Virtually every person interested in being prepared for a survival situation has covered the basics and can make it through comfortably for at least a week.
What, though, happens if the survival situation is severe enough that it lasts weeks? Here are some things to consider.
Law Enforcement Issues
1. No Law Enforcement
During an extreme SHTF scenario, it is very likely that law enforcement and emergency responders will be nonexistent. Even during small-scale disasters, law enforcement officers often leave to take care of their own families first. When things go bad (empty grocery stores, no utilities, mass riots, violence, etc.) you are more than likely going to have to defend yourself.2. Fake Law Enforcement
In a SHTF Scenario you need to be on the lookout for everything including people impersonating law enforcement and military personnel. During a catastrophic event, you will most likely see criminals preying on the innocent by pretending to be either police or military officers. You have to be able to quickly determine who is who, or stay away from people at all costs.
Sanitation Issues
Garbage will become a Killer.
This is a topic that’s not often discussed, but it’s one that will probably become a real problem during any long-term disaster situation. If the gangs and criminals don’t get you, the real danger might actually come from something that you already have in your home – Garbage!
You have to Stock up on Sanitation Items
When planning to survive in any long-term survival situation, one thing that’s often overlooked is the danger associated with a lack of adequate sanitation. It’s certainly not a pleasant thing to think about, but this one issue has the potential to kill more people than any other survival issue we can talk about.
Mental & Physical Health Issues
Maintaining a Positive Mental Attitude during a Survival Situation
The ability to maintain a positive mental attitude during a survival situation is something that needs to be taking seriously. It’s also something that you need to start working on now, before disaster strikes.
Making it through a survival scenario often comes down to how well you can control your emotions. Keeping a positive frame of mind in the face of an unthinkable threat, will help you process what’s happening, and will help you respond to the situation without giving into fear.
These are just a few of the situations you have to take into consideration when developing your survival strategy and putting together your survival kit or bug-out plan.
We included this partial list to get you in the mindset of thinking beyond that initial moment – being prepared for it and the immediate aftermath is important, but so is thinking about and preparing for beyond that point.
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