Nuclear war survival guide reveals seven everyday items if disaster strikes

WalterGR

The guide itself was submitted here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48876737

Systemmanic

1. Building a shelter 2. Clean drinking water 3. Non-perishable food 4. Radiation fallout meter 5. Valuables, money and vital documents 6. Lighting 7. Protective clothing

embedding-shape

Slightly more up to date than 1979, the Swedish government recently produced and sent to all residents a "in case of crisis or war" guide that includes a bunch of helpful tips on how to be prepared in case of crisis, and is very concise and easy to read: https://rib.msb.se/filer/pdf/30874.pdf (some Sweden-specifics, like about all the civil defence shelters being available everywhere, but most things are generic and global advice)

comrade1234

Iran doesn't have nukes and the Obama deal was really good. Iran didn't want to develop nukes. But now it totally makes sense that they should.

shalmanese

One test I now use on survival related material, especially ones written pre-COVID, is how long does it take them before they start talking about how to cut hair. One thing we learned during COVID was a significant limitation in people's willingness to stay isolated was their hair was getting out of control. It's the exact, boring, unsexy topic that you omit if you're selling the fantasy of survival and you include if you want to cover the boring, day to day logistics. The entire survival industry is not acquitted well in being revealed as how much the industry is an aesthetic movement.

newsomix9xl

Stockpile whisky - you can disinfect with it, trade it, or drink it and stop caring about the Apocalypse.