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Forward by Dr. Bob Arnot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 About This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Yoursurvival.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Your Survival¿List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Cherrypicking Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Icons Used in This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Chapter 1: Identifying Your Risks . . . . . . 11 No One¿s Completely Safe . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Location Location Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 A Word About Flood Maps. . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Special Report: Bird Flu and You . . . . . . . . 16 Chapter 2: Planning Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Taking Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Stocking Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Food & Sundries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Gas Grill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Portable Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Other Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Plastic Sheeting and Duct Tape . . . . . 24 Hose and Ladder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Gas Shut-Off Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Stocking Your Emergency Medicine Kit . . . . 26 Backing Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Getting Your Affairs in Order . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Sizing Up Your Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Disaster-Proofing Your Home . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Devising Your Communications Plan . . . . . . 34 Pets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Assembling Your ¿Bug-Out¿ Bags . . . . . . . . 36 The Bugged-Out SUV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Plotting Your Escape Route. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Chapter 3: Stay or Go? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Six Rules to Live By . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 If You Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 If You Stay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Chapter 4: Weathering the Storm . . . . . . . 47 The 30-Second Guide to Disaster Physics. . . 49 Your Disaster-by-Disaster Drill . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Tornadoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Hurricanes and Floods . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Earthquakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Landslides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Chemical Clouds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Heat Waves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Chapter 5: Immediate Aftermath . . . . . . . 55 Practicalities First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Managing Your Water Supply. . . . . . 57 Getting Help From FEMA . . . . . . . . . 57 Notifying Your Insurance Company . . 58 The Stages of Disaster Grief . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Getting Unstuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Chapter 6: Rebuilding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Staying on Your Insurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Dealing With Your Mortgage Company . . . 66 Hiring a Contractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Getting the IRS to Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Solving the Government Loan Puzzle . . . . . . 69 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Recommended Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Glossary of Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 T
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Emergency management.
Survival skills.
Preparedness.