Skills
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Twelve hubs around a rose. Hover a spoke, or use the list — both open the same place.
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Skill map
Twelve hubs. Hover a spoke or pick a name from the list.
Water Store, treat, and plan how much you need. 2 articles
Fire Heat, cooking, and when not to light it. 1 article
Shelter Stay dry and out of the wind. 1 article
Food Grow, buy, and keep food you will eat. 2 articles
Food preservation Can, dry, and store a harvest. 2 articles
Medical Until help arrives. Not medical advice. 1 article
Sanitation Wash, waste, keep people well. 1 article
Navigation Map, compass, not getting lost. 1 article
Energy Light, heat, power when the grid is quiet. 2 articles
Comms Radios and being reachable. 1 article
Tools Hand tools that earn their keep. 1 article
Weather Read the sky and the season. 1 article
Latest articles
- How to read a map and compassNavigation
- How to get on the air without being a tactic-broComms
- How to read a forecast you will actually useWeather
- Until help arrivesMedical
- How to build and light a fireFire
- How to put up a one-night shelterShelter
- How to store water for 30 daysWater
- How to filter and purify creek waterWater
- A first-year garden that feeds twoFood
- How to store 90 days of food without a bunkerFood
- How to pressure-can low-acid vegetablesFood preservation
- How to dehydrate food without a fancy setupFood preservation
- How to wash dishes, hands, and bodies without running waterSanitation
- How to size backup power for a fridge, well pump, and lightsEnergy
- How to heat one room when the grid is downEnergy
- How to sharpen and maintain the three tools you actually useTools