{"id":30300,"date":"2018-01-29T08:17:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T13:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=30300"},"modified":"2018-01-29T08:17:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T13:17:32","slug":"how-to-stay-warm-in-a-long-term-shtf-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=30300","title":{"rendered":"How To Stay Warm in a Long-Term SHTF Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/how-to-stay-warm-in-a-long-term-shtf-event_29012018\/\">How To Stay Warm in a Long-Term SHTF Event<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44730\" src=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fire-place.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fire-place.jpg 500w, http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fire-place-300x199.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/center>As well-informed readers, you know the world situation does not appear to be improving.\u00a0 At any time, we could well find ourselves in the middle of a SHTF event\u2026be it economic collapse, a nuclear attack, or a string of natural disasters.\u00a0 Regarding this last item, the steady string of hurricanes bringing a deadly swath of death and destruction to the United States has been happening as we speak.\u00a0 The unmentioned problem: we\u2019re on the \u201cbutt\u201d end of winter, and as such, you\u2019ll have to take extra precautions in the event it hits the fan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10 Ways to Stay Warm in a Long-Term SHTF Event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is going to be a very specific list; however, it is not exhaustive.\u00a0 There will always be more to add, and there is never enough: that\u2019s the bottom line.\u00a0 This will get you started on your checklist, either physical or mental to ready your preparations before the winter hits.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Warm clothing:<\/strong> and plenty of it. Gore-Tex top and bottoms are an absolute necessity, and plenty of warm socks, thermal underwear, and good boots that are waterproof, have plenty of Thinsulate and good soles, and give good ankle support.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sleeping bag, Gore-Tex cover, and sleeping pad:<\/strong> Remember to go for the best in terms of quality and performance. Another essential in this regard is a good compression bag and a wet-weather bag.\u00a0 A soaking wet sleeping bag is not fun.\u00a0 Stay warm, dry, and insulated from the <strong>conduction<\/strong> of lying on the ground.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Plenty of hand warmers:<\/strong> Why? Because if you\u2019re going to give an IV in the middle of the winter, you want to warm up the bag, that\u2019s why.\u00a0 Because you may need to thaw something out and not be able to light a fire due to operational security reasons.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How To Stay Warm in a Long-Term SHTF Event As well-informed readers, you know the world situation does not appear to be improving.\u00a0 At any time, we could well find ourselves in the middle of a SHTF event\u2026be it economic collapse, a nuclear attack, or a string of natural disasters.\u00a0 Regarding this last item, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[18200,10760,2924,12881,6787,728,1147,1145],"class_list":["post-30300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-cold-temperatures","tag-cold-weather","tag-emergency","tag-jeremiah-johnson","tag-ready-nutrition","tag-shtf","tag-staying-warm","tag-warmth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30301,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30300\/revisions\/30301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}