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CRISIS: The Most Likely Catastrophes of the Next Decade; Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Survival

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Even better than reading the book and putting together the preparation Livingston recommends, is the feeling of empowerment and peace of mind you get after you do it. I know now that if something happens, we're going to be okay. It might not be pleasant - toughing out the event - but I know we're prepared and we'll be okay.

This is a very worthwhile book to have. If you have a family, you'll sleep so much better putting it into action.

Although this book won't help you build a shelter in the woods, it will assist tremendously in surviving in your own home during a catastrophe. And because we know things do occasionally go wrong, you have to rely on your own resources and smarts in an emergency. The book spends just as much time describing what some of these disasters will look like as it spends on how to prepare for them. This helps give you the motivation to get prepared and put together the disaster survival room, emergency backpack, and so on.

I admit I have not read much about emergency preparation and I don't have any kind of survival training, but I'm not sure if this book is intended to scare me or to just reasonable advice on "being prepared". It doesn't advocate for a stockpiling of weapons or anything like that, but what are the odds of a huge earthquake actually happening? The advice given is good, and I'll probably follow some of it, like keeping a supply of drinking water in my basement and maybe a little food. I guess if you're a really responsible person, this book will appeal to you. If you take the attitude that most things work themselves out, you probably won't get much out of this book. On the other hand, I suppose this book could save your life.