10 Things That Every Survivalist Needs

http://daily-survival.blogspot.com ^ | 10/17/11 | Code Name Insight

[Kartographer]

I use the word "survivalist" in the most all-encompassing way, meaning that anyone who wants to/plans to survive a fairly good sized disaster falls into this category. As a survivalist, you need these ten things if you want to have a chance of coming out the other side of a disaster in a rather whole manner.

[RDRAMSEY]

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[JRandomFreeper]

You don't ever answer my questions. You just dance around.

Do you teach a fire-starting class?

Because you would be amazed at how many modern americans can't start a fire without a lighter.

/johnny

[PA Engineer]

That’s why I’m cynical about the “survivalist” types: they tend to be loners, or isolated families. They are all fantasy, not relying on how people actually acted in such times of the past.

I agree about the lone wolf, but that is not always the case. There are many preppers who do understand. Something from YouTube. Please watch the entire presentation. People do understand. I have learned a great deal from this gentlemen.

My wife (also a physician) and myself have been prepping for a very long time. We are tight with our neighbors. We could not stand alone. There are lone wolves. They will not survive. There are many who understand and they come from many walks of life. With their help you will survive.

[TigersEye]

I don’t teach classes to anyone about anything. I have given some lectures on herbal medicine usage, making, collecting, etc, etc, etc. but that was many years ago. I actually did answer you seriously about one thing. Hope. I meant every word of that.

[JRandomFreeper]

Hope. I meant every word of that.

Prayers up, then.

I'm nothing without my community and hope for a better future, and the drive to work toward it.

And that has nothing to do with the hopey-changey dope in the WH.

It has to do with a loving, Christian community, where old farts teach younger ones how to live long enough to continue the tradition.

/johnny

[Eyes Unclouded]

You can change your browser to be a black background and yellow or green text. Indeed to each his own.

Also this thread totally got derailed...

On the other hand after the DC quake my friend went to get check on his BOB (he thought it might have been a bomb) and realized he didn’t pack any air. So he stopped at the store and bought some. Now he’s prepared!

[TigersEye]

Community is very important to me as is teaching what I know to others. One of the first teachings in the ancient system of living that I practice is “abandon hope and fear.” So all those years of living without hope that I experienced before I began that turned out to be somewhat helpful once I realized that the depression I suffered then was just as empty as the hope. Now I see that I don’t need either and both are/were a choice all along.

[JDW11235]

“I have enjoyed this stimulating conversation but I’m running out of air.
I have to go out to the air pile and bring some more in.”

I don’t care who ya’are that funny right there. That gave me my laugh of the day.

Anyway, I have no problem with blogs if they are the original writer. If you don’t like them, there’s always the option of asking politely as Johnny did. But I see no moral high ground in refusing to click on the link and see for yourself if you actually want the information. I don’t have that impediment, so I can’t help you to overcome it, other than to say, you’re probably missing out on about 99% (my estimate) of all news in this day and age which is written on a blog.

I don’t care for the opinion of a “journalist” over that of many who are experts in their field but who aren’t going to write an op-ed to the major news corporation of your choice. We have to sift through garbage on any thread, but if you exclude information merely because it comes from someone’s blog, it’s your loss. And that’s exactly the mentality I think was referred to when someone said “afraid of clicking on the link/[won’t survive].” There’s nothing morally superior to limiting you information to that of a mega corporation, but that’s your choice, and I respect it.

P.S. Many people don’t post full articles because they don’t know what can and cannot be posted. I have a hard time finding the list sometimes, too, and It takes all of a half second to click the link and two more to be redirected if you’re actually interested.

[PA Engineer]

I'm just pointing at the rookie and laughing.

There is nothing rookie about it. That is a bit harsh.

I having been "prepping" for over 12 years. Prepping is an ongoing process. I found this site useful as I do many others.

Even tonight I learned a valuable lesson. Neighbor had a rabid raccoon. Went over to help. She has a problem we all will have. Presbyopia really stinks. She kept missing with her 22. We were laughing, but it was not funny. I came over with my MP45. It was overkill and we did not want all the neighbors calling the police (good officers, but did not want to draw it out with a police report) after firing off one round. My new A6 Polestar LED flashlight was enough for her to take aim.

The first lesson was the MP was overkill. Will fix that with a smaller caliber revolver. The second was the LED flashlight worked wonders for aging eyes. Those are any eyes 40 plus years in the dark. Finally, my neighbors meant a great deal to me. I was deeply concerned about their well being.

I learned a great deal about prepping. It had nothing to do with the number 3.

[JDW11235]

“Because you would be amazed at how many modern americans can’t start a fire without a lighter.”

I agree. However, the single most useful firestarter is a simple BIC lighter. Unless you lose it, you can use it hundreds to thousands of times worry free. I can make a fire from about a half dozen methods (bows, push boards, bamboo, optics, flint and steel, battery and steel wool) etc, but I can start a fire with a BIC lighter in a matter of seconds. If is gets wet, you just press your lips to the metal portion and blow for 90 seconds (shaking periodically) or sucking air through the metal cover for about 5-15 seconds (2-3 long draws), and it’ll start right up. Better than than foraging for sticks, which i would do if I had to. But the chances of that would first require that I be sans clothing, since I carry a lighter on me at all times, and have one in virtually every room of my house, and vehicle.

[JRandomFreeper]

But I see no moral high ground in refusing to click on the link and see for yourself if you actually want the information

True that, no moral high ground there. But do you want the virus that comes with the website? If you aren't browsing on linux and still using the old '98 box that the kids bought 10 years ago?

Or maybe there is a moral objection to clicking through to random links.

The posted article hasn't been yanked, so it's obviously allowed.

So why not post it here on a trusted site?

Why try to lure people to an unknown site that may or may not have traps for the unwary?

I'm behind firewalls and browsing on linux, and I can flush this box and start fresh tomorrow. But not everyone can do that.

/johnny

[JDW11235]

Prepping is a mentality. Your whole post was excellent, but I wanted to reiterate that point.

[TigersEye]

And I actually went outside and gathered up an armful of air and brought it in.
Found an elk mooching some of it and chased it off.

It's my atmosphere. I own it!

[bobby.223]

am Fantastic post!!! I’m Ret. living high up in the mountains, (nearest town, Think Northern Exposure’s ‘Cicely’ ‘down the hill’ is 5 miles out), of the great ‘American Redoubt’. (I ass. you follow J.W. Rawles...you will know what/who/where I speak of in the Redoubt). Preps and prepped for a long time here. These folk who are still working...still stuck in the city...well, damn, I hope they make it out following the SHTF. Your post is womderful directed to these people. Good job...I hope to heck they learn something. Gotta go....my little deer pals are looking at me thru the back door slider asking/looking for more corn!! Anyway...Snow soon high up here, surrounded by true Americans ready for anything. I can’t imagine being stuck in the city....My God my prayers are out for them.

[JRandomFreeper]

My cheap Tractor Supply led light works great, too.

I don't need an MD to tell me about the limitations of my eyesight, or use latin terms.

And we dast not use even a .22 here in the 'burbs. So the critters get other treatment that leaves them just as unable to cause problems.

Adapt and overcome.

/johnny

[JDW11235]

With all due respect, that’s like saying you can’t cross the street because you may get hit and unable to cover the expense. I cannot answer that question. I can say that I’ve gotten viruses and virus warnings from major sites, too.

I saw nothing wrong with you asking for the details, and a couple people have posted it. But the objection you stated wasn’t that the link was unsafe for the weakest links in the internet community chain, your first stated objection was to the “blog pimping.”

I personally don’t really concern myself with who will and will not click on the links. I was simply stating that you both have a choice, not jumping on your back. The knee jerk anti-”blog pimp” mentality is foolish (as I stated in my previous post, it limits your ability to get information). I was merely trying to suggest that you two were quibbling over what boils down to personal decisions, not jumping on your back. I respect that people choose not to read based on “blog pimping,” but I’ve seen it hurled at Kartographer over and over, for merely posting links which hundreds of us find helpful.

That’s all.

[JRandomFreeper]

I'd rather use a Bic than rub two boy scouts together to make a fire. I'll give you that.

Personally, my favorite way to start a camp fire is to strike a road flare and throw it on the wood pile covered in kerosene.

But it is good to know the very basics.

And sometimes, those don't get taught very well.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

that’s like saying you can’t cross the street because you may get hit and unable to cover the expense.

I'll be ok, even if I get hit. Trust me.

But it is unkind to lure old folks and children across a busy highway without giving a REAL training session first.

/johnny

[PA Engineer]

And we dast not use even a .22 here in the 'burbs.

Presumptuous. Don't live in the "burbs". Neighbors are generally of like mind. They hear gunshots nearby in the dark, they come running. You need to get over yourself. A .22 is tool I never thought I would need. Tonight I learned differently. Not all things that go bump in the night are zombies.

[TigersEye]

The OP is a longtime FReeper who has been posting links to his articles on survival for a long time. If anyone had gotten a virus on his site/s it would have been taken care of by now by FR management. Who surfs without anti-virus anyway?