| There is wilderness survival that many people | | | | you don't have to worry about how much your |
| prepare for which is an important set of skills to | | | | equipment weighs. This allows you to option to do |
| have. But there is also what is called urban survival | | | | too much. |
| that is equally important. This is the skills and tools | | | | Think of the scenario where you are stuck in your |
| needed to make it through a disaster that might | | | | home for a few weeks and plan for that. What |
| happen to you while you are in a city or urban | | | | would you eat? How would you cook the food? |
| environment. | | | | Where would you get your water? What would you |
| It's more likely that you will have some sort of | | | | do about your children? Where would you get your |
| flooding, hurricane, snow storm, or other disaster | | | | medicine? How would you keep warm? |
| while at home than it is that you will get lost in the | | | | Start answering these questions today so that you |
| woods. Many people every year get cut off from | | | | do have some supplies for this situation. It's actually |
| city services and sometimes even roads for more | | | | fairly easy to plan for since all you need to do is |
| than a few weeks because of disaster. What skills | | | | have some basic supplies. |
| have you learned to make it through that type of | | | | One tip is to keep what's called a bug out bag or 72 |
| survival situation? | | | | hour bag on hand. This is bag that will have a few |
| In wilderness survival, having compact, portable | | | | days of supplies in it that can be grabbed quickly. |
| equipment is important because you have to carry | | | | Make sure this is handy in case of a fire or other |
| this around with you. Fortunately for urban survival, | | | | disaster that causes you to need to get out quickly. |