IMHO - water is way down the list. This is a general list. Don't get wrapped up in arguments about fine details.
3 SECONDS - Major arterial blood loss, gun shot, knife wound, being crushed, a fall, other accidents.
3 MINUTES - Suffocation, drowning, avalanche, heart attack, cave in, gas poisoning, serious blood loss.
3 HOURS - Hypothermia from cold, wind and rain. Heat stroke from sun, desert, exhaustion and drought.
3 DAYS - Die of thirst, some water born diseases, food poisoning, snakes, severe infection, tick paralysis.
3 WEEKS - Starvation, bad water, general infection, strong radiation.
3 MONTHS - Starvation, disease, loss of shelter, general health deterioration, weak radiation.
3 YEAR - Poor diet, vitamin deficiency, lack of exercise, despair, chronic illness
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Cliff Harrison
PonderosaSports.com
Horseshoe Bend, ID
American Redoubt
N43.9668 W116.1888