Customer Reviews

What to Do When the Power Fails: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-191 (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin, a-191)

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This pamphlet is ok, but very simple and limited. If your interest in preparedness is this limited, it may be a good choice for you. On the other hand, if you really want some advice on how to survive a grid-down emergency, it's a poor choice.

For a few dollars more, I recommend you read Jim Rawles book (linked below). It covers the same material and much more. At the least it will give you some thoughtful reading beyond "buy some candles".

How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It: Tactics, Techniques, and Technologies for Uncertain Times

If you have no idea what to do when the power fails, have never owned or maintained a home, never gotten your hands dirty working on it, then this might be the book for you. It's arcane enough to not mention solar panels, and I'm surprised I didn't see fuses listed instead of circuit breakers.
The section on generators and power usage of household items is the saving grace, because it lists the starting loads not just operating loads of household electrics. Very important to know your water pump requires more starting power than it uses to operate, and how much, most homeowners under buy emergency generators in this area.
It would be better if it had alternatives to all the malfunctions and operations to fill in for lack of water, etc. Outdated material.

Wish it was bigger, kind of small, Should of looked at how many pages this was before I bought it.

Decent book, will help you get started on what to do when power failure is ilmenite.

I ordered four books. I really like three of them, but the one about what to do when the power fails, is not what I expected. It is probably fine for most people, but not for me.

Short, sweet and to the point. Good data, accessible and inexpensively delivered.