Tom Brown's Field Guide to City and Suburban Survival
Tom Brown's Field Guide to City and Suburban Survival

Author: Tom Brown, Jr.

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1986-03-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0425091724

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Prepare for the worst with this practical survival guide from bestselling author Tom Brown. Today most Americans live in the city or suburbs—a safe, comfortable life, at least on the surface. Few of us realize how close we are to the elemental struggle for survival, until disaster strikes. Yet it is possible to be prepared. In this uniquely practical handbook, Tom Brown, Jr. gives you the specific skills and detailed knowledge you need to protect yourself and those you love in almost any emergency. • Alternative heat and light sources • Preventing and coping with electrical failure • Automobile survival techniques • Protecting your home from intruders • Unconventional food sources for the city dweller • Surviving earthquakes, floods, blizzards, hurricanes, and more • Guarding against urban crime TOM BROWN'S FIELD GUIDES: America's most popular nature reference books, Tom Brown's bestselling field guides are specially designed for both beginners and experienced explorers. Fully illustrated and comprehensive, each volume includes practical information, time-tested nature skills, and exciting new ways to rediscover the earth around us.

The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist Guide
The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist Guide

Author: Sean Brodrick

Publisher: Wiley + ORM

Published: 2009-12-15

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 047057979X

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From an investment expert, a guide to preparing for and profiting during an emergency of any kind. Life is unpredictable. Economic and natural catastrophes can happen anytime and anywhere. The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist Guide: The Smartest Money Moves to Prepare for Any Crisis describes the simple things people can do today to prepare for anything and everything that life might throw at them tomorrow. It also offers comprehensive advice on how to profit during a market collapse, energy crisis, or natural disaster. This guide will: Explain how to invest in today's new, more turbulent financial landscape Reveal what can be used as money should the dollar lose its value Show how to cut home energy costs, and why it's prudent to stock up on supplies in preparation for natural disasters Panicking during a disaster won't solve anything. Be prepared for any number of potential economic calamities and natural disasters with The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist Guide.

SAS Urban Survival Handbook
SAS Urban Survival Handbook

Author: John "Lofty" Wiseman

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2018-05-01

Total Pages: 655

ISBN-13: 1510722467

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John “Lofty” Wiseman is the author of the bestselling SAS Survival Handbook, the definitive guide to survival in the wild from Britain’s Special Air Service. Now he has compiled the complete guide to surviving among crowds of people, the mazes of office buildings, the dangers of an unfeeling city—put simply, how to stay safe in the urban jungle. Thousands of preventable fatalities occur in the home every year— more than on the roads, more than in the great outdoors. Household chemicals, electricity, cooking knives, and rodent poisons—in the wrong hands and with improper usage, these day-to-day resources bring danger to your home. Add to this the risks of moving through city streets (the threat of rape, muggings, and gang violence) and the menace of natural disasters (floods, earthquakes, blizzards) that cannot be avoided. Every day serves as a constant reminder: The world is truly a frightening place. The SAS Urban Survival Guide advises readers to think practically about urban environments and offers tips and instructions on how to avoid hazards wherever one goes. From self-defense techniques to home security systems to coping with natural disasters, this book teaches readers to recognize danger, make quick decisions, and live confidently in the modern world.

Collapse - Suburban Survival Solutions
Collapse - Suburban Survival Solutions

Author: Roddy Slaughter

Publisher: Roddy Slaughter

Published: 2015-02-06

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9780692379929

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History teaches there are many reasons to be prepared. The Carrington Event, Terrorism, Cyber Warfare, Hurricane Katrina, Pandemics, Electromagnetic Pulse, and many other events are all recognizable Shots Across the Bow. With proper preparations, you can survive almost any crisis at home without maintaining a bug out location or retreat. Suburban survival is possible provided you begin preparing now, develop some life saving skill sets, and surround yourself with like-minded people willing to share resources and skills. This book covers critical concepts, builds some important systems, examines lifesaving preparations, and encourage additional due diligence. Rainwater Collection, Water Purification, the Portable Solar Power System, Long Term Food Storage, Medical Supplies, Gardening, Alternative Cooking, Faraday Protection, Security, Survival Groups, and the inevitable collapse are all covered. Many seemingly invincible civilizations have collapsed in the past. History foreshadows the future as current economic and geopolitical events advance the road to collapse. Many people have distinct advantages in survival situations. Obviously those who have lived their entire lives as a survivalist are in the best position. Classic woodsmen and those having bushcraft expertise are well positioned. Veterans have an advantage with valuable skill sets including security and firearms. Farmers and prolific gardeners are a step ahead of most people. Maybe you grew up in a rural area where cutting firewood and heating the family home with a wood stove or fireplace was a way of life. Surviving a crisis situation should not be limited to those who have survival life experiences. Surviving a crisis is possible for anyone who reacts to the warning signs and makes the necessary commitment to preparedness.

Suburban Survival
Suburban Survival

Author: Joe Snuffy

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2013-10-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781490967059

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If the 20th Century was the century of growth, the 21st Century will be the century of declines. This will be due to the converging crises of resource depletion (oil, water, topsoil, etc.), economic decline, and climate change. These are in addition to many other sub-crises, now taking place. Suburban Survival: Preparing for Socio-Economic Collapse (Revised and Updated) will show you how to not only survive, but thrive during this period, which is not simply another economic cycle, but the decline stage of our current industrialized civilization. The author addresses many popularly held misconceptions within modern survivalism, as they pertain to food security and the "bugging out" concept, while also placing emphasis on real-world contemporary solutions, such as debt elimination, physical fitness, self-reliance, etc. The author also stresses that whether-or-not a societal emergency ever occurs within our lifetimes, survivalism, as a way of life, works. The modern preparedness and survivalist movements place emphasis on continual self-improvement, in areas such as nutrition, physical fitness, physical security, etc.

Urban Emergency Survival Plan
Urban Emergency Survival Plan

Author: Jim Cobb

Publisher: Betterway Books

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781440334139

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Stay Safe in the City Here's the book that won't advise you to flee the city and set up a homestead to avoid potential disasters. With many other survival-planning resources emphasizing that approach, urban dwellers that plan to stay put in the city, no matter the circumstances, have been overlooked. Not only do 58 percent of Americans live in cities, but certain risks are higher in cities than elsewhere. Urban Emergency Survival Plan delivers a common-sense approach to urban survival planning rather than advocating that city survivalists need to figure out a way to grow an acre of food, raise goats, and build an underground bunker. The clearly outlined approach here will help you to reduce the risks inherent in disasters that occur in well-populated areas. Inside you'll find: Packing lists for get-home bags, everyday carry items for adults and kids and bug-out bags An overview of threats that face an urban area and instructions for planning safe travel during and after disasters, as well as how to plan a temporary escape Instructions for sheltering in place at work Chapters on food storage and water procurement in urban areas with emphasis on limited space and budget A detailed chapter on security options in urban areas A detailed chapter on sanitation, first aid and shelter Ideas for how to respond and cooperate with government disaster plans Photos of important survival gear Discover the skills you'll need to weather any storm, whether you live in an apartment, townhouse, condominium, single-family home or any other urban setting. With planning and practice, you'll gain the confidence to always feel safe in the city.

Survival Mom
Survival Mom

Author: Lisa Bedford

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2012-04-24

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 0062089455

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From the creator of TheSurvivalMom.com comes this first-of-its-kind guidebook for all the “prepper” moms keen to increase their family's level of preparedness for emergencies and crises of all shapes and sizes. Publisher’s Weekly calls Lisa Bedford’s Survival Mom an “impressively comprehensive manual,” saying, “suburban mom Bedford helps readers learn about, prepare for, and respond to all manner of disasters. . . . From 'Instant Survival Tip' sidebars to a list of 'Lessons from the Great Depression'. . . Bedford's matter-of-fact yet supportive tone will keep the willies at bay.”

Survival City
Survival City

Author: Tom Vanderbilt

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Published: 2002-04

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9781568983059

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Mixing first-person narrative of his travels around the U.S. in search of Cold War sites and objects with an extensive accumulation of historical facts, the author explores Cold War America's obsession with protecting itself from the nuclear threat through various forms of architectural structures, such as missile silos, fallout shelters, nuclear waste dumps, monoliths like the windowless PacBell building in Los Angeles, and countless motels and diners named "Atomic."

Winds of Skilak
Winds of Skilak

Author: Bonnie Rose Ward

Publisher:

Published: 2018-03-27

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 9780999698709

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Winds of Skilak: The Continuing Saga of One Couple's Adventures and Survival in the Alaskan Wilderness continues the journey of Bonnie Rose Ward as a "wilderness wife" and her tough-as-nails husband Sam in the stark, challenging, and exhilarating wilds of Alaska. Imagine canning a whole moose. One thousand pounds of meat, critical to survival through the brutal winter on an island in Alaska. And doing it in a home with no electricity, no plumbing, and no refrigeration. For the Wards, this is just another ordinary task in an environment that can be unforgiving of mistakes but immensely rewarding to those willing to embrace the work of creating a home in a harsh but beautiful land. In this sequel, Sam and Bonnie are thriving, building getaway cabins and continuing to joyfully tackle life on a remote, isolated island on Skilak Lake, where williwaw winds can whip up suddenly and without warning, and wicked storms can blow for weeks. In an era before cell phones and internet, their ability to communicate with the rest of the world, accessible only by boat or plane, is at the whim of the temperamental lake. Then, just as they are about to achieve a new dream, one of the largest man-made, environmental disasters strikes, altering their lives and threatening their livelihood and idyllic life. Will the love and devotion between Bonnie and Sam be enough for them to survive, or will Alaska finally win? From the awe-inspiring beauty of the Northern Lights, to terrifying accidents and strangers, to a Christmas miracle, this is a testament of courage and inspiration to anyone born with a wild longing in their hearts. Through sorrows and joys, love and loss, God's hand is always present in their lives as Bonnie shares her chronicle of faith, survival, and beauty in an untamed land few others will ever know.