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When Disaster Strikes

A Comprehensive Guide for Emergency Prepping and Crisis Survival

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Disasters often strike without warning and leave a trail of destruction in their wake. Yet armed with the right tools and information, survivors can fend for themselves and get through even the toughest circumstances. Matthew Stein's When Disaster Strikes provides a thorough, practical guide for how to prepare for and react in many of life's most unpredictable scenarios.

In this disaster-preparedness manual, he outlines the materials you'll need-from food and water, to shelter and energy, to first-aid and survival skills-to help you safely live through the worst. When Disaster Strikes covers how to find and store food, water, and clothing, as well as the basics of installing back-up power and lights. You'll learn how to gather and sterilize water, build a fire, treat injuries in an emergency, and use alternative medical sources when conventional ones are unavailable.

Stein instructs you on the smartest responses to natural disasters-such as fires, earthquakes, hurricanes and floods-how to keep warm during winter storms, even how to protect yourself from attack or other dangerous situations. With this comprehensive guide in hand, you can be sure to respond quickly, correctly, and confidently when a crisis threatens.

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    • Library Journal

      November 15, 2011

      This handbook tries to explain everything readers need to know to survive weather-related, earthquake, electromagnetic pulse, and nuclear emergencies. Sadly, Stein (When Technology Fails) uses the book to promote his own quirky beliefs, such as the use of colloidal silver, an unproven homeopathic elixir, as a medical cure-all. Much of the text is merely expanded lists of things to remember or what to pack when preparing for disaster. It is filled with statements of general knowledge ("a good sleeping bag will keep you warm, even in severely cold temperatures") that make the text needlessly long. Sidebars throughout detail the author's or his friends' experiences with survival and disaster but add little value. Occasional chapters begin with long quotes predicting or recounting disaster experiences that serve only to alarm. Some readers will find offensive the section on animal trapping. Stein is a building contractor and survivalist who writes apocalyptic works like this one. VERDICT This would serve well as emergency campfire fuel; otherwise, it's not recommended.--Jeffrey Beall, Univ. of Colorado Lib., Denver

      Copyright 2011 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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