Survival: Prepare Before Disaster Strikes. Barbara Fix

       Table of Contents

       Table of Contents

       Cover

       Chapter 1: Introduction

       Chapter 2: Are You Ready?

       Chapter 3: Water Sources, Purification and Storage

       Chapter 4: First: Be S.A.F.E.

       Chapter 5: Which Cooking Method is Best for You?

       Chapter 6: Calculating & Storing Preparedness Foods

       Chapter 7: Avoiding Common Pitfalls

       Chapter 8: Repeat After Me: I Will Spend No More Than Necessary!

       Chapter 9: Okay! Break Open the Piggybank...

       Chapter 10: Layering Food Storage

       Chapter 11: Survival Goods

       Chapter 12: Shelter: More Than Just a Roof Over Your Head

       Chapter 13: Gardening: Starts From the Ground Up

       Chapter 14: Root Cellars & Home Canning

       Chapter 15: Lighting & Waste Disposal

       Chapter 16: Keeping Farm Animals

       Chapter 17: What’s for Dinner?

       Chapter 18: When Things Go Bump in the Night

       Chapter 19: Bartering for Goods & Services

       About the Author

       Back Cover

      SURVIVAL

      Prepare Before

      Disaster STRIKES!

      by

      Barbara Fix

      CCB Publishing

      British Columbia, Canada

      Survival: Prepare Before Disaster Strikes

      Copyright ©2011 by Barbara Fix

      ISBN-13 978-1-927360-11-8

      First Edition

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Fix, Barbara, 1951-

      Survival : prepare before disaster strikes [electronic resource ] / by Barbara Fix.

      Includes bibliographical references.

      Electronic monograph in PDF format.

      ISBN 978-1-927360-11-8

      Also available in print format.

      1. Emergency management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

      2. Preparedness--Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title.

      HV551.2.F57 2011 613.6'9 C2011-907682-9

      Additional cataloguing data available from Library and Archives Canada

      Cover art designed by: Juno Atkings.

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      Publisher:

      CCB Publishing

      British Columbia, Canada

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      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to the one-percenters who dig for the truth and prepare accordingly, and to my family members, who may not be used to a “backyard” that is shared with bears, coyotes, wolves and cougars, nonetheless come for visits over a campfire to enjoy the night sky…viewed best where city lights and pavement ends.

      Acknowledgements

      I would like to thank Juno Atkings, graphic artist extraordinaire (who designed this book cover), self-taught editor and code de-coder, whose friendship and tireless help made this book possible. I would also like to thank Paul Rabinovitch, owner of CCB Publishing, who saw the need for Survival: Prepare Before Disaster Strikes to be in print and guided me through the process with the aplomb of a true professional.

       Chapter 1

      Introduction

      “Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water,about eight minutes without air, but only for one second without hope.”

      Hal Lindsey

      Preparedness has caught the attention of people from all walks of life: rich, poor and everyone in between. We all want the ability to be able to cook, eat and heat our homes during a disaster, whether an economic collapse, Mother Nature or a nuclear disaster has brought it on. Survival: Prepare Before Disaster Strikes is an easy to follow, economical guide to survival for those living in the city or the country.

      At a time when the dollar has a nose bleed from its incredible dive into oblivion, when what we once took for granted has become a waiting game, seeking insurance against hunger is a reasonable goal. Many of us gambled on the equity of our homes and on jobs, but that gamble has crumbled like stale bread left too long in the sun. The crumbs we depended upon have been picked up and blown in the wind,