Seeing how the world is coming to an end, I thought I should post this nifty article from Popular Mechanics. There are some good tips here. Hopefully I won't have to ever use thiem.
How to Survive Anything Mother Nature Throws at You One hundred years of technological progress can be erased in minutes by nature’s fury. Recent disasters have left not only destruction, but also heroism in their wake, and we can learn from the experiences of the survivors.AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Portraits from Tornado-Torn KansasCHECKLIST: 107 Pieces of Gear-on-the-Go for Your Car, Backpack and HomeQUIZ: Are You Ready for Disaster?
Sadly, I know less than 1/2 - 2,5,7, 9,11,12,14,16,17,19, and 25. I have yet to do it, but I could probably fake my way through 21, but I've heard too many horror stories gone wrong.
As Glenn Reynolds writes in his new PM column, traditional knowledge of how to build and fix ordinary things—around the house and in a jam—might be on the decline. With our lives becoming more driven by technology, blue-collar labor has been replaced with more white-collar employment, and teenagers are becoming better at programming Web sites than swinging hammers.