Daily Survival Guide

How to Survive in Frigid Water
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1. Do not attempt to swim.
   Swimming moves cold water over your skin, causing rapid cooling.


2. If you have a life vest, put it on and draw yourself into a ball to maintain maximum body heat.
   If there is another person with you, huddle together for warmth.


3. If you do not have a flotation device, grab anything buoyant.
   If nothing is available, float on your back or tread water very slowly. If you cannot float or tread water, button up the top collar of a coat or shirt and splash air and water underneath the fabric to form an air pocket.


4. Once rescued, look for signs of hypothermia.
   Slurred speech and a lack of shivering are signs of severe body temperature loss. Immediately, but slowly, rewarm your body.

RSS and You

After a recent conversation with TheWife, I decided that my first post (well, technically my second post) should be about RSS. I admit, I was a little intimidated by the whole concept at first but once I read up on it a little I started to realize just how cool RSS could be.

From Wikipedia:  RSS (most commonly expanded as “Really Simple Syndication”) is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format.

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