The Pocket Disaster Survival Guide: What to do when the lights go out

What will you do when the lights go out? Every year tens of thousands of ordinary people find themselves facing some sort of extraordinary disaster. It might be little more than the inconvenience of a temporary power failure but it could be the awesome devastation caused by a powerful hurricane, tornado, or flood. Suddenly you could find yourself depending on your own resources to stay comfortable, or in the worse case scenario — alive.

The Pocket Disaster Survival Guide is a comprehensive guidebook on how to cope with disaster situations. This handy, easy-to-use pocket guide contains the information you and your family need to prepare for and deal with all kinds of natural or man-made disasters.

Harris J. Andrews has two degrees in American History and has worked for two decades as a researcher, writer and editor at Time Life Books. He is a long-time student of pre-industrial technology with experience in self-sufficient lifestyles. In his more than 50 years he has survived several major hurricanes and participated in flood preparation and recovery. Harris currently resides with his family in Annandale, Virginia.

J. Alexander Bowers has a degree in photography and worked for more than a decade at U.S. News and World Report Magazine as a photography editor and researcher reporting on current and breaking news including the 9/11 terrorist attacks and natural disasters nationwide. His personal experience with hurricanes, earthquakes, blizzards and a volcanic eruption has provided him with considerable insight into what it takes to prepare for and survive a disaster situation. He currently resides with his family in the Annapolis, Maryland area.