Escaping a Survival Situation
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Being lost or separated from civilization can always create an emergency survival situation. Mother nature herself can sometimes create the worst of all disasters. People are more and more starting to realize that it is up to them as individuals to be prepared. People, who spend much of their time hiking, camping or in the out of doors, are starting to acquire more skills for wilderness survival. Water shortages, earthquakes, floods and fires are capable of striking at any time without any notice. A person placed in an emergency situation ought to understand the methods of handling a forest fire just as they should comprehend how to escape from a bomb site or even a burning building. The one concern should always be getting to food. If a person is hungry and their blood sugar is low, this can greatly affect their mental clarity and judgment. When the appetite is satisfied, people can be more effective in helping others. Since food becomes scarce in an emergency, food pills could be the answer.
You don’t always have to be far away from society to be trapped in an emergency survival situation. Military maneuvers, civil turmoil or natural disasters can be reason enough to block you from getting to supplies that all of us so often take for granted. Again, it would be up to you to administer all of your own resources and skills for the well-being and survival of you and your loved ones.
Central heating, air-conditioning, hot water and lighting would no longer be of any use without power. Without power, food would start to go bad within hours since there would be no refrigeration. Cell phones, email and newspapers would no longer exist. However television and battery powered radios could give local news of any disaster situation. A short wave radio could be useful, as well as a home generator. These items are expensive and are not always affordable to most people. Taps would start to run dry and toilets would become unusable as the main water supply would cease to exist.
The countryside would carry an abundance of natural resources. In large suburban city areas shops would be drained of food very rapidly (sold, stolen, or rationed) and parks and gardens would be quickly raided of their produce. Individuals who live further away from largely populated areas would have more of an advantage since they most likely would have more supplies on hand. The majority of farming community families will always have some sort of food storage, such as fresh fruit and vegetables in a root cellar.
The ideal solution for food for residents in large cities would be a simple food pill. These food pills are small and easy to store. They usually come in a packet or bottle, have a long shelf life and require no refrigeration. They will keep you alive and will take away hunger. It would be wise to keep them in your car since one never knows where or when a disaster or emergency could strike. Food pills are also a must for people who spend time in the wilderness. They too may find themselves in an emergency survival situation.
