When it becomes apparent that our UH OH has turned into something else the first thing that comes to my mind is shelter. Do I start building a new shelter or at least re-inforcing the temp shelter I'm in now. How long is it until winter? Do I start preserving food? Can I start gathering nuts as a fatty protein source? What about comfort items such as a permanant toilet/outhouse? Can I get water inside or very close to the shelter without putting myself in danger of flooding? What can I do to improve my green food sources. Can I better mange the wild foods or can I transplant some to form a "garden" of sorts?

Where I am located you cannot go 500 yards without crossing some type of water. Sloughs, bayous, branches, creeks, rivers and lakes are everywhere. I could build a fish weir and have a ready supply of fish. I have an abundant supply of water veggies. Winter here is the eight weeks of January and Feruary with COLD being mid 30's at night with a few nights of freezing weather. Spring lasts from March first until about the first of April when summer starts. Summer lasts until Thangsgiving or Christmas or sometimes New Year's Day. That means my biggest worry is insects and how do i rid my area of them. Old timers built a fire every night in the yard. Flying bugs went to the light and died in the fire. The smoke kept some away and ashes where spread to control crawling bugs like ticks and chiggers.

And that brings to mind another subject Camp Cleanliness. A garbage pit will have to be established in order to keep down insects and rodents. Camp garbage will need to be removed and covered with dirt every day. My environment, water water everywhere, dictates I dig this on the highest ridge I can find. That way it doesn't polute my water source. The same for my latrine. I would need to cover waste with dirt to keep down flys. That means digging a new one every few weeks.

I might as well be planning a new city PMan. I need a grocer, butcher, garbageman and fish monger.