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Well the apocalypse has happened now what? Whether it's the apocalypse or a major natural disaster if you can't secure the basics of survival than you're going to be dead in a matter of days. Inside this book you can find the know-how to help you to survive. But remember this: Knowledge will only take you so far. The will to live will take you the rest of the way. Learn what you can from these pages. Stay strong and never give up. Better days are ahead, you just can't lose hope.

Chapter 1: What you need

After the worse has happened you're going to need to secure the following: Food, water, shelter and warmth. Securing them can be tricky depending on where you are. If you're in the wilderness finding food and safe drinking will be a challenge. But if you're in an urban area like Los Angeles or new York food may be the easiest to find but safe drinking water will be a challenge in itself. In urban/suburban areas you'll might get lucky in locating canned goods and bottled water but that will few and far between. Canned goods are great but for short term survival only. After all you can't make a can of tuna. They last for so long and they will be few and far between. Securing safe drinking water will be a challenge in its self. If you can't get water you know is safe to drink than you'll have to get a bit creative. First step is setting up some sort of filtration system. I recommend the way to go is a sand and charcoal filter. If you can't find one that's already made than you'll have to make your own. Making one is fairly simple.

First you'll need an fair sized container, like a milk jug with the bottom cut out, and cover one end with a piece of fabric and then fill it with different layers of sand and charcoal. The sand will filter out large objects like rocks and the charcoal will filter out smaller things like lead and e.coli. As an extra precaution any water you filter should be boiled for a

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Verlag: BookRix GmbH & Co. KG

Tag der Veröffentlichung: 15.05.2013
ISBN: 978-3-7309-2744-1

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