Many of us preppers skip over this rule and go right to the rule about shelter; 3 hours without shelter in harsh weather conditions and we can die. But we need to address rule #1 first; 3 minutes without air and we die! I will admit that there are not many situations that we find ourselves in where we could die without air in 3 minutes. I'm quite confident that I can see these possibilities coming a mile away and avoid them or quickly prepare for them.
Yes, air is all around us and we don't think about it much except for when it comes to bad air quality days during a winter inversion or if we suffer from a a respiratory sickness like COPD or Asthma.
There are many ways we can prepare for either the issue of being without air or dealing with poor air quality or contaminated air. Most can be dealt with by having a simple plan and a few preps.
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