Basic Sanitary Systems, Water Consumption, General Physical Health: Low Cost Survival Checklist P7
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Today, in part 7 of the “Low Cost Survival Checklist”, which is a community requested post, I discuss basic sanitary and health systems that need consideration, general physical health and the need to be functionally fit, and water consumption and how it will be the lead cause of death in a disaster. I want to explain some simple steps to insure our basic health and sanitation needs.
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The number one biggest problem in sanitation and health is often water. If you think about many third world countries, the leading cause of death is from diarrhea or dysentery from drinking impure water. In Mexico, it is a common problem. The only reason it wasn’t a bigger problem in Hurricane Katrina is the fact that outside people and organizations brought clean drinking water in bulk to victims. And just wading through the water, which was stagnant and had bacterial, toxic, and sewage was a big health concern.
So two main concerns in a basic disaster is 1) How I will get safe drinking water to my family, and 2) How will I get rid of waste so my home and water doesn’t get contaminated.
We actually discussed a basic store of drinking water in Part 2, The Importance of Storing Water and How to Store Water. Some of the basic things we can do quickly and easily are:
We almost always discuss what we will do to put stuff into our bodies during a wilderness or urban disaster or crisis. You don’t often hear of what comes out of the body. The reason in wilderness survival is the fact that everything in the wilderness is spread out, and there typically isn’t a large number of people. So you learn to dig a small hole, use the bathroom and cover it up. That is it. Myself and MANY survivalists tend to be first and foremost, wilderness survivalists, and then find ourselves using the same ideas in everyday life. So we don’t tend to think of the sanitary all of the time.
But when you have a family living in close quarters with each other, you need to understand that you are going to eventually deal with how disgusting people can get in this situation. Consider:
If you can think of some more cheap, quick, and easy basic suggestions, please post it in the comments.
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