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How to Plan for a Disaster:
A City Dweller's Guide to Emergency Planning
A City Dweller's Guide to Emergency Planning
by Ruth
L. Harding
Description
Even though most of
us have not endured natural disasters, they are all too frequent. Floods,
tornados, earthquakes, landslides and devastating storms strike all too often.
Recent weather related disasters and terrorist events have crippled communities
for weeks. Yet even with all the information available online, many people are
still not prepared to look out for themselves, even for a day. Survivalists and
preppers seem to fare well, so what about the rest of us?
When you are
suffering from information overload it's best to focus on the basics. If you
haven't been a boy scout or a girl guide, if survivalism and prepping isn't
part of your way of life, this book will tell you what you need to do, step by
step, to get through the first few days.
Excerpt
The ultimate goal of this book is to get city dwellers to a state of
readiness to cope with any disaster. Survivalists can just take off and go to
their cabin in the woods and preppers will have enough food and water stored
for months on their homestead. If a disaster does impact wilderness areas there
are significantly fewer people who will need assistance from emergency service
agencies and so the disaster is unlikely to overwhelm local responders. On the
other hand, city dwellers, many living in single room occupancy buildings,
apartments, townhouses, and condos don’t have the space or the means to follow
suit.
Review
By K. Darden
This is an excellent
book with a ton of good ideas. I am "lucky" to live in an area where
we must be prepared - the offshore Gorda plate creates numerous earthquakes
every week and the storms take out our power several times every winter. Plus,
we're remote enough that there is no easy access here, so we have to be
self-reliant.
Having served with
various public agencies, I've been involved in several disaster planning and
emergency response meetings and trainings, at the city, county and state
levels. So I take all this seriously.
This is a well
written book that's easy to understand and covers most of what you'll need,
whether you are a city dweller or a country dweller. I concur with almost everything
in it - and there were even some things I'd never thought about before, so I
will be upgrading my own disaster supplies based on what I learned.
Highly recommended.
About the Author
With over 25 years under her belt as an Emergency Management Consultant,
Ruth L. Harding has extensive experience writing. From emergency plans to fire
drills to flood evacuation procedures, she has done it all.
Now she writes for fun!
Ruth, a true Renaissance woman, is a master of many skills: DIY wood
working, cooking, construction (an extreme DIYer she built a luxury Straw Bale
home several years ago), wood turning (she makes exquisite fountain pens and
bowls), and web design. She has much to share about her journey.
A prolific collector of all things beautiful, and some not so, she is
writing books on a variety of subjects to show others how to fulfill their
dreams.
Seize the day!
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