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During a large natural disaster, wilderness skills won't be enough unless you have some basic essentials to help you get by, wildlife populations will likely be hunted out very quickly by other outdoorsmen leaving little food and backpacking etc. won't help unless you abandon your house. Same with first aid...most first aid classes are geared solely towards stabilizing an injury long enough to transport a person to a hospital, but following a natural disaster hospital care may be unavailable and unless you have some supplies the wound will likely get infected, etc.
BDU's are great general purpose pants. They are sturdy, comfortable, have giant pockets, and minimize your profile while out in the woods. They are not essential, but they are cheap enough you might as well have a pair.
And realistic situations where you may have to shoot things as part of a disaster: 1: hunting...you can eat those delicious animals if you can convince them to sit still long enough. 2: self defense and defense of property...if you are well prepared and everyone around you is going without, it is very likely someone will attempt to take the food you (and they) need to survive. and 3: general looter control...Firearms have been used successfully in past emergencies to protect entire neighborhoods from looters...the presence of armed people willing to defend their neighborhood was enough to keep looters away.
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