Are you as amazed as me at the nember of people in our society who remain totally unprepared for a disaster situation? Most citizens don’t even have a basic survival kit packed at home or carry anything in their car! There’s no doubt that when SHTF happens many people will die.

This isn’t meant to be depressing, it’s a statement of fact, and as preppers, we understand that we’re going to have to depend upon ourselves. So we take the time to absorb knowledge when it offered to us. I take the view that I’m never going to stop learning and I believe that ultimately this will lead to my survival while others perish.

So when I came across these urban survival hacks and read them, I thought they were definitely good enough to share with you all. I hope you find these tips from Urban Survival Site as useful as I did:

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1. Crayon Candles

This one is easy.

Hold a lighter under the bottom of a crayon until it melts enough to where you can stick it to a flat surface such as a plate. This way it won’t fall over.

Then light the top of the crayon. Once it gets going, it will burn for a long time.

2. Soda Can Light

Use a knife to cut out a window in a soda can and then place a candle inside. The tin inside of the can will reflect the light back across the room to make it much brighter than the candle alone would be.

Want a bonus tip? Pair this with the crayon candles!

3. Watch Compass

If you forgot your compass or don’t have one, the analog watch wrapped around your wrist will do. Tilt the hour hand towards the sun and draw a line between the 12 o’clock and the hour hand. This line is your north to south line.

4. Toothpaste To Treat Insect Bites

When applied to an insect bite, toothpaste will cause the pain and swelling to go down significantly. Be careful, though. If you’ve been scratching at it and it has become an open wound, then the toothpaste will sting.

5. Garbage Bag Ponchos

When it starts to rain, simply use an ordinary garbage bag as a makeshift poncho. Cut holes through the tops and sides for your head and arms.

6. Soda Tab Fishing Hooks

Remove the tabs from soda cans, and then use a pair of pliers or scissors to pry them into the shape of fishing hooks. Pierce bait through the hook and attach it to a line to begin fishing.

7. AAA Batteries + Tin Foil = AA Batteries

If you have a device that takes AA batteries but all you have are AAA batteries, you can use tin foil to fill in the gaps. It really works!

8. Water Bottle Raft

If you collect enough water bottles, you can lash them all together under a tarp or garbage bag for a makeshift raft. This could come in useful for traveling downriver in a city should the streets be blocked off.

9. Chap Stick for Small Cuts

If you get lots of small cuts from crawling under fences, trekking through bushes, climbing trees, and so forth, a quick and easy to way to stop them from bleeding is with chap stick. Doing this will lower the chance that one of those cuts gets infected.

10. Duct Tape Butterfly Bandage

For more serious injuries such as an open wound, you need to close it off quickly to avoid infection. Once you’ve flushed the wound, you can use duct tape and scissors to make a butterfly bandage.

Take heed of these awesome tips for urban survival, and handle SHTF situations better now! For more great survival hacks and tricks, take a look at Urban Survival Site.

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