Water

We have talked extensively about fire, building a fire, and for now we will leave it there, we still need to talk some more about fire, but we are off to a good start.

Water is your biggest worry, you must keep your body hydrated or you will die.

My mom said to me today that she has learned something from this blog, that, however, she is glad she does not have to worry about stuff like this.

I intend to scare her with my blog today, and therefore scare you, because water, survival, emergency preparedness is something you absolutely need to take serious, even in the comfort of your own home.

Across the United States today, there is billions of gallons of raw sewage pouring into our rivers, creeks and aqua fir. One estimate places the amount equal to the amount of water that flows over the Niagara Falls for 21 days straight.

In 2003 we had a power outage that shut down 6 states and part of Canada for 3 days. The cause, a tree that was not maintained fell on a power line Ohio. Knocking out 6 states including New York City  and some of Canada 3 days.

Our infrastructure, sewer plants, dams, bridges, roads, highways, power grid, levy’s, were all built in the 40’s and 50’s, that’s more than 60 to 70 years ago.

Many engineers predict total failure of our infrastructure in 20 to 30 years. Some say sooner, some failures we have seen when Katrina came through, when New York City lost power, when the dam in Tennessee broke and killed 300 people.

It is not uncommon today for cities to issue warnings that you should boil your water before you consume it.

I want to point out to everyone reading my blog that survival, does not just happen in the wilderness. Most accidents happen with 2 miles of your own home.

We will talk about dehydration and how dangerous it tomorrow.