The Complete Disaster Home Preparation Guide - Softcover

Roskind, Robert; Roskind, Robert A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130859001 ISBN 13: 9780130859006

Publisher: Pearson P T R, 2000

Synopsis

Explains how to prepare at home for emergencies that disrupt essential services such as water and electricity, and discusses survival preparedness for disasters ranging from earthquakes and floods to nuclear emergencies.

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About the Author

ROBERT A. ROSKIND is the author of The Complete Y2K Home Preparation Guide and operates the nation's largest preparedness Web site. He is President and Founder of Y2K Solutions Group, Inc., the world's largest Y2K educator. Roskind has produced a record-breaking PBS series, as well as how-to shows for USA Network, HGTV, and The Learning Channel. His other books include Building Your Own House and Before You Build.

From the Back Cover

Failure to prepare is preparing to fail! Benjamin Franklin

Disasters happen! Be ready with the #1 practical guide to protecting your family!

Floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, chemical spills, blackouts-The Complete Disaster Home Preparation Guide gives you specific, real-world, step-by-step solutions for survival and preparation, no matter what happens! Discover how to be ready when the power goes off, when the phones don't work, when the running water stops running, when the sewage service stops, when the ATM fails!

In this complex, interconnected world, anything can happen-and preparation makes all the difference. Leading self-preparedness expert Robert A. Roskind gives you up-to-date, practical, advice on what to do before, during, and after a disaster-including detailed advice customized to address each type of disaster. Coverage includes:

• Heating
• Power
• Water
• Lighting
• Food and cooking
• Staying clean, healthy, and safe
• Money
• Protecting your important papers
• And more!

You'll get hard-to-find information on products that work, specific quantities of items you'll need, how to save money-and what to avoid! Detailed checklists help make sure you'll be ready and comfortable, no matter what. Even if you never face a disaster, you'll have the confidence of knowing you can handle the worst. And as you get ready, you'll find yourself addressing important personal and business issues you've been putting off for years!

You owe it to yourself and your family to prepare, and one book is all you need: The Complete Disaster Home Preparation Guide, by Robert A. Roskind.

From the Inside Flap

Preface

I am writing this preface in the fall of 1999. My editor just called and said we need this soon. So I'm sitting here thinking what I can say to you, my reader, that will motivate you to really get prepared for any disasters that might happen in your area.

It is a strange time to be writing about preparedness. Though the need for preparedness has never been more obviously clear, complacency seems to still rule the day. This year Hurricane Floyd left thousands homeless on the East Coast of the U.S., Taiwan was hit by a major earthquake, and India just got their worst flooding in 100 years. This year computer viruses have crippled companies, the government is warning about possible cyberterrorism, and Y2K is looming like a specter at the feast. The reasons to prepare seem compelling. But the stock market is booming, holidays are around the corner, and there are over 100 channels on TV. Preparedness just is not part of this society's mindset. It is just more difficult to think of hard times during good times.

So what can I say to you to convince you that you should spend the time, energy, and money to be fully prepared for any natural or man-made disaster that may occur? Only this: If a disaster befalls you and your family, preparedness will be one of the wisest, most mature decisions you ever made. If none befall you, it will still be.—Robert Roskind

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson P T R
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130859001
• ISBN 13: 9780130859006
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 298