Rambo Moe's Online Encyclopedia of Survival Knowledge
This article is a guide to finding water in the wilderness. When outdoors in a survival situation this should be your first priority, followed by building a shelter and starting a fire. To stay healthy, people need around 2 Liters of water per day. In a stressful survival situation, and when facing either hot or cold temperatures (where you lose moisture from perspiration or through your skin … [Read more...]
Watery Wednesdays continues with a couple of ideas for making your own solar water purifiers. These are both low-cost, low maintenance designs. Used alongside solar cookers, these designs can supply clean water and warm food using only the power of the sun. Let's start with the deluxe version. THE DELUXE MODEL The Case: What You Will Need: First you will need the case to house your water … [Read more...]
Watery Wednesdays returns! Today we will learn two ways to build a homemade water filter. CERAMIC POT WATER FILTER This filter can be made using a ceramic pot and some other simple items. What You Will Need: 1) An unglazed (glazed pots are water proof) ceramic pot, with no holes or cracks. 2) A plastic bucket or container with an opening that has the same diameter … [Read more...]
This article is a guide to turning hard water into soft water. Hard water is water that is high in minerals, particularly calcium and magnesium. Soft water is water that is low in these minerals. Hard water happens naturally as certain water sources (particularly underground ones) absorb minerals from their environment. Hard water creates problems for people for two reasons. First, it leaves … [Read more...]
Welcome to Watery Wednesdays! In this article we take distilled water, deionized water, spring water and tap water, put them in a cage, and then them duke it out. Aaactually, we will comparing these different forms of water, and highlighting their similarities, differences, strengths and weaknesses. Let's begin! DISTILLED WATER Distilling water is the oldest form of water purification. … [Read more...]
Today we are going to tackle the somewhat controversial question: is distilled water safe to drink? It is a complex question without a clear answer, so first I will cover exactly what distilled water is, and then cover the reasons why it may be good for your health, and then the reasons why it might be bad for it. WHAT IS DISTILLED WATER? Distilled water is water that has been put through the … [Read more...]
Distilled water is water that has been put through the process of distillation. Distillation is where water is boiled, and the steam is then collected and condensed back into water in an uncontaminated container. Distillation results in pure water being collected, with all of its impurities and contaminants removed. This can include various forms of pollution or bacteria, but also includes … [Read more...]
Distillation is a process of filtering and purifying water, resulting in pure, pH-balanced H-TWO-O. The process consists of: 1) Boiling/evaporating the water, 2) Collecting the water vapor, 3) Cooling it to allow it to condense back into liquid, and then 4) Collecting the liquid. The boiling causes the pure water molecules to evaporate, leaving all impurities behind in the boiling … [Read more...]
When it comes to having water in an emergency, the best defense is a good offense (or is it vice versa? To be honest the metaphor is pretty convoluted here), and the best thing to do is to have an emergency water supply prepared BEFORE the stuff hits the fan. For more info in that, check out our article on Emergency Water Supply and Storage. Seriously, do it. But let’s say you are caught … [Read more...]
One of the first priorities in emergency preparedness is having an emergency water supply. I hope I don’t have to go into too much detail here about the importance of water. Okay fine, I will. The body can lose all of its carbohydrate and fat stores, as well as half of its protein stores, and still survive. Just a 10-20% loss of body weight in water would prove fatal. The effects of … [Read more...]
