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¶ … Survival of Civilization and Personal Survival Following a Large-Scale Nuclear Disaster
This study operates from the viewpoint of a disaster situation and in this scenario the disaster chosen is a nuclear disaster. The purpose of this study is to choose three objects that will ensure civilization continues. A nuclear disaster would result in many deaths in addition to the destruction of property, plants, animals, and if the disaster were on a large enough scale, life as it is known would cease to exist.
Three Items to Ensure Civilization's Survival
Three items that would be chosen to ensure that civilization survives would be: (1) a packet of seeds; (2) a bag of medicine; and (3) a book on survival. While infrastructure might still be in place, the necessary manpower to operate the infrastructure would likely not be in existence. Therefore, this type of disaster, on a large enough scale would result in a loss in electricity and running water for a long time. Ensuring that civilization continued to exist would very much be reliant on the ability of the population to locate food sources, water sources, and obtain medications that would be needed to fight disease. As people in today's world do not know any longer how to...
As well, these type of survival would require that the individual be able to start fires for warmth and for cooking food for nourishment. If only three items could be chosen to ensure civilization's survival, those three items would be: (1) a knife (2) a lighter and (3) water purification tablets. A knife would be needed not only for protection purposes but for hunting game for food. The lighter would be necessary for lighting fires to keep warm and to cook foods. Water purification tablets also would be critically needed to ensure that survivors had access to drinking water.
The reason for choosing a knife rather than a gun is because while a gun would be optimal there is no way of ensuring that ammunition would be available. However, a good knife would serve many useful purposes. For example, a knife would be useful for killing and preparing game and a knife could also be used for protection and for other necessary tasks in surviving.
The reason for choosing a lighter rather than matches is…
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