The Prepper's Guide to the End of the World

432 Pages·2014·1.25 MB·English

by  Paine

The Prepper’s Guide to the End of the World A
Collection of 8 Best-Selling Survival Guides
By Robert Paine
© 2014

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Table of Contents
Prepping 101: A Beginner’s Survival Guide
Prepper’s Pantry: A Food Survival Guide
The Nomad Prepper: A Guide to Mobile Survival
Prepping with Children: A Family Survival Guide
Bugging In or Bugging Out?
The Prepper’s Guide to Firearms
The Frugal Prepper: Survival on a Budget
The Urban Prepper: A City Survival Guide
Prepping 101: A Beginner’s Survival Guide
Introduction

Have you watched the news lately? Most people would agree that the world has
become a pretty scary place. There are natural disasters on an almost daily basis,
we are running out of natural resources, our food is full of chemicals, and the
ozone looks like Swiss cheese. There are threats of wars, terrorist attacks and
jokes about zombie's taking over. The world economy is crumbling and we
certainly can't depend on the government to help us out. They've “shut down”
until they come to some sort of agreement over a hundred different issues on
their plates, and, (let's be real here) the government hasn't agreed on much of
anything since the Declaration of Independence was first signed. It's enough to
send a person into a panic, isn't it?

If you are reading this, then you are among one of the many who are interested
in learning how to protect yourself and your family from any and all of the
inevitable disasters that could potentially happen. Welcome to the Survivor
Family. We are a unique group of people. Some people call us Survivalists,
Paranoid Crackpots, Doomsday Preppers, or Patriots. Whatever you may want to
call yourself, if you're reading this, you are on the first step to becoming an
Emergency Prepared Survivor (EPS).

If this is the first time you are reading anything about Emergency Preparation,
the first thing you need to know is: Don't Panic. Being calm and using your
training is one of the best weapons you have, but common sense is often the first
thing people lose in an emergency situation.

Being prepared is really not as complicated as a lot of people make it out to be.
This beginner’s guide will take you step-by-step through the process of
preparing for anything from a simple power outage to what you need to do to be
prepared to evacuate your home and live outdoors indefinitely. At the end of this
book, you will find a list of supplementary books I highly recommend to
purchase. No one book will ever cover the dozens of things you’d hope to know
in a survival situation, and anyone that tells you otherwise simply wants you to
buy something. Take a look at the recommend books, if you wish, and I suggest
you read them before you need them. For now, all you need to know is the most
basic of survival skills: Thinking like a survivor, and learning how to obtain
water, shelter, fire and food – the four basics survival needs. You'll learn what
tools you need and what to do in case of a basic medical emergency, as well as
two of the most common forms of communication in survival situations.

Needing to know what to do in an emergency situation is a lot easier if you've
studied the basics before the actual emergency occurs. In the next chapters, you
will find the fundamental rules of basic survival, put in simple terms that even
the most novice of beginners can understand and implement. For the more
experienced EPS, this book may seem extraordinarily simple; however, you may
find a few nuggets of wisdom, or a new method you've never thought about in
quite the same way and, remember, we all had to start somewhere! As the saying
goes, knowledge is power, and the more knowledge you accumulate, the more
powerful your arsenal of survival techniques will be.

Some of you may be wondering what qualifies me, of all people, to be teaching
you about survival. I grew up in a Survivor Family. My father taught me and my
brothers, since the time we were born, how to survive in a vast majority of
situations. He wanted to make sure that, if anything were to ever happen to him,
that we could all take care of ourselves. With over twenty years of camping trips,
Scouts, and Search and Rescue training, I've learned a thing or two about how to
live and survive with minimal modern conveniences and supplies. As an avid
reader, I've gained even more knowledge of various aspects of survival over the
years, and I learn more every day from other EPS's.

That being said, I'm not the most prepared person on the planet. I don't live up in
the mountains in a remote cabin a thousand miles from my nearest neighbor. I'm
not writing to you from an underground bunker somewhere, waiting for the
world to explode. I imagine I am just like most of my readers. I live in a simple
home, doing the best I can to protect my family “just in case” the worst-case
scenario actually happens. Because it has happened to other people and it could
happen to you to.
Chapter 1: The Psychology of Survival
A New Way of Thinking

The best EPS is someone who can analyze a situation, adapt to a situation and
act accordingly. For some people, these skills come naturally, but for most of us,
it requires a new way of thinking. Human beings are creatures of habit and this is
especially true of our methods of mental processing and behavior. In an
emergency situation, you need to learn how to think like a survivor. It's best to
begin thinking in terms of survival before you actually need to, so that you have
the time you need to adjust to a new way of living.

You may be asking yourself, what it is you are supposed to be adjusting to? The
answer is simple. Learning to survive is about learning to live without
everything you have grown to depend on to always be there. Being forced to live
without the everyday comforts we are used to can create a lot of stress on a
person, physically, emotionally and mentally. Before you will understand
psychological reactions in a survival setting, it is important to know how stress
affects people.

Stress is not a disease that you cure, but is something that needs to be eliminated
from your everyday life. It’s not something you can avoid completely in life, but
there are certainly ways you can most effectively deal with it. It is a condition
we all experience on some level or another. Stress is simply a reaction to
pressure around us. Stress is just a word we use to describe the experiences we
have in response to life’s many tensions.
A Need for Stress
We need stress because it helps us to respond appropriately to certain situations.
Stress provides us with challenges. It lets us know that something important is
happening that we need to deal with. It gives us chances to learn about our
values and strengths. How we handle stress shows us how we handle pressure
and how we can succeed. Stress tests our adaptability. Contrary to popular
belief, it is not always a negative thing. Stress can be a motivating force in your
life, if you allow it to be. We need to have some stress in our lives, to keep us on
our toes. The goal is to have stress, but not an excess of it. Too much stress can
take its toll on people mentally and physiologically. Too much stress leads to
distress. Distress causes an uncomfortable tension that we try to escape and
avoid. Listed below are a few of the common signs of distress you may find in
yourself or others.

- Angry outbursts.
- Low energy level.
- Constant worrying.
- Trouble getting along with others.
- Hiding from responsibilities.
- Carelessness.
- Forgetfulness.
- Depression and Withdrawal
- Making too many mistakes
- Difficulty making decisions.

Stress can be destructive if you let it. Or it can motivate you. It can encourage or
discourage, and make life meaningful or meaningless. In a survival situation,
you choose whether you will live or die. It is your ability to manage the stresses
you will encounter that determines how successful you will be. A survivor is a
person who works with the stress they encounter and who lets it build them up
instead of break them down.
Survival Stressors
Any event can lead to stress and, as we’ve all experienced, stressful events don't