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 |   Norma's Wanderings around a small section of Montana |
I'm in a book club. I have to have read one on Science coming up. So I peruse my book shelf. I think this one may work. 'The Survivor's Club' by Ben Sherwood is a book from 2009 It discusses ways to and stories of surviving. I found this especially interesting - the rule of threes: Per the author, this is from the U.S. Air Force- remember, your body temperature is 98.6 Then from there: You cannot survive: 3 seconds without spirit and hope 3 minutes without air 3 hours without shelter (in extreme conditions) 3 days without water 3 weeks without food 3 months without companionship or love I was thinking on this while walking today. I remembered all but couldn't remember the timeline for the shelter. It was sooner than I thought. But if you logically think of these, it makes sense. Without hope, you're doomed. Without air, you're dead. Without shelter, especially in cold or wet conditions, you're soon chilled. Without water, you'll dehydrate. Without food, you'll starve. Without another person, you can have all the other variables but wither away for lack of human companionship. Then I think of the movie with Tom Hanks - 'Castaway'. He ended up with all those variables. Now granted, the companionship wasn't human, it was an inanimate object. But he transferred his love and affection to it. He also had a picture of his wife. But he had the others in the list. And it was easier for him to maintain his body temperature on an island in the tropics. Fish in the sea. Fresh water caught in a storm, if I remember. This is an interesting book. A myriad of situations people have had and survived. Some chapter titles: The Science of Luck Too Mean to Die What Does Not Kill Me Guess what I'll be reading for a few days!? |
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