Extreme weather survival guide
Subtitle: understand, prepare, survive, recover
By: Thomas M. Kostigen
Contributors: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9781426214868; 9781426213762
Subjects: Emergency management; Natural disasters; Severe storms; Handbooks, manuals; Weather
Other titles: Extreme weather survival guide
Description: Overview:  Hurricanes, floods, wildfires, tornadoes-weather is becoming extreme, and this book tells you how to plan ahead and prepare, respond to emergencies, and survive the worst-case scenarios. From the risks of building on changing coastlines to the safety kit you should have packed up at home, from the telltale signs of a hurricane on the horizon to how to power up when the grid goes down-this will be the one book to carry with you through all kinds of bad weather. Divided into four sections (Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry) each chapter includes a level-headed discussion of current weather extremes, facts and details on conditions, and theories for why these changes are occurring; dos and don'ts for inside and outside; and gives at-a-glance guidance for how to prepare for, survive, and recover from every extreme. Sidebar features include: gears and gadgets; protecting your pet; and firsthand accounts from survivors and the experts who help them. Spectacular photographs of wicked weather plus useful checklists and how-to illustrations make page after page both useful and entertaining, even when you're contemplating the unthinkable.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: How to use this book; title: Introduction; title: Part 1:  Wet:; title: Thunderstorms; title: Floods; title: Hurricanes; title: Tornadoes; title: Part 2:  Dry:; title: Drought; title: Wildfires; title: Part 3:  Hot:; title: Rising temperatures; title: Heat waves; title: Part 4:  Cold:; title: Cold waves; title: Blizzards; title: Doing your part; title: Resources and organizations; title: Illustrations credits; title: Index.