Practical Survival Advice

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I work at Walmart. I carry a bag to work with a light jacket, my lunchbox, etc. I had an additional bag with candy.

I hand out bags of candy with Scripture booklets to pretty much everyone; they all call me the candy lady. I take the title seriously, I was going to run out in a few days so I went ahead and got 13 more pounds tonight. So I had a tote bag on each shoulder. Plenty of room to get by even though all the seats up front are taken.

We stop right after the grocery store and…

Encounter on the bus tonight

US weather history has always been that of Legends from the "Great White Hurricane of 1888" up to modern times,

One that often comes to mind is what was dubbed "The Storm of The Century" in 1993, This storm was epic where in 3 days the country saw 100mph+ winds with recorded gusts up to 144mph, And more than 270 people lost their lives, and 10,000,000 Households were without power,

The Storm impacted around a 120,000,000 lives across the US and at the time cost the Nation around $5.5…

Where was you during the 1993 Storm of The Century.

Ozark Trail mummy bag

Sure, it's heavy at 5.7lbs, and is not constructed as well as top-end bags. You can definitely do better, but you can also do a whole lot worse. According to this video he bought it because they used ISO testing to ensure the temperature rating. The package lies–it says it's 10F, but it's really 12F. And the…

12F mummy for $40

I remember the first aid class I took in 70s taught by a mortuary who also ran an ambulance service. Hydrogen peroxide was preferred as an antiseptic and the bubbles supposedly lifted out contamination. No longer used unless cut by water 50% because it kills normal cells and delays healing.

Trendelenburg position is supine with legs raised to increase blood to head and prevent shock. Isn't actually effective and has caused swelling near airway and blocked breathing.

Burnt toast scrapings…

Medical practices no longer used first aid

Please don't hate me but I did alternate service for the draft and fought fires for the state forest service, so I have no combat experience.
It seems to me that there might be those that can share what it was like to survive a fire fight, or several of them having killed an enemy.
Did it change you ? How.
Did you get training to deal with this situation?
It occurred to me that in the event one must defend their home, post SHTF the trauma realized will likely be different for most but it…

To those that actually faced real fire fights and the trauma of having killed some one in combat.