Entries by tag: survival
“The state of flow, like the path that bears its name, is volatile, unpredictable, and all-consuming. Flow feels like the meaning of life for good reason. The neurochemicals that underpin the state are among the most addictive drugs on earth. Equally powerful is the psychological draw. Scientists who study human motivation have lately learned that after basic survival needs have been met, the combination of autonomy (the desire to direct your own life), mastery (the desire to learn, explore, and be creative), and purpose (the desire to matter, to contribute to the world) are our most powerful intrinsic drivers—the three things that motivate us most. All three are deeply woven through the fabric of flow. Thus toying with flow involves tinkering with primal biology: addictive neurochemistry, potent psychology, and hardwired evolutionary behaviors. Seriously, what could go wrong?”
—Steven Kotler in The Rise of Superman; Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance, p158, in Ch10 entitled The Dark Side of Flow.
--Yuval Noah Harari in Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, 2015, p74.
Water storage barrels, screw top, for sale in Portland:
http://www.waterbarrelspdx.com/Home_Page.html
OPB special on the Cascadia earthquake: Unprepared
http://www.opb.org/news/series/unprepared/
PBEM (Portland Bureau of Emergency Management)
has posted 17 videos about preparedness, accessible here:
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/pbem/article/400345
These videos are required viewing for NET volunteers.
The NET training video on UTILITIES is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXA_-P1rHdU&feature=youtu.be
On utilities from Unprepared:
http://www.opb.org/news/series/unprepared/how-to-safely-turn-off-utilities-after-a-disaster/
Gabriel Park is a BEECN (Communication Node) location:
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/pbem/59630
Sign up for Portland Emergency Alerts here:
Join a Portland Neighhood Emergency Team (NET) and get free training:
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/pbem/31667
The CERT program overlaps with the NET program:
On Forming a CERT (community emergency response team).
http://www.fema.gov/community-emergency-response-teams
Living on Shaky Ground, a print publication on inform preparedness
On seismic retrofitting houses, creating a preparedness kit
http://www.oregon.gov/omd/oem/plans_train/earthquake/shakygroundmagazine_final.pdf
Cascadia Subduction Zone plan
State level document for perspective
http://www.oregon.gov/OMD/OEM/Pages/plans_train/CSZ.aspx
Oregon OEM earthquake awareness page
http://www.oregon.gov/OMD/OEM/Pages/plans_train/earthquake.aspx
For Teens: Without Warning comic book ; Go-Kit Passport
Portland’s Earthquake Response Appendix
for info on local community response
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/pbem/article/382005
Portland Bureau of Emergency Management’s
webpage called “Preparedness Resources”
Click here or visit https://www.portlandoregon.gov/pbem/46475?
Pet Owners: Portland has one of the highest rates of pet ownership in the nation.
Prepare your family and pets!
Click here or visit https://www.portlandoregon.gov/pbem/63348
Annual quake drills: Shakeout
PBEM (Portland Bureau of Emergency Management)
(5o3) 823-4375
Prep Oregon
A volunteer organization with many good resources for helping people get ready for anything.
State level Questions: call Zachary Swick
Emergency Preparedness Planner, NIMS Program Coordinator
Operations and Preparedness Section, Oregon Military Department
Office of Emergency Management
Tel: (5o3) 378-2911 Ext. 22233, Fax: (5o3) 373-7833
EARTHQUAKE WAKEUP ARTICLE: THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES
About what you might expect immediately after a quake
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/first-five-minutes-big-one-earthquake
About the rest of that same day, with a little bit about the NET system
I do not risk my life.
I take risks in order to live.
I take risks because I love life,
not because I don’t.
--Stephen Koch, climber and extreme snowboarder
When I look back on all these worries,
I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed
that he had had a lot of trouble in his life,
most of which had never happened.
– Winston Churchill
1. Anyone can survive for three hours without maintaining the core body temperature.
2. Anyone can survive for three days without water.
3. Anyone can survive for three weeks without food.
SOURCE
http://peaksurvival.com
Of course these are debatable but the gist of it is true. What this perspective does is help you prioritize your actions. The first thing you must do is maintain core body temperature. Next, find water. Then concern yourself with food. Get obsessed with something else when you have no backup, and you may not survive.
Eat protein.
Dr Paul brings ribs from a restaurant. He's in his 90's and doesn't mind spending his money on food for others. He's a retired physician, orthopedic surgeon to be specific. His sons are all in medicine too, some clinical and some research. He gave me the Mayo clinic book on Alternative Medicine. They basically have a stoplight rating system for all things alternative, and the majority of treatments get the yellow light based on the science that they found. I appreciate it pretty much. They don't damn naturopathic medicine, it gets yellow also. There are good and bad parts. I wish they'd do the same approach for conventional medicines. People might be shocked how weak the evidence is for some of them. The degree to which pharmaceutical businesses drive the FDA and the delivery of medicine is apalling. I love it every time I read of another review that shows reasonable conventional doctors understand that some of the uses of pharmaceuticals are unsubstantiated and may do more harm than good.
The only real security is ...
the ability to build your own fires
and find your own peace ...
What we most regret
are not the errors we make,
but the things we didn't do.
--Audrey Sutherland
by Tom Myers and Michael Ghiglieri
This book logs all the mistakes you can make at the Grand Canyon. There's an interview with the authors here. There have been some changes since the first edition. There are more environmental deaths, climbing deaths down in the canyon, and suicides than when the book was written. There are fewer deaths overall and fewer falls from the top of the canyon. Perhaps the park has improved safety and access to cliff tops to cause this change.
Q: What are common risk factors for death at the Canyon?
A: "Men, we have a problem," Ghiglieri said to an audience at NAU's Cline Library this winter, displaying a graphic with a skull and crossbones.
Being male, and young, is a tremendous risk factor, he and Myers found.
Of 55 who have accidentally fallen from the rim of the canyon, 39 were male. Eight of those guys were hopping from one rock to another or posing for pictures, including a 38-year-old father from Texas pretending to fall to scare his daughter, who then really did fall 400 feet to his death.
So is taking unknown shortcuts, which sometimes lead to cliffs.
Going solo is a risk factor in deaths from falls, climbing (anticipated or unplanned) and hiking.
Arrogance, impatience or ignorance also sometimes play a part.
SOURCE
http://azdailysun.com/news/local/canyon-deaths-and-counting/article_ba588a05-e816-55be-87f6-80f15b76f744.html
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