Includes bibliographical references (p. [471]-487) and index.

Provides information that will help the average person prepare for survival in a long term emergency or disaster.. This book offers basic instructions and recommended resources for the wide range of skills and technologies necessary for self-reliant living and achieving mastery of all kinds of emergency conditions. In an era of super-storms, burgeoning population, massive earthquakes, global warming, and record-breaking floods and droughts, more and more people are seeking to prepare themselves to deal with the difficult times that may lie ahead. It outlines survival strategies for dealing with changes that affect food, water, shelter, energy, health, communications and essential goods and services.