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Trap Heat to Survive Cold Weather
from: Maxx Adventure TravelHumans have an extremely strong survival instinct that will ultimately playout if ever threatened. Under this circumstance if an unpredicted event should occur, it's second nature for any human to find anyway possible to prolong their life.
Even with the so much modern technology available, it's critial to learn basic survival techniques and regardless of the innovation and technological advancement.
Beating cold weather, for instance, is one of the most basic survival skills you may be confronted with. You never know when you could end up in a situation of extreme cold.
Surviving cold weather without heaters available:
1. Choose Your Windows Wisely
The key to cold weather survival is to find products that will stimulate heat within the area. Double-glazed window, for example, help to trap the heat inside your home.
This means you won't have to depend on your heater as much to survive the cold weather. With double-glazed windows, very little heat can escape your home.
2. Choose the right clothes
It's not practical to wear layers of clothes to trap heat for your body. The key is to wearing clothes especially designed to trap body heat. This type of clothing has special fabrics that can lock in heat in order to keep you warm.
Don't rely totally on materials that may seem to protect you from extreme cold weather. Many clothing manufacturers are cutting back the cost of producing cold weather materials by replacing them with fake ones.
"Fur coats" as a good example. Most fake fur coats can't effectively provide the same features as a true fur coat.
3. Trap the heat from the top
What most people don't know is that body heat is usually emitted from the top -- your head. Therefore it makes sense to stop the heat from escaping from your body by covering your head.
This means it's almost useless to wear winter clothes if your head isn't protected from the cold.
These are just some of the basic ways to trap body heat and survive cold weather. Following these pointers, there's less need to depend on heaters or other technological devices that require additional energy consumption.
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