Once again all of the Apocalypse/End-of-Days/Armageddon/End Times nonsense is being turned into an educational opportunity – and, let’s face it, a chance for some entrepreneurs to make a buck.
In Winnipeg, Manitoba, a couple of enterprising outdoorsmen – billed as “wilderness educators” – are teaching urban dwellers how to prepare for disastrous events and survive in their aftermath.
Dwayne Logan, a farmer and survivalist, and Laura Reeves, a “wild-edibles specialist,” teach the eight-hour course on Saturdays, imparting such essential knowledge as “how to create makeshift sleeping bags out of scraps of plastic and newspaper, turn old tuna cans into oil lamps, and build a water purifier out of an empty soda-pop bottle.”
Frankly, it sounds fascinating and, as I’ve often said, knowing how to take care of yourself in the wake of a natural disaster is a good thing.
The pair also teaching things the squeamish might not appreciate. For example, they show participants “the best way to improvise weapons capable of gouging the eyes and ears of a would-be attacker, the most efficient way to trap neighborhood rodents and house pets for their meat, and how to blend into the background of a devastated city to avoid being robbed by looters.”
Okay, no one wants to eat Rex the Wonder Dog if it can be avoided. However, if it’s a matter of you or Rex, I say choose you. After all, if Rex is truly man’s best friend, then Rex won’t mind (too much) being dinner.
Of course that’s the extreme end of things. Actually, Logan and Reeves are helping city folk understand their vulnerability should a natural disaster arise. As many others do, they preach that everyone should be prepared with enough food, water, and other essentials to survive for 72-hours after a catastrophe.
Besides, none of us know when the zombie apocalypse will come, but being ready for it is essential, because to the zombies, you are Rex the Wonder Dog.
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