Review: Good Information - Good Read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 18, 2013
BUG OUT BAG ESSENTIALS is probably the best ebook I've read for regular moms.  While the information it contains could be used by a wide range of 'preppers' -- everyone from a rationalist to your person awaiting the zombie apocalypse -- it really has some down to earth advice for moms who don't want to be caught unprepared during a hurricane or quake or whatever disaster your area is prone to.Suggestions range from simple, like have water and comfy shoes in your car, to more time consuming, get CERT training.  So readers can easy find the approach that works for them.  Slow or fast.  Casual or in-depth.Chapters include:-- Disclaimer/Introduction-- "Bug Out Bags" - Keep It Simple - Do It Now;-- What Else Should Go Into Your B.O.B.?-- Children-- Pet Bug Out Bags-- Survival Tins-- Types of Disasters-- CERT Training - Community Emergency Response TeamsAs far as background, the author has a great deal of training.  She's been an EMT and has training in weapons and over 15 years in community preparedness.  She's also experienced hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, brush fires and more.  So it's not just desk work that she brings to the plate.What you won't find here is hardcore prepping material.  She's not going to advise you to have stashes of food and water hidden around your community.  Instead she's going to give you some advice on how to get home should there be some sort of disaster, and alternatively how to leave your house with your family, in the advent that it's not safe to live there.This book's advice also includes safety at home.  I suppose if your an EMT you can't help but to give advice on fire preparedness.  And I have to admit that we are totally changing what we do at home based on what she told us about how teens don't hear fire alarms.Recommend this book to proactive moms and dads.  There's probably material in here that you already know, but it's definitely worth a look because of the different perspective the author brings.notes:  I read a free download of this book.  It is well written and an easy read.  The formatting is good, except for the fact that there are sometimes too many 'returns' between bulletted items and paragraphs.  Well edited.