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Episode Six Are We There Yet: Security Zone Boring, boring, and boring, survival can be boring if you come prepared to shelter in place and wait for rescue. This is not to say, of course, that everything will come up roses, but with some simple preparations, you can survive. It is boring because you have to wait and people today have no patience. The Internet is instantaneous. Answers in seconds, no time to waste, people are conditioned not to wait today. If they have to wait for their food, they get on Yelp and scream about service so next time the food comes even faster. No way am I sitting around. I need to move, I need to explore because I am convinced I recognize that tree over there. The path home is just around that tree. A survival situation …show more content…

Is there evidence of flash flooding, are you in a depression, lack of evidence does not mean it can't happen, however, there is always a first time for everything. Is there a water source, what type of trees, if there are pines trees or birch trees, for example, you can survive. Is there water, natural shelters and firewood? Is there a chance of a landside, mudslide, and so on? If you had studied a topographical map before you left you could have pinpointed water sources, depressions, and elevations, and featured landmarks. Alas, your map is in the car, and you really didn't know what you were looking at anyway, you tried but it didn't make any sense, and of course, a compass is vital, but what to do with it now. You figured who needs a map when you have Google, so how is that working out without a cell signal and a dead battery? "Can you hear me now"? If you move around you cannot signal for help. Help arrives and you have already wandered off, maybe falling into a ravine or a creek and hitting your head. You can twist an ankle or break a leg while wandering aimlessly. Stay put and keep a signal fire going at all

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