ENG215: Technical Writing (Geary): Survival
What will it take to survive?
What skills does one need to survive? In the age of technology, can we assume that all luxuries will be available to us during the apocalypse? Here's a brief list of skills we may need to survive:
- Short-term survival
- Water acquisition
- wound care/ first aid
- securing locations
- Long-term survival
- What does a person need to survive, for how long?
- What is edible? What can be farmed?
- Hunting/Fishing needs
- How can one preserve what they have?
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