may include:

1. Natural shelters such as caves and cliff hanging. When exploring a possible shelter tie a rope to the mouth of the cave to make sure that it will be able to find the exit. Note note that these caves may be already occupied. If you do use a cave for shelter, build a fire near its mouth to prevent animals from entering.

2. Enlarge the natural pit under a fallen tree and the line with bark or tree branches

3. Near a rocky coastal area, build a shelter of U-shaped rock, which covers the roof with a canvas and driftwood or seaweed for protection

First Help

If an accident occurs in the desert, will be their responsibility to the situation. The specific sequence of actions when it comes this situation is:

Remain calm, providing your patient with quiet and efficient treatment of first aid

Keep the person warm and lying. Do not move the injured person until you have discovered the extent of injuries

Start mouth to mouth resuscitation immediately if the injured person is not breathing

Stop any bleeding

Watch carefully for signs of shock

Check for cuts, fractures, fractures and head injuries, neck or spine

No Do not allow people to move the injured person

Do not remove clothes unless absolutely necessary

Decide if the person can be transferred to an appropriate medical facility. If this is not possible, prepare an adequate area of life in which they are provided shelter, warmth and food

Shock

Shock is a depression of all processes in the body and may follow any injury regardless of how minor. Factors such as bleeding, cold and pain will intensify shock. When experiencing shock the patient may feel weak and feeble. The skin becomes cold and clammy and rapid and weak pulse. The shock may be more serious than the injury itself.

Use the following method to prevent and control the discharge:

1. If there are no injuries to the head or chest, place the patient on his back with his head and chest lower legs. This will help the movement of blood to the brain, heart, lungs and other major organs.

2. If severe head and chest injuries are present elevate the upper body. If the lesions are present in the chest, raise the injured side to assist in the healthy lung function.

3. If the person injured is unconscious, place him / her in a prone position to avoid choking on blood, vomit or the tongue.

4. Keep your housing with warm clothing and under.

Stopped breathing

If not breathing, start mouth-to-mouth. Place the patient on his back and follow these steps:

1. To open the airway stretch neckline and tilt the head back

2. Keep your neck high, pinch the nose to prevent air leakage

3. Place your mouth completely around the person

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