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http://www.survival-center.com/foodfaq/ff1-toc.htm7 Mistakes of food storagehttp://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/tate55.htmlUse the following calculator to figure the minimum food storage amounts for your family. The amounts are based on the recommendations listed in the Church's Home Production and Storage manual. These are only recommendations. You will need to determine what you should store for your family.
http://lds.about.com/library/bl/faq/blcalculator.htm5 Basic Survival Skills Suriving in the Outdoors
Survival skillshttp://www.m4040.com/Survival/Survival.htmhttp://www.equipped.com/srvskl.htmhttp://www.adventuresportsonline.com/5basic.htmOne of the most important elements to survival is between your ears, your brain.
DO NOT PANIC, use your wits and practice all elements of the 5 Basics before you may need to rely on them.
FIRE can purify water, cook food, signal rescuers, provide warmth, light and comfort, help keep predators at a distance, and can be a most welcome friend and companion. Each and every person who ventures into the Outdoors should have a minimum of two ways to start a fire with them, one on their person at all times and the other with their gear. A few small fires provides more heat than one large fire. Collect firewood you think you will need for the night and then collect the same amount again, experience shows you will need it. Conserve fuel by making a "star fire" where the ends of large logs meet in the fire only, push inward as more fuel is needed. Make a reflector from your SPACE BLANKET on the back wall of a shelter to reflect heat of your survival fire to your back, sit between fire and back shelter wall.
SHELTER is the means by which you protect your body from excess exposure from the sun, cold, wind, rain or snow. Anything that takes away or adds to your overall body temperature can be your enemy. Clothing is the first line of shelter protection, have the right clothes for the right environment. Always have a hat. Try and keep the layer closest to your body dry. Layers trap air and are warmer than one thick garment. Do not expend energy making a shelter if nature provides one. Practice building a quick lean-to shelter in case you can not find your campsite, do not wait until you need to make one. Use a SPACE BLANKET to prevent dampness or to insulate your shelter or to wrap yourself up in a sitting or squat position to concentrate your body core heat.
SIGNALING is having available the means and ability to alert any and all potential rescuers that you are in need of HELP. Fire, flashing light, bright color markers, flags, mirrors, whistles all will help you be found. Three fires in a triangular form are a recognized distress signal. Carefully bank your signal fires to prevent igniting surrounding area. Use regular signal mirrors only when you can see a plane, or people in the distance. Use EMERGENCY STROBE light at night to help attract attention from those that may be in the area. Make smoky fire with organic material over the fire during the day to attract attention. Lay out ground to air signal in open field, S.O.S. from rocks, logs or colored clothing, whatever will be seen against the background. Most search and rescue parties use aircraft as a primary method of sighting.
FOOD / WATER are vital towards your survival. Ration your sweat not your water intake. Try to drink only in the cool of the evening. You can live up to three days without water. DO NOT eat plants you do not know. Never drink urine. Always assume that you will need extra food and water when you plan your trip. Pack energy bars and candy in your pockets at all times, just in case. If possible boil all water 10 minutes plus one minute for every 1000 feet above sea level. Strain water through your handkerchief to remove large particles. Try to drink only in the cool of the evening. Never wait until you are without water to collect it. Have some poly zip bags to collect and store water. Never eat any wild berries that you are not sure of what they are. You can catch rainwater in your SPACE BLANKET by laying it out in a trench.
FIRST AID is not just the basic medical needs, it is the primary way in which you act to survive. DO NOT PANIC, remain calm and do what you have to do to take care of YOU. STOP means Sit, Think, Observe, and Plan. It is the most intelligent thing you can do when you realize you are lost or stranded. The most important element is to keep your brain functioning rationally, this is basic first aid for survival. Analyze your needs before every trip, create a medical checklist and carry a small personal kit with you at all times. Most survival situations require only dressing for small cuts, bruises and personal medication needs, make sure you know what you have with you and how to use it. Do not over pack, pack what you feel you will need to carry with you at all times. Concentrate on being found, pack a picture of your family in with your gear to remind you of the reasons to remain calm and to survive. Prevent hypothermia by insulating yourself in a SPACE BLANKET.
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The last category being Zombi Squad:Zombie Squad, frequently abbreviated to ZS, is a community service and disaster preparedness organization that uses the metaphor of a "Zombie Apocalypse" or "Zombocalypse", as ZS calls it, for any natural or man-made disaster (hurricane, terrorism, earthquake, etc.). Horror fans who combined their shared interests of zombies and experience with disaster preparedness. It describes itself as an "elite zombie suppression task force ready to defend your neighborhood from the shambling hordes of the walking dead." Due to this and other tongue-in-cheek references to popular culture zombie movies and video games which are frequently military in nature, the organization is often mistaken for a semi-militant or satirical paramilitary organization [1].
How to build an outdoor survival shelter
http://www.wilderness-survival-skill...alshelter.htmlIn most survival situations, shelter should be your first concern. Shelter not only provides the necessary protection from heat, cold, wind or rain, but also serves as a base of operations and provides a boost to morale against the deteriorating affects of noises in the night.
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Foxfire 2 - $16.95 - This second volume celebrates the rites and customs of Appalachia, featuring sections on ghost stories, spring wild plant foods, corn shuckins, spinning and weaving, midwives, granny women, old-time burial customs, witches and haints, and wagon making. (1973, softcover, 410 pgs, B&W photos)
Foxfire 3 - $16.95 - This third volume celebrates the lively and homespun heritage of Appalachia, featuring sections on animal care, banjos & dulcimers, hide tanning, summer and fall wild plant foods, cornshuck mops, butter churns, apple butter, building a lumber kiln, and ginseng. (1975, softcover, 511 pgs, B&W photos)
Foxfire 4 - $16.95 - This fourth volume celebrates the home life and creative heritage of Appalachia, featuring sections on fiddle making, springhouses, horse trading, sassafras tea, berry buckets, knife making, wood carving, logging, cheese making, and gardening. (1977, softcover, 496 pgs, B&W photos)
Foxfire 5 - $16.95 - This fifth volume celebrates the survival techniques and resourceful heritage of Appalachia, featuring sections on ironmaking, blacksmithing, horseshoes, cowbells, shovels, bellows, barrells, furnaces, flintlock rifles, and bear hunting. (1979, softcover, 512 pgs, B&W photos)
Foxfire 6 - $16.95 - This sixth volume celebrates the playful and innovative heritage of Appalachia, featuring 100 toys and games, from bow and arrows to merry-go-rounds, flying jennys to puzzles, cornstalk fiddles to gourd banjos and song bows, and cucumber dolls, as well as wooden locks, shoemaking, and a water-powered sawmill. (1980, softcover, 510 pgs, B&W photos)
Foxfire 7 - $16.95 - This seventh volume celebrates the spiritual heritage of Appalachia, featuring sections on ministers and church members, from Baptists to Methodists to Pentecostals to Presbyterians, as well as revivals, baptisms, shaped-note and gospel singing, faith healing, camp meetings, foot washing, and snake handling. (1982, softcover, 510 pgs, B&W photos)
Foxfire 8 - $16.95 - This eighth volume celebrates the artistic and skillful heritage of Appalachia, featuring sections on Southern folk pottery, from glazed snake jars to swirlware to flowerpots, pug mills, ash glazes, groundhog kilns, face jugs, churns, and roosters, as well as mule swapping and chicken fighting, breeding, and conditioning. (1984, softcover, 511 pgs, B&W photos)
Foxfire 9 - $16.95 - This ninth volume celebrates the crafts and heritage of Appalachia, featuring sections on the Judd Nelson wagon, crazy quilting, general stores, herbal remedies and home cures, herb doctors and healers, a praying rock, a Catawban Indian Potter, witchy and ghostly haint tales, and the log cabin revisited. (1986, softcover, 496 pgs, B&W photos)
Foxfire 10 - $16.95 - This tenth volume celebrates the heritage and history of Appalachia, featuring sections on old folklore, the role of railroads in Appalachian communities, boarding houses, building and technology from the Depression to the present, chairmaking, whirligigs, snake canes, and gourd art. (1993, softcover, 486 pgs, B&W photos)
Foxfire 11 - $16.95 - This eleventh volume celebrates the rituals and recipes of Appalachia, featuring sections on the old homeplace, wild plant uses, planting and growing a garden, preserving food - pickling, smoking, and salting, as well as beekeeping and making honey, hunting stories, fishing, and more affairs of plain living. (1999, softcover, 314 pgs, B&W photos)
Foxfire 12 - $16.95 - Reminiscences about square dancing and tales about traditional craftsmen who created useful items in the old-time ways. There are lessons on how to make rose beads and wooden caskets, and on how to find turtles in your local pond. Hear the voices of descendants of the Cherokee who lived in the region, and learn about what summer camp was like for generations of youngsters. Meet a rich assortment of Appalachian characters and listen to veterans recount their war experiences. Illustrated with photographs and drawings, Foxfire 12 is a rich trove of information and stories from the Southern Appalachian culture. (2004, softcover, 505 pgs, B&W photos)
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