Winter survival

If survival does not cover preparations for freezing conditions that are only 50% ready.

The vast majority of skills survival and survival equipment works in dry, temperate climates. In the dry summer conditions can survive for a while, just do not do anything stupid. clothing clothing and basic necessities will take moderate shelter through the cold wet conditions of spring and early fall. At home, survival temperate focuses on having sufficient food and drinking water. But the conditions of winter survival anywhere in the immediate and constant challenge. In winter, Mother Nature tries to kill you. Cold takes no prisoners. Whole armies have been destroyed by General Winter. The battle of survival is reduced to maintain the temperature the body. This takes four actions.

• Internal heat generation and metabolism by eating food high in calories and water necessary for processing. Consider the boiler tank. Food requirements are much higher in cold weather.
• Keep cold outside the body. Eating foods cold drink cold fluids and breathing in cold air quickly lower the body temperature.

• Preserve body heat. Breathing hot air, standing in the cold winds, contact with the ground cold, wet, not wearing proper clothing and lack of head covering burn calories (Heat) and lead to hypothermia
• European heat from external sources. Enter a warm, standing in the sun, drinking hot liquids, eating hot meal, standing next to a fire breathing hot air reduces heat loss.

Civilization has focused on providing a warm atmosphere. Our homes are heated. Our vehicles are hot. Even in winter, our exposure to cold is short. Well fed and warm most of the time we in very poor conditions for long-term survival in cold conditions for survival. When we think of survival to think about the winter fire, but all animals and some human cultures survive the harsh cold conditions without any external heat. Depend on the conservation of heat and metabolism of food calories. Two things are true,

• Inadequately fed and clothed human beings who are subjected to harsh conditions of cold and wet or cold for long time is going to die
• If you live in most parts of the United States and Canada and have not acquired the skills and equipment for long-term survival in cold weather who are at high risk 20 to 70% of the year.

The body loses heat in five ways:

• Breathing: Breathing cold air, heat in the lungs and then exhaling warm air back is a major source of heat loss. A facemask, balaclava or muffler on the nose and mouth may retain some of this heat.
• Evaporation: The sweat and moisture in the clothes evaporates and is carried heat. Alcoholic beverages give the allusion of heating, while the evaporation from the skin and remove more heat. Rain, snow and even fog wet hair skin and clothes to wear to warm.
• Convection: air (wind) through the skin takes the heat. That's great in a day hot, but mortal in the cold. Wind out ASAP! In the play carry a wind-proof poncho.
• Driving: the nature abhors an imbalance. If you are in contact with soil, stones, metal, snow, etc., which are cooler than they are, energy will flow from you to the surface cold. Close contact and good insulation are the keys to preventing this heat loss. Wet clothing loses 90% of its insulation value of water has 240 times the thermal conductivity of dry air STAY DRY!
• Radiation: whole body radiates heat and energy in the middle. clothing is the only appropriate way to reduce this radiation.

Since heat rises head and shoulders the largest source of heat loss and since the brain is the strongest is supplied with blood circulation of the head is the last part to feel cold. Listen! Hoods, caps and large caps Leather save his life. One day we were at 10 below zero, winds. We entered a building without heat and just took off our caps. He immediately began to tremble to put them back. Another means of fighting against radiated heat loss is the space blanket. These aluminum blankets can be used as ponchos or manipulated as shelters. Reflect body heat back to you. They can also be used to catch and reflect fire, heat from the stove or solar heat in your body. I recovered from the wet clothing and cold in this way.

Since heat rises head and shoulders are the largest source of heat loss and since the brain is the most provided with strong blood circulation to the head is the last part to feel cold. Listen! Hoods, fur caps and large caps save his life. One day we were at 10 below zero, winds. We entered a building without heat and just took off our caps. He immediately began to shake up we again. Another device to combat the loss of heat radiated is the space blanket. These aluminum blankets can be used as ponchos or manipulated as shelters. Reflect heat the body in contact with you. They can also be used to catch and reflect fire, heat from the stove or solar heat in your body. I recovered from wet clothes and Thus cold.

You two main dangers of exposure to cold are hypothermia and frostbite. A person who is exhausted, hungry or sick is more susceptible to these two conditions of life and limb threatening.

Hypothermia

Hypothermia occurs when the body's core temperature begins to fall. This occurs when the body is unable to create or maintain more heat than it is to lose. Being exposed to cold wind, rain and inadequate housing food and clothing are main causes of hypothermia. Shivering is a sign warning of impending hypothermia. The body uses the heat generated by shivering like a last ditch effort to keep its core temperature. This occurs when body temperature drops to 90 degrees. Below 90 degrees of difficulty in speech understanding and dull uneven muscle (walking staggering) movements immediately suggest the need to get this person out of the cold and hot liquids enter.

80 to 85 degrees, the victim loses contact and drift into a stupor. Slow pulse and respiration indicates advanced hypothermia. At this point, the person will continue to decline even with existing external heat. In advanced hypothermia cells reach a point where they are too cold to produce heat thus creating a progressive condition that only a hospital can worship with warm IV s.

For this reason, it is important to recognize hypothermia in its early stages and acting. 80 to 78 degrees from the victim loses consciousness and Heart Failure and bleeding in the lungs resulting in death. Besides getting the victim in a warning and give hot liquids with sugar while they are still aware that can be reheated by placing heat packs on arms and on both sides of the neck. emergence of the forearm in hot water is a new cash-heating method. Simply place both forearms with warm water or wrap both forearms in hot wet towels. Attention, a person has reached the advanced (semi-conscious) stage should not be re-heated too quickly the outside as this can lead to cold blood outside the core and cause cardiac fibrillation. Of course, if immediate hospital treatment is not available, I can not wait to reheat.

Freezing

Is it the actual freezing of tissues of the external body? Freezing may cause loss of body tissues, amputations, gangrene and death. Fingers, toes and ears are more frequently the frost bitten, but prolonged exposure can lead to the release of larger (hands, feet, legs) body parts. Any body part can feel very cold frostbite if not protected and heated rapidly. Wind chill becomes painful as traffic stops. As the nerves to freeze the feeling is lost and nothing is felt. The skin turns gray or yellow-white and streaked to the touch. No rub it or forcibly remove your shoes or gloves. Once the victim is placed in a warm atmosphere and the area thaws become swollen, red and painful. If the color goes to black tissue loss is likely. Frozen body parts can be thawed by immersion in warm water (no more than 105 f) water or placed in the armpits. Never expose a body part to refreeze thawed potential! Previously frozen tissue is more susceptible to repeated freeze and loss of this tissue is more likely after a second freezing. damaged tissues, should be wrapped in soft, thick and sterile (if possible) bands and keep warm. Seek medical attention as soon as possible

Use heat and cold sox have a spare on hand stop. Really close fit gloves fingers are more prone to freezing. Use insulated gloves and wear mittens severe cold.

Winter Survival Home

Fortunately survival threats as civil unrest and terrorist attacks are common in cold climates, but power outages, fuel and food shortages are higher. To balance the bending down in front of the chances of success-the-road, stay home as long as possible may be the best. Even an unheated house is better than a tent. You may be able to ride "to the situation or at least hold out until the weather improves before evacuating. You should be set to live without public service (eg, gas, water, electricity) and support (eg, fire, medical, police, grocery stores) for several months. It is highly unlikely that you will be able to store enough fuel to run a generator and heat the whole house for several months of winter. So we have to adopt a camp source configuration.

Camp at home, simply means that you reduce your needs through the use of camping supplies at home. You can take an internal room and seal with plastic sheeting. This will be your shelter space for the duration. You may be able to have enough fuel camp for a small heater to help warm a room, better yet, put a tent in your living room and stay there. A small tent will be easy to heat and maintain body heat. The best way to avoid the effects of cold to warm food warm and drink hot liquids. A camp stove with lots of cylinders of fuel is a necessity. Get good sleeping bags for everyone! An army surplus bag rated good mountain to about 10 degrees above zero and it costs about $ 40.00. In an unheated house, on a mattress with a few blankets will be good for colder temperatures. For about $ 180.00 you can get over army extreme cold / arctic bag rated to 40 degrees below zero. Of course shopping bags are available at lower prices tall with equivalent qualifications.

The body burns more calories in cold weather, so you need to have plenty of stored food. Fortunately food in the freezer can be kept frozen or refrigerated for at least some time, if the power goes out. You will need to have a safe animal-proof storage this food out of the shadow. You can store food in an unheated garage or shed or large metal boxes designed ammunition as 40 mm rounds. If you has a wood stove or fireplace stock up on wood. Are efficient stoves to heat a room or two, but no fan running fireplaces are not very help. You need a good camp heater to keep your tent under a roof or sealed (airtight) warm room.

A "Coleman" ¢ 3,000 BTU heater will operate for 7 hours on a propane cylinder 16 oz That's enough to heat a small room or tent part of each day. You will have to spend about 12 hours a day sleeping bags to keep their own heat and energy. The heaters will turn off when in his luggage. Even so, you will need 50 to 100 cylinders for heating and cooking with the worst of winter. You'll want to crank radios and flashlights, but in the case of winter survival, candles and gas lanterns are sources of heat and light and should be used safely.

Keep monoxide detector carbon and working smoke detectors. Keep fire extinguishers handy. Avoid leaving candles burning stoves and lanterns. Although the field of heaters and stoves are generally safe for indoor use are hot and burn the oxygen, creating a danger that must be considered. While the survival kit and their ability to survive account is an essential element. If your house is below freezing for any length of time the water pipes freeze and burst, causing flooding. If you can not keep warm, the dripping of water from each tap. If that fails, turn off the water and drainage pipes. The house ready is a key element of the capacity for independence, survival self, leaving the house is always a last resort. This is especially true in winter conditions.

Vehicle Removal

If you must leave your home and you can drive your vehicle to a safe destination that is what you should do. You must have your survival packaging containers ready to hand the load on the vehicle. Other hand containers must have their extra sleeping bags, tents, stoves, heaters, fuel and food. The following scenarios is not supposed to be able to take out or have to leave your car at some point. This is a possibility that should be considered.

A short distance retreating

If you can not stay in your home you want to minimize the distance to a safe place. Arrival of good weather can be very far from leading to you need to survive the winter so you may need to have a short-term site within a few hours walk to hole up until the weather improves. Abandon buildings, barns, sheds, boats or trailers stored, etc. can be considered. If you have a spacious vehicle and a place to hide road main option would be your shelter for a while. Things like tents, heaters, sleeping bags and food can be transported a short distance to establish this temporary retirement.

Load Sharing

If you have a large family or group of their chances of survival in winter are much better. By spreading the burden of extra fuel housing and food for more people all can be warmer and better fed. Share body heat in the house also be helpful.

Sleds and snowshoes

If more than 4-6 inches of snow on the ground walking with a complete package will difficult, but pulling a sled becomes a good choice. If snow is common in your area you might want to get into skiing snowshoeing or skiing background as a healthy sport. Its great exercise and gives mobility to others do not. Throw any kind of sledge or sled will carry over what really needs to survive winter.

Caches

If security hide additional supplies of food, fuel, blankets and shelter over their defeat is an option, do so. Unfortunately there are few safe places to store anything today and the location of the cache in winter can be a challenge. buried caches can be difficult to remove snow covered and frozen ground. Based on these elements to save lives to be there when you are cold and hunger could be risky.

Natural Resource Use

One of your best options again is to learn basic survival skills. The pioneers and early explorers survived winter after winter without most of the survival of the supplies that we now take for granted as necessities. They hunted, fished, trapped and gathered for food. They used hides and bark and branches to build shelters. They fire and keep warm. Beds made of pine branches, grass and leaves. They were uncomfortable and were not well fed, but they survived through the winter. If you acquire some of these basic survival skills along with your package desert full modern survival equipment that can survive a winter without additional supplies. I should point out that having a good knife, a sharpening stone, axes, small shovel, fire starters (stones, magnesium, etc.), hooks, lines, and of course, a small-caliber (22) pistol or rifle on your computer to be essential to use natural resources for food, shelter and heat.

The conservation of Body Heat and Power

Always be prepared for what the weather could be the time of year, it is not. The warm and pleasant autumn day in spring can turn on cold days, humid winds can cause hypothermia within hours. Even a summer night can be deadly to someone in shorts and shirt. The old theory that if you fall asleep in the cold never wake up is a myth. Yes, if you escape the control of a storm or to allow the rain to get wet (or sweat) and tired before you stop sleeping and can not wake up. But if you stay dry and retain body heat and power their chances of survival are really improved.

Usually a sleeping person wakes up when the body cools down too much and move enough to generate a little heat. There are cases where survivors huddled under a tarp few or dug in a haystack and for weeks and slept on-and-out for weeks before setting out to find. Always have a rain poncho available in your pocket, purse, local, and glove and of course good in your pack.

Most heat loss is through the top of the head. The agency supplies the brain with hot blood Heat rises and so rarely head feels cold, but heat is sucking the rest of his body. The neck also radiates a large amount of heat that can be preserved with a return to the neck and / or scarf. A woolly hat are the ski mask is a must have item. Another great source of heat loss is breathing. You breathe in the cold air then sucks the heat inside the body that will blow you away when you exhale. A simple mask or ski mask can help conserve Some of this heat. Thus, a pocket poncho (or large plastic bag), a mask and a wool cap alone could save your life if caught in bad weather. Note a pair of sox heat under his shirt when the winter. If your feet wet if you have dry sox have lost gloves can be used as mittens.

Do not eat snow. Dehydration is a real danger in cold weather. The humidity is generally low and moisture lost through respiration. Liquid Plan drink plenty of fluids, cold but not lower the temperature of the main body. Stop water and heat. Tea or coffee if you have it. Hot liquid sugar adds warmth and energy. Avoid long exposure to wind will take you by the convection heat. Avoid long-term contact with the cold ground or objects such as stones, metal, etc. that is pulled away from heat by conduction. Avoid sweating or become wet from snow and rain as this will ruin the insulation value of clothing. . Stay dry! Avoid alcohol consumption that takes the heat as it evaporates through the skin. Do not increase your intake of food and hot drinks to feed their bodies the heating system.

Winter Camp

Camping for long time in winter is a last resort. The requirements for adequate food, water, fuel and housing are much higher than for the temperate climate. Most people will not be able to carry the necessary weight away from your vehicle (car). Large groups can do better than small families or individuals in these conditions. Camp sites should be selected carefully. Select a site that is protected the wind and have adequate access to fuel (wood) and water. Cold air moves down, so avoid the valleys and canyons, camp on the leeward side of peaks. If you can build a platform to sleep a few feet of land that is 5 to 10 degrees hotter. underground shelters and basements are miserable in cold weather.

Most tents are designed for mild weather. They are well ventilated. This is great for hot weather but not so good in cold climates. Look for tents or mountain expedition that are designed to withstand wind and have small openings, Lockable, large rain flies, and strong ties. Choose a tent that is only slightly larger than the number of people who occupy it. If two of you, have a three-man shop, so too big a tent is impossible to keep warm. Too small a tent put you in touch with cold walls and not allowed to do anything but sleep on it.

If you can only have a tent and a warm shop, consider make a cover for the roof ventilation. Better yet, cover the roof under the rain fly to space for reflection blankets reflect heat back into the store. Years ago I spent two very cold nights in a makeshift shelter dome of clear plastic sheeting spread over trees bent. It was very hot at night and was a greenhouse heat when the sun came out. Clothing, blankets and sleeping bags begin to sweat on the outside humidity and sweat. This makes them lose significant insulation value. Should be dried each day by hanging out in the hot sun or freezing leaving and then beat the ice crystals every day.

Conclusion

Winter is survival of all energy on (food and fuel) management. Internal and external should be able to create more calories of heat lost the job to keep warm and doing. You must create, collect heat and keep warm. Unforgiving summer, not winter.

About the Author

Nick Johnston is the owner of Survival Supplies4U.

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