New to this, and need reference material

[colack]

I've checked the site, thanks tigs. Preppingsu, I agree the info on here is amazing, I'm drinking it in . Briggs, done the grid down weekend, it was an eye opener, but as it was summer it was easier, going to do a winter one too, to see how different it is

[munchh]

Ignore the above advice lol. Honestly the people who plan on surviving on bushcrafting skills etc would struggle to do it in the countryside even today, try it with hundreds or thousands trying the same thing at once. Its a fantasy, the calories required to sit in the cold waiting to snag something dont add up to the minor game on offer, plus the more you cook and move around the less likely youll be able to stay out of sight, youll be attracting all sorts just by wearing cammo. Plus sitting out in the cold is hard, not due to the conditions but rather trying not to get caught for your supplies while you sleep.

For 72 hours, just check out these boards for what others have kept stashed, you can survive for three days without hot food or power, you could buy enough tinned food and water for about £6 per person. If cooking is safe, then all the info is on here for temporary cooking equipement but for just 3 days its a luxury you can live without.

Bug out bags, google them or search here if you want to go on the run. If you intend to last just 3 days then I wouldnt worry about setting traps or whatever, its easier just to buy food in advance and carry it. If you can avoid it, dont sleep outside anywhere.

Beyond 72 hours, you may well need more info depending on where you live or where you plan on being but the last thing you want to be relying on immediatley after a crisis is reading a survival book about trapping squirrels when you could be reading a magazine and eating a bar of chocolate.

By all means get the SAS book though, bushcrafting and campin are both fun hobbies.

hehe, they did do an "urban survival guide" as well

[Yorkshire Andy]

Ignore the above advice lol. Honestly the people who plan on surviving on bushcrafting skills etc would struggle to do it in the countryside even today, try it with hundreds or thousands trying the same thing at once. Its a fantasy, the calories required to sit in the cold waiting to snag something dont add up to the minor game on offer, plus the more you cook and move around the less likely youll be able to stay out of sight, youll be attracting all sorts just by wearing cammo. Plus sitting out in the cold is hard, not due to the conditions but rather trying not to get caught for your supplies while you sleep.

For 72 hours, just check out these boards for what others have kept stashed, you can survive for three days without hot food or power, you could buy enough tinned food and water for about £6 per person. If cooking is safe, then all the info is on here for temporary cooking equipement but for just 3 days its a luxury you can live without.

Bug out bags, google them or search here if you want to go on the run. If you intend to last just 3 days then I wouldnt worry about setting traps or whatever, its easier just to buy food in advance and carry it. If you can avoid it, dont sleep outside anywhere.

Beyond 72 hours, you may well need more info depending on where you live or where you plan on being but the last thing you want to be relying on immediatley after a crisis is reading a survival book about trapping squirrels when you could be reading a magazine and eating a bar of chocolate.

By all means get the SAS book though, bushcrafting and campin are both fun hobbies.

hehe, they did do an "urban survival guide" as well

And a drivers one

[jansman]

Amber Leith has a point. Frankly, if you want written guidance, you need book(s) by Cody Lundin-keeping your ass alive,and when all hell breaks loose. REAL world. Not military E+E.
Lundin tells it as it is. Sure, he is a Yank. But he tells you how to stay alive with what you have to hand. His 'Survival Kit' is a revalation-non of this 80lb Alice pack fantasy. Have a look.

[colack]

Amber Leith has a point. Frankly, if you want written guidance, you need book(s) by Cody Lundin-keeping your ass alive,and when all hell breaks loose. REAL world. Not military E+E.
Lundin tells it as it is. Sure, he is a Yank. But he tells you how to stay alive with what you have to hand. His 'Survival Kit' is a revalation-non of this 80lb Alice pack fantasy. Have a look.

Thanks, I'll take a look

[Hamradioop]

Below is a list of Cody Lunden's Basic Survival Kit
1 gallon zipper-lock bags
Tincture of Iodine Tablets for water purification
Plastic Drinking Tube approx. 3 ft. in length
2 unlubricated Condoms used as canteens
Orange Flagging Tape used for signaling
Dental Floss can be used for sewing to fishing line.
Duct Tape (the more the better IMO)
Small Flashlight w/ spare bulb's n batteries
Magnesium Fire Starter
Bic Lighter
Wooden Matches dipped in paraffin
Firestarter Excellorent - cotton balls dipped in petroleum jelly
Magnifying Glass
Emergency Signal Mirror with sighting hole
plastic whistle
Space Blanket single use
Heavy Duty Space Blanket/ Tarp
3 Heavy Duty 40-50 gallon plastic bags
Paracord at least 50 ft.
Extra Knife made with carbon steel
Bandanna brightly colored/non camo
Basic First-Aid Kit
Topographical Map and Compass of the area

[colack]

Thanks Hamradioop, that kit has a couple of extras I've not got, but I can see the advantage

[Hamradioop]

if you need reference materials try here Try this one http://www.noahs-archives.com/noahs-archives.html subjects covered Preparedness

Basic Preparedness
Disaster Plan Worksheet.pdf
FEMA_Evacuation_Plans.pdf
Family Disaster Plan
Morman Emergency Preparation
Wilderness Grooming

Survival

Mega Survival Bible.pdf
US_Marine Corps Survival Course.pdf
Survival_Tips_Green_Beret_Don_Paul.pdf
U.S. Marine Corps - FMFRP 12-18
Nuclear War Survival Skills.pdf

Food Storage

Karen Hood's Article on Food Stockpiling.pdf
Food Storage for 1 Year.pdf
Food shelf life.pdf
Food Storage Cooking School - FN503.PDF
Storing Grains In Buckets.pdf

Stockpiling for Preparedness and Barter

100 items that Disappear 1st in a panic.pdf
Long Term Emergency Supplies list part 1.pdf
Long Term Emergency Supplies list part 2.pdf
TC 31-29/A Special Forces Caching Techniques

Preserving food

Food storage in the home.pdf - 244 kb
Drying Food.pdf
Seven major mistakes in food storage

Cooking and Food Prep

Emergency Food Preparation.pdf
Canning.pdf - 2.7 mb

Escape & Evasion

Freeing your inner outlaw - Claire Wolfe
Steal This Book.pdf - Abbie Hoffman
Survival Evasion & RecoveryMCRP3-02H.pdf
FM-21-76-1 SurvivalEvasionRecov.pdf - 3.2 mb
The Bug-Out Bag
Bugout Bag.pdf - 1.6 mb
Making a Bug-Out Kit
The Bug-Out Campout - by Claire Wolfe
Thirty Years in the Jungle!
Benson-Modern Survival Retreat.pdf - 8.2 mb
Bug Out Vehicle basics.pdf - 84 kb
Medica lNBC Battlebook.pdf
Ranger Manual.pdf
How to live like a fugitive.pdf

Relocation - Leaving the Urban Areas!

Safe Havens - Lightman
Bug Out or Batten Down? by Capt. Dave
Best Small Towns.pdf
Sperlings Safest Places.pdf
Squatter: Live in the woods - Claire Wolfe
Get out of dodge.pdf - 280 kb

Privacy

Privacy Survival Guide
Privacy Basics and Opt-out Strategies
Wireless: Voice and Data Privacy
Social Security Number FAQs

Security

Home security.pdf
PRC_Financial_Privacy_Resources
Identity Theft: What to Do

Communications

How to War Drive - wikiHow.pdf

Economy

Joining Alternative economy.pdf - Lightman
Bye-Bye Banking - Claire Wolfe
Barter Talk.pdf
Barter City.pdf
Alternative Currencies.pdf
Barter and Alternative Currencies.pdf
EASJ Community Currencies.pdf
Size of B.C. Underground Economy.pdf
Taxes and the Underground Economy.pdf
The Underground Economy.pdf
Underground Econ: Problem or Solution?.pdf

Heating

Small survival oil stove.pdf
Mother Earth News - Waste Oil Heater.pdf
MotherEarth_solar helper panel.pdf
Heat your home with water (HHO)

Fieldcraft

Complete Outdoorsman's Handbook.pdf

Outdoon Navigation / Map & Compass

Map and Compass USGS.pdf
Outdoor Navigation with Map & Compass.pdf

Hunting/Trapping

How to Hunt - wikiHow.pdf
How to Go Deer Hunting - wikiHow.pdf
Make a Deer Snare - wikiHow.pdf
Deer Field-Dressing.pdf
Life in the Woods-Tricks of Trapping.pdf
Traps & Snares.pdf
More Than One Way to Skin a Critter (Part I)
More Than One Way to Skin a Critter (Part II)

Self Defense

Combatives_Ch.4/Pressure_points.pdf
Be Your Own Bodyguard - Peace-Paths.pdf

DIY Weaponry

Simple Bows & Arrows.pdf
The Classic Crossbow - Build Your Own.pdf
Repeating.crossbow.full-plans.pdf

Firearms

Become a Gun Expert - wikiHow.pdf
Firearm Inspection.pdf
Firearms - Responsibility in the Home.pdf
Hi-Point C9 9mm Pistol.pdf
Hi-Point 9mm carbine.pdf

Spiritual Warfare

Spiritual Survival pdf
Psychic_Self_Defense.Dion.Fortune.pdf
Introduction to orgonite, V4.pdf
CloudBusterStandard.pdf

Survival .xls spreadsheets (requires MS Excel)

Home Survival Wooksheet.xls
Mormon 1year storage min.xls
Provisions.xls

Gardening

Three Sisters Veg. Gardens Guide.pdf
Successful_Gardening,_Vol._1.pdf
Food Growing Chart.pdf
Start an Organic Garden - wikiHow.pdf
Growing Vegetables from Seed.pdf - 100 kb
Growing Vegetables Organically.pdf - 404 kb
Natural Pest Control.pdf
Plant a Winter Garden.pdf
Saving_Seeds.pdf
Container Gardening 1.pdf - 28 kb
Container Gardening 2.pd - 1020 kb
Raised Bed Garden Book.pdf
Short Season Vegetable Gardening.pdf
Sm space gardening excellant.pdf

Greenhouses

Backyard Greenhouse.pdf

Animal Husbandry

Chickens
Keeping Chickens - gn2004 022.pdf
Housing backyard chickens.pdf
Choosing chickens.pdf
Chicken_flocks_&_diseases.pdf
When_chickens_stop_laying_pnw565.pdf
Natural Chicken Feed Recipe.pdf

Rabbits
Backyard Rabbit Keeping.pdf
Homemade_rabbit_cages.pdf
Skinning_And_Dressing_Rabbits.pdf
4H Rabbit Projects.pdf

Primitive Skills

Arrow Straightening.pdf
Atlatl Dart Thrower Construction.pdf
Atlatl mechanics.pdf
Field Points for Atlatl Darts.pdf
Making an Atlatl From a Branch.pdf

Basket Weaving & Coppicing.pdf
Cordage in North America.pdf
Making_Cordage_By_Hand.pdf
Pioneering Knots and Lashings.pdf
Crystal-Tipped Drill.pdf
Fletching By Hand.pdf
Fletching Jig.pdf
Four-Hour Kayak Boat Kit.pdf

Making a Leather Knife Sheath.pdf
Two Bladed Pocket Knife.pdf
How to Make Your Own Steel Knifes.pdf
Wilderness Forge.pdf

Pomo Netting.pdf
Primitive Ladder.pdf
Scarf Key - Ice Glue.pdf
Scarf Key.pdf
Steam Bending Wood.pdf
Survival Oil Stove.pdf
The Iceman's Belt.pdf
Tule Mat.pdf
Using a Hatchet to Make a Bow.pdf

Foraging

Calendar of Harvesting and Gathering.pdf
Acorn Granaries of California.pdf
Acorns as Food.pdf
Cattail Pollen Pancakes.pdf
California Indian Acorn Culture.pdf
Eating Grasshoppers.pdf
Fern Fiddleheads.pdf
Bull Whip Kelp

Water

Emergency Water Supply.pdf
Rainbarrel Tutorial.pdf
Rain Harvesting Plan.pdf
Rainwater_Catchment_System.pdf
Rainwater_Harvest/Purification_System.pdf
Refill PUR and Brita water filters.pdf

Shelter

Earthbag Building: Tools, Tricks & Techniques
UN earthbag shelters
The ($50 and $500 Dollar) Underground House Book (in .pdf format) - by Mike Oehler
An enchanting instant house - Claire Wolfe
Construction of the Yurt
Salish Pit house.pdf
Build A Shelter.pd - 27.6 mb
Earthbag Building Tools&Tricks,Etc.- 2.9 mb

Alt Energy

MotherEarth_solar helper panel.pdf
A Homemade Solar Water Heater.pdf
Solar_Box_Cooker.pdf
Solar_Distiller.pdf
Build a water wheel generator.pdf
Micro-Hydro Factsheet.pdf
Brooks Solar Living Off Grid.pd - 100 kb
Cheap solar power set up.pdf - 272 kb
Getting started in solar.pdf - 132 kb
Low voltage living.pdf

Human Wastes - outhouses and septic systems

How to Build an Outhouse
Build a small septic system
Alternative Septic System Watson Wick.pdf
RV waste System -Watson Wick.pdf

Health and Herbal Medicines

10 Medicinal Herbs
Handbook of Natural Cures.pdf
Medicine Making.pdf
Homemade Massage Oil Recipes.pdf
Tee_tree_oil.pdf
Diabetes disaster guidelines.pdf - 212 kb
Survival medicine.pdf
Wtn dentist 2010 Web Full Book.pdf

Colloidal Silver

Visit LightMan's Colloidal Silver site
History of the Therapeutic Uses of Silver
Make the Solar CS Generator.pdf
Make the Colloidal Silver Generator III.pdf

First Aid

Wound_Closure_Manual.pdf
Animal Bites First Aid.pdf 32 kb

Relaxation/Stress

Fundamentals of meditation.pdf

Multipurpose Household Substances

Substitute Ingredients Home & Kitchen.pdf
60 Uses of Vinegar.pdf
75 Uses for Baking Soda
Baking Soda as a Fungicide
Making Soap

Beekeeping

Beekeeping.pdf
Beekeeping Basics.pdf

[munchh]

Blimey!

[Plymtom]

I have to admit I found a shed load of pdf books like Hamradioop over the years, and providing I have the facility to read them they would be invaluable in the long term, and interesting if it wasn't such a bewildering list in the here and now, I find it better to dip into the library if a subject comes up and sparks my interest, than to try and find something from the list.