There is at least one book here that you would give anything to have used after you have survived a disaster, any disaster. The problem is that people do not want to think about the problems beforehand, or they will do it tomorrow, or they honestly believe that it only happens to someone else, somewhere else.

Disaster Preparedness For Country Living. Coping With Disasters On Your Own. 3nd Edition

Consider this: How long will it take for rescue forces to reach your town and how long will it take to help those people before they think about rural residents? You are truely ON YOUR OWN.


This is the only book available that deals with the problems of disasters for country folk, whether it is from high winds, floods, earthquakes, power failures, deep freezes, even evacuation. How about civil disorders in the country? Unlikely? Looters are a form of civil disorder. There are certain preparations you can make.
In the country we cannot expect disaster help soon if at all, so it's what can you do for yourself. If you lose your well, how much water do you have above ground for your family and your animals, or to fight a fire? Do you need shelter for your family? Do your animals need shelter ?

How much water do you need? What about food? Shelter? What about emergency evacuation? What to do with animals in an emergency evacuation?

How do animals cope with a disaster? Pasture animals stampede or wander off; birds fly or swim away; caged animals probably won't make it- in or out of their cages. Will someone come and set your animals free, or care for them, if there is a fire or flood, and you aren't home? Will someone come and feed the animals if you can't get home?

Barter will come into vogue again, if it ever left the country. Part of your preparation should be trading goods. After a disaster, what would you give for a pair of dry socks? Or a roll of toilet paper? Or some soap? There are things money can't buy. We wrote an entire book on disaster foods.

Seniors and The Disabled are in there, too. Food and shelter are critical needs for them.

Contents: As topic headings.
Equipment and Supplies.
Emergency Pack.
Stay At Home.
Carry In Automobile.
Basic Food Storage.
Second Food List.
Third List.
Survivalists' View Of Stocking Up.
Water Treatment And Storage. Well Failure. Purification. Water Collection. Shelf Life.
Electrical Power Failure.
To Use Emergency Generator.
Freezers and Refrigerators. In Winter. In Summer.
When The Power Comes Back On.
Emergency Needs When The Power Fails.
Fire Danger With Power Off.
Fires and Firefighting. Fire Drills. Fireproof Storage Boxes.
Floods. With Warning. No Warning. The Third Kind.
Earthquakes. Soils. Duration. Hillsides. Earthquake Tools. Review. Emergency Evacuation. Your Own Turf.
Emergency Pack.
Coping With Terrorism
Communications.
Leaving The Place. Evac By Automobile. By Bus. By Tractor. Emergency Meeting Place. Message Center.
Civil Disorders.
Barter.
Emergency Shelter.
Wind.
Conclusion What About First Aid? Basic Check List. Local Government Action. Still Not Convinced?.

Excerpts From This Book

Table of Contents

Part I Introduction.

Chapter 1. Introduction
Prepare Now. Survival. Check your survival stores. Real survival. Basic Elements of Survival. Water. Philosophy. Natural Commerce and Barter. A Barter Story. Communication. Emergency Broadcast. Network. Part I Introduction. Part II Preparation. Part III Disaster incidents. Part IV Things that will be needed. Part V After a disaster. Part VI Review. Emergency Foods, Nutrition, and Eating. Nutrition Goals For Emergency Eating. All normal eating rules are hereby canceled! Diets Early Times, Ready To Eat Foods . Nutrition and balanced diets are not the issue here, Calories and The Body's Needs. What Is A Calorie? For When You Need Calories. Salt, Heat source Soup . A Problem With Children. What Kind of Foods? Heat. Sources and Heating. Conserving Body Heat. Secondary Heat Sources. Fires. Windbreaks and shelters. Rescue. Heat Losses. Free Heat. Another Heat Source. Fuels. Water. Summary.

Part II. Emergency Preparation.

Chapter 2. Equipment and Supplies. Emergency Pack. Emergency Preparation, Stay at home. Have available:. Carry In Automobile:. Survivalists
Check List.

Chapter 3. Emergency Foods. Emergency Pack-- Food Contents. Stay At Home. Carry In the automobile. Food and Supply Lists. Second List
Third or Everything Else List. Heat source. Foods. It's all from scratch. it's time to practice. Pizza,. Sourdough. starter. Food Storage and Preservation .Temperature. Drying foods. Freezing Foods. Presence of oxygen. Vacuum Sealer. Dried foods. Preservation by water replacement. Smoking. Storage. Vermin proof. Summary.

Chapter 4. Water. Storage. Purification. Boiling . Filtering. Chlorine .Bleach, Using Bleach For Water Purification. Iodine. Using Iodine For Water Purification. Water Purification Tablets. Distillation. A solar still. Purification of a Well. Collection of Water. Collection of rain water. Condensation. Collected, But Questionable, Water. Storage. Shelf Life . shelf strength. Canned Water,
Water will be more important than food. Water carried in automobiles. Animals. Reducing the water needs of milking animals. Water For Fires (Fire Water?) Check List

Chapter 5. Hazard Assessment. Wood Frame Houses. Foundations:. Cripple Walls. Framing. Outside Wall Covering. Other Structures
Non-Structural Hazards. Windows and Glass. Cabinets. Refrigerators and Freezers. Water Heaters. Wall Hangings. Light Fixtures. Shelved Objects on Open Shelves. Pipes and Plumbing. Conclusion.

Chapter 6. Animals and Livestock Animal Classification. Farm yard animals. Caged animals. Pasture animals. Stay Put. Emergency Evacuation. What To Do? Review.

Chapter 7. Community Preparation Rural Help Priorities. What to do? Neighborhood Disaster Cooperative. A Local Disaster Plan. Schools
County Disaster Plan. Government Encouragement

Part III. Disaster Incidents.

Chapter 8. Electrical Power Failure Alternate and Renewable sources. Immediately! Utility Company. Call your utility company start up your emergency generator.To use an emergency generator, dryer circuit breaker as the emergency main circuit breaker. Safety. Freezers and Refrigerators. Wrap the freezers In Winter. drain the house plumbing into buckets. Water heater. When the power comes back on. Turn off the emergency generator. Reset the main breaker. Undo everything required for shutting down, Emergency Needs When The Power Fails. Emergency House Cooling In Summer. Fires and Fire Danger. Check List .

Chapter 9. Fires Situation. Evacuate The Structure by sounding the alarm.
Take an immediate head count. Shut off the electricity. Plan your fight beforehand. If fire drills are good in the schools, they are good for the home, too. Forest or Wild Fire: Planned escape route and rehearse. Fire Extinguishers. Sand Buckets, dirt works, too. Wool blankets. Sodium Bicarbonate, Baking Soda: Auxiliary pump, pond, fire hose. If you have never fought a fire, What Do You Grab First? About Fireproof storage A fireproof file cabinet . Fireproof safes, A Floor safe. Alternatives. What to keep in it? Where to keep it? Buried Chest. Copies.

Chapter 10. Floods Flooding- With Advance Warning: Advance Preparation. Turn off electricity. Doors open?. Doors Closed? Safe Place. Short warning: Use life lines. Don't use boats. Automobiles are unsafe during floods. Riverside brush and trees. Estimate: Rescue. Water Supply. Aftermath
The Third Kind of Flood. Check List. With Advance Warning: With a Short warning:

Chapter 11. Earthquakes About Earthquakes. Proximity. Duration. Magnitude. Possibility. Likelihood. Key Event. What Are Your Chances? After Shocks. Earthquake Insurance. What Can I do? What To Do. About doorways and doors. Reflex Action. Awareness. Before-- Structures. What Falls From A Building? Wooden Frame Buildings. Pole Buildings and Barns. Definition. Soil Effects On Pole Buildings. Age of the Building? Building Research. What to Do? Outside Fire esc apes. Practice for an Earthquake. Crowds and Exits. E-Packs. The Future. What Happens? Action:. With warning. Earthquake Measurements. During An Earthquake, don't panic. Earthquake Tools. The Human Factor. Animals. Water. Check List. Review List to Check the One Above.

Chapter 12. Winds What To Do? Roadside Trees. Window Coverings. In an Automobile. People Outside. How Much Wind? Table of Wind Forces. Options . Other Factors. Animals. Wind Chill.

Chapter 13. Civil Disorder With Warning: No warning .

Part IV. Emergency Necessities

Chapter 14. Terrorism The Terrorism Compendium, A Religious Mission
The Country As A Refuge. Terrorism Experience. A Lesson In History From. Dr. Tony Kern, Lt Col, USAF (Ret). How committed are we, America? And for how long? The Face of The Enemy- a Letter. What Does This Letter Mean? What Can We do? Terror, n, To terrorize, v, World Trade Center, New York City. What to do?. The individual. The Government. Global. What Have They Won? What Has This To Do With Trauma? Finally.

Chapter 15. Emergency Packs Who Gets An Emergency Pack? Emergency Pack Contents.

Chapter 16. Emergency Tools Lifting, moving, digging, prying. Electrical. Repair. Mechanical. Fires. Fuel. Building and Rebuilding. Books. Personal

Chapter 17. Provisions For Animals Containment. Handling. Feed. Water. First Aid. Recovery. Fences. Fence Removal. What To Do?

Chapter 18. Computers In A Disaster Heat. Smoke. Moisture. Magnetic Effects. Vibration And Shock. Static Electricity. Electrical Storms. Electrical Ground Currents. Ground loop. Electrical Surges or Spikes. Power Failures and the UPS. What Else to do? Backups.

Chapter 19. Emergency Communication Self-powered radio. Distress Signals. Distress Calling Procedure. American Flag flown upside down, Three is the magic distress number:. CB, Citizens Band Radio,
Amateur Radio, Radio Hams. Just Yell Help. Communication Equipment. A battery-powered, portable radio, Emergency broadcast network. Emergency Radio Receivers. Scanners, What about cellular telephones? Satellite Cell Phones. Portable Power and Batteries. About Schools. “Walkman” Receivers

Part V. After The Fact.

Chapter 20.Emergency Evacuation Emergency pack. Spiritual Necessities. Contents. Wealth. Barter bags. Bedding. How-to books. Weapons and Survival gear. Fire starting equipment. Food and equipment. Water. Tools-- If circumstances permit. Communications. Check List. Estimate. With warning No warning. Evacuation By Automobile. Use the tractor Bicycles or Trail Bikes. Horses. Emergency Meeting Place/ Message Center. Destination. Pets. What If? Rehearsals. Trauma. Nobody said it would be easy.

Chapter 21. Recovery
important documents. Salvage. Waste Disposal. Establishing Contacts- Reconnecting

Chapter 22. Distasteful Details Taking Care of the Dead. Waste. Human Waste. First Aid Waste, Compost pile. Food storage. Keeping Watch. Division of Responsibilities. A Necessary Consideration.

Chapter 23. Shelter Ready Made. Camping Gear. E-Pack. Build Your Own
Location. Using What’s Left. Hay Bale Igloo. Neighbor Cooperation. Barter.

Chapter 24. Barter When Cards Do not Work. Limits To Help. Things for Barter. Barter works if someone needs what you have.

Chapter 25. Disaster Stress Trauma Everyone Affected. Symptoms. Process. Memory. Coping. Recall. Children. Panic. Hopelessness.
Summary. Bring It Out.

Part VI. Conclusion.

Chapter 27. Conclusion Need To Prepare. Did You find something that we omitted? You don't like my procedure? Why did I write it? What about First Aid? 911. Here are some questions that you should be able to answer. Basic Check List Secondary Check List. Matters To Take Care Of. Getting The Community Moving. Still Not Convinced? Take Your Pick. Are you ready?

Bibliography

Appendix: School Shootings

Catalog of Books

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