Survivor and Survivorman What Would You Do?

I have always loved watching the show Survivor with my husband, and I also love watching that show the Survivorman.  Both shows are completely different in how the people involved go about surviving in their environment.  I like to call Survivor a “fluffy” way to live in the wild.  I have always complained that the show itself isn’t really hard core survival.

Survivorman on the other hand, is a little more true grit when it comes to living out there in the wilderness on your own.  I honestly think I would starve before I ate a bug, but I always rationalize that if I were starving I would probably entertain it, but I would have to be near death.   He has far more knowledge than I do on what is edible and what isn’t.

With the end of the world always being talked about in the news and half crazed people who think they can  predict it, I have always considered having some of the things I would need to have for our family in case of a real emergency. Foods for survival like freeze dried meals,  that have a long shelf life,  can be useful just to have in case you or your family are unable to leave the house.  Now I am not predicting a world disaster, but it cannot hurt to be prepared for things that could possibly come up.

When it comes to surviving out in the wild, I can tell you I am not much help, but if I can do easy things like having flash lights with fresh batteries, warm blankets, food, water and the basics available at all times, we could all get by without having to eat a single bug  lol!  I am pretty tough but hopefully it won’t involve the extremes like survivorman.  Do you have any special precautions you have taken to get by in case of an emergency?