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Situation X
A guide to survival
What is Situation X?
Situation X is any major crises in which the local services, infrastructure, and/or commerce
is unavailable for an extended length of time due to some manner of catastrophe.
What are the Categories of Situation
X?
NATURAL DISASTER - Floods, fires, earthquakes, meteor, etc.
NUCLEAR/BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL (NBC) - Nuclear war, global pandemic, etc.
CONVENTIONAL DESTRUCTION/VIOLENCE - WWIII, Civil war, bombings, etc.
ECONOMIC - The Great Depression, banks failing, etc.
WARGAMES/THEORETICAL - Robot uprising, zombies, alien invasion, etc.
What are the Classifications of
Situation X?
Class 1 - City-level impact, 0-99 Deaths, 1 month or less.
Class 2 - 100 miles or less impacted, 100-999 Deaths, 1 year or less.
Class 3 - Less than 1500 miles impacted, 1k-1mil Deaths, years.
Class 4 - Global impact, 1mil+ deaths, indefinite timeframe.
Class 5 - End-Life-Event, Deaths measured in % of all life. Permanent.
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Survivalist Acronyms
Survivalist Acronyms, Just an intro to help new folk grasp what we are waffling
about.
Retreat = Place of safety to live in during disaster, can be your home if modded or a camper van/ mobile home
or purpose built facility.
Bug Out = Basicaly it means if you as an person or family have to flee your home, town
or place of work because the place has become to dangerous to stay in.
BOB = Bug Out Bag. A Rucksack, travel bag or
container containing survival tools, clothing, food and kit
BOV (1) = Bug Out Vest. A travel vest fitted out like
a BOB
BOV (2) = Bug Out Vehicle. A vehicle modified to help you bug out and sustain you during your journey, In the
US its often a 4x4 like a Jeep, and in Europe its often a camper van. BOVs really should be capable of being lived in for
at least a week, so they should have sleeping space, cookers, water, toilet, storage etc. But in the US the trend is for big
powerful go anywhere 4x4s. Single folks tend towards the 4x4s, family guys the campers. Some folks have BO Boats, other cycles,
other horses and a few light aircraft / microlights.
EDC = Every Day Carry. Its a list of items that the seriously
prepared will never venture out of the house without. Knife, Flashlight, Compass, Cell Phone, Wallet, Mulitool etc
PSK
= Personal Survival Kit = Normally a small tin or pounch containing a mini survival kit, popular with soldiers venture explorers
etc
SAK = Swiss Army Knife
KFS = Knife, Fork, Spoon,
FAK = First Aid Kit
MRE = Meals Ready
to Eat (prepacked military food packs)
E & E = Escape and Evasion
LEO = Law Enforcement Officer
Preps
= Preparations
6Ps = Proper planning and preparation prevent poor performance
GOOD = Get Out Of Dodge bag
( another name for a BOB)
GHB = Get Home Bag, same as BOB
Cache = a remotely located store of food, fuel,
aand extra kit for survivalists to draw on , usually sited somewhere along the chosen Bug Out Route
TEOTWAWKI = Common
acronym used by survivalists to describe a complete social collapse IE The End Of The World As WE Know It.
WTSHTF
= When The Sh1t Hits The Fan.
SHEEPLE = Mix of Sheep and people, used to describe the herd mentality of people who
believe the government will save or rescue them in a disaster, came about after a Hurricane in the 90s that hit Florida, some
people waited over 11 days and a few over 14 days for help to arrive.
FYI = For Your Information
IMHO = In
My Honest Opinion
No Duff = This is the real thing, not a practise.
Gucci survivalist = all the fancy kit,
but no idea how to use it.
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