MAY
2017
XMRE
SURVIVE EPIDEMICS | XMRE BLUE LINE | CAMPING WITH KIDS
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How to Survive Epidemics BY SAUL
MISHKIN
If we are to learn something from history is that diseases are capable of taking quite a lot of innocent lives. Past epidemics have managed wiping hundreds of millions of people off the face of our planet and that’s undoubtedly a lesson to be learned. And, while it’s safe to say that contemporary medicine has evolved a great deal since the last significant outbreak of life-threatening plagues, there are recent examples of viruses which spread like wildfire. Ebola, the Zika virus amongst many others are just common cases of epidemics which caused a lot of damage Read More
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| XMRE • MAY 2017
XMRE Blue Line
The XMRE Blue Line was essentially created for
BY EMILY
readiness agencies and independent companies.
medical clinics, educational institutions and academies, community organizations, emergency No individual ought to go hungry in any kind of circumstance, that's the reason that we developed Blue Line. We partnered with doctors to create the very best meal imaginable for any form of situation. Blue Line Kit Info Calories: 1,000 to 1,200 Cal Every XMRE Blue Line Meal consists of an 8oz (227 gr) entrée: 1 bread item, 2-3 snack/side/dessert products, 1-2 beverages, 1 gear pack and an optional flameless heater.
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Top 10 Don’ts When You Go Camping with Kids BY SAUL
MISHKIN
Camping with kids? Since handling kids can be
We went back to our camping tent, snuggled up
difficult, successfully taking them for camping
in our sleeping bags and enjoyed a peaceful night
comes with a sense of self-fulfillment. We once
sleep in the middle of nowhere. It was a quiet
took my two-year old daughter (now much older)
night with barely any movements. I woke up early
camping at Olympic Peninsula campground along
the next morning to take a glimpse of the morning
the Elwha River in Washington. I woke up early in
sun shining through the temperate rainforest. The
the morning, made some coffee and we headed for
big-leaf maples and huge conifers were quite a
the campground, going through the Douglas fir
beautiful sight.
forest, which was wet at the time. With only the sound of the flowing river waters Two to three elk suddenly appeared from
being heard that clear morning, the snowfields on
nowhere, jumping up and down, and disappeared
Mt. Olympus’ West Peak stood out amidst the clear
into the thick forest vegetation. I found some
skies in the horizon. I loved my quiet moment at
matted down places around the area as I surveyed
this hour of the morning as everyone else in our
it and bet it’s where the elk had slept. We set up
camp was still asleep.
our camp not too far away from the matted down place, maybe 180 yards away.
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MAY 2017 • XMRE | 4
We All Scream for Survival!
MAY 2017 • XMRE | 5