As a prepper, it's easy to get caught up in stockpiling and preparing for SHTF. It's important to have all of the right survival gear and prepare for that time when the collapse goes down.
But if we're honest, a lot of survivalists will not be ready to face the harsh realities that come during a collapse. They may have all of the appropriate stockpiled food and gear, but will they know how to use it?
Gathing supplies is one thing, but putting those skills into practice is something else entirely.
We live in a society that looks at the internet daily to solve problems, and then a few hours later we forget after the solution has been met. And if you're honest, you likely have a ton of survival supplies that are ready for SHTF, but are you ready when all hell breaks loose?
Don't be that prepper who's not ready to handle a true SHTF situation.
It's time you learned the skills necessary to keep you alive during a collapse. After the break, you can check out important survival tips that’ll help you overcome the dangers when a SHTF situation DOES takes place.
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That’s why I always store and boil my urine
keeping a netbook or other low-power device in a faraday cage, somewhere safe, is a good idea. you can pack such a device with an entire library of survival data and manuals; an equivalent paper library would be simply too heavy and cumbersome to be useful in an environment where you need to move a lot or in a survival bunker where space is limited.
beyond that, post-SHTF, there probably won’t be internet but the vast majority of devices that you can salvage will be more effective if you have a computer to use them with. everything from shortwave radios to geiger counters all come with USB ports in this day and age and you’ll get more use out of them if you have a working computer. if you’ve still got computing capability, you have an advantage over those who do not, and the importance of that advantage will becoming glaringly apparent when SHTF.
choose a low-power device that can run from a solar panel and make sure you know the basics of repairing it; have spare parts just in case. most common points of failure in any laptop are the hard drive and the backlight to the screen. if you do stockpile survival manuals digitally, make sure you keep backups on flash drives in case the hard drive fails, as you probably won’t be able to recover the data in the anarchy of societal breakdown. if you must replace the hard drive, you’ll need a new OS too – either get familiar with Linux (which can make interfacing with devices you salvage somewhat more difficult unless you’ve got a programmer in your team) or get your hands on a windows 7 install disc and the “daz loader” software (bypasses the internet-dependent activation routine for windows 7).
keeping a few movies and some music on the PC can also help out with morale. survivalism is difficult, and dampened spirits can tear apart any team given sufficient time. and, presumably, functioning computers could become scarce and valuable post-SHTF; if you find you no longer need it, it might be a very valuable item for barter.
If things are that bad the last item your going to need is a friggin computer!
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