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Surviving without technology books?

session savage · 2013-03-26 11:41:46

Hi folks. I was hoping someone on here could recommend a good book on surviving in a world without technology. I wouldn't regard myself as a prepper but at the same time i would be interested in what people would need to do if society ever broke down. many sources i have come across on the web recommend the same tactics..…

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26-03-2013 12:41pm

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session savage

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Hi folks. I was hoping someone on here could recommend a good book on surviving in a world without technology. I wouldn't regard myself as a prepper but at the same time i would be interested in what people would need to do if society ever broke down. many sources i have come across on the web recommend the same tactics.. get bug out bag seek out shelter etc.. but i already have a house and a means to hunt for food so i really only need to arm myself with information. i suppose with all the fighting talk coming out of north korea at the moment, nuclear fallout is something i would like to know how to protect myself from but other than that Im only concerned with a situation where I would need to be completely self reliant ie have no emergency services to rely on (gardai, civil defence etc).
Thanks in advance

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#2 26-03-2013 1:38pm
Tabnabs

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I don't have any personal book recommendations, but the first thing I would do in your situation is to trip off all the power to your house and see what happens. Then keep it like that for the day. Then consider a week of that. How would you cope and what would you need to do to adapt and overcome the issue?

Books may well be a bit broad for your individual circumstances.

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#3 26-03-2013 2:06pm
ShadowFox

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There are a lot of books recommended and a lot in pdf format on this thread you might find something that helps
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056421086

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#4 26-03-2013 11:08pm
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http://www.ps-survival.com/

lots to read there. in reasonably single topic format

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#5 01-04-2013 10:21am
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And if it's nuclear fallout you're worried about, watch the BBC film, Threads. From the 80s and my goodness it's bleak. I ended up giving it away to someone when I'd watched it because I couldn't stand the thought of watching it again. It certainly changed some aspects of my attitude towards prepping.

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