water, drinking, 34, 69–71, 182 websites, 14
filtering, 89 well water, 83–84
finding and collecting, 74–86 whistle, 30
natural disasters and, 344 widowmakers, 145
physiology and, 73–74 wikiup, 164
regionspecific considerations, 89–94 will to live, vi, 39–40
shelter’s distance from, 145 wind, 146, 280
water, open. See sea and open water wind chill, 282
waterproofing, 26 wind patterns, 280
waterproof matches, 115 windproofing shelter, 151
water purification, 32, 86–89, 334 “wind tunnel” shelter, 144
water purification tablets, 29 wires
water purifying straw, 29–30 and electrical fires, 347
water sources, 74–79 snare, 29
waxandcotton fuel wads, 23–24 wood, 146
weather, 146, 220, 252–53, 277. See also choose, 146
specific weather conditions as fuel for fire, 108, 135–36
vs. climate, 278–79 knives from, 333
dangerous, 281–83 splitting, 32, 135–36
natural disasters and, 347 for water collection, 78
preparing to stay alive in dangerous, wounds, 316
277–78
regionspecific dangers hazards, 283–84
ways to interpret signs and predict, Ziploc bags, 30
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