Review: The Wisdom of preparing for the worst
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 1, 2014
Perhaps a Hollywoodesque asteroid may not just come crashing to earth or the prophesied end of time darken our skies, but just look at he increasingly frequent tsunamis, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, fires, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, ice storms, massive power failures that appear on the newspaper headlines and take this little helpful book seriously. This is a disaster survival kit, well thought out, and well written and very valuable no matter where you live or what natural disaster proclivities that threaten your place of living.The point of this book is to point out how important it is to know how to prepare for disasters, especially in the line of food, medications, power substitutes, creating a survival pantry, learning how to cope with lack of support from governmental attempts to rescue - the point being that if you are prepared for possible disasters then you CAN survive. Included in this book are tips on how and when to gather in food supplies into your survival pantry (what works and what doesn't and how to do this as inexpensively as possible - such as protein powder, powdered milk, water purification tables, canned liquids, oils for cooking, bottled water, dehydrated fruits, salt, vitamins, etc), essential tools to secure (knife for cutting and skinning, first aid kit, sewing kit, compass, a lighter and matches, a camping stove, flashlight, shovel, batteries, garbage bags, snakebite kit, ax and so forth, seeds - yes, seeds! - to replant your land for further food if the disaster is prolonged, and even instructions for creating a spreadsheet of needs and a checklist of necessary items.And to top of this book there are forty recipes using survival kit foods that will keep the people under your care well fed with safe items. All of this information is valuable, and much of it we think we know, but when it is placed in a specific book, a book you can keep handy just in case, than your chances for making it through a disaster are increased many fold. This is a fine investment. Grady Harp, January 14