How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It
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confiscation and theft of food,
cooking and baking,
cooking facilities,
corn,
fats and oils,
food grinders,
food-preparation list,
food-storage list,
grain storage,
for infants,
last minute,
oats,
old food,
peanut butter,
for pets,
planning ahead,
powdered milk,
rice,
safe storage,
salt,
sanitation and,
sprouts,
storage equipment,
sugars,
supplements and short-term emergency foods,
top ten essentials,
vitamins,
wheat,
Fuel and home power,
batteries,
costs,
diesel fuel,
fuels list,
inverters,
kerosene,
lighting requirements,
mobile solar power systems,
natural sources of power,
photovoltaic systems,
power/lighting/batteries list,
securing generators,
storage,
wind-power generators,
Gardening,
hand tools,
indoor,
pests,
sizing garden,
small-scale grain growing,
sprouting,
Gardening list,
Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Solomon),
Gas (see Fuel and home power) Generators,
Get Out of Dodge (G.O.O.D.) backpack,
Gold,
Golden Horde,
Grain growing,
Grain mills,
Grain storage,
Graves,
Great Depression,
Group B strep (GBS),
Guns (see Firearms)
H1N1 virus,
Health (see Medical supplies and training)
Heart and Hands (Davis),
Heating,(see also Fuel and home power)
Hiding place construction,
Holsters and slings,
Home-based businesses,
Home canning,
Home dehydrators,
Home invasions (see Home security)
Home security,
alarm and camera systems,
architectural weakness,
blackout precautions,
chain-link fences,
condition-white mind-set,
designing for security,
firefighting equipment,
hiding place construction,
insurance,
lighting,
manpower for,
roadblocks,
safe rooms and vaults,
sandbags and sandbag filler,
temporary and permanent obstacles,
threat escalation,
in urban areas,
Honey,
Horses,
Horse tack,
Hubbert Peak (“Peak Oil”) theory,
Hunting/fishing/trapping list,
Hurricane Katrina,
Hygiene/sanitation list,
Hypercytokinemia,
Immune response, raising,
Indoor gardening,
Inflation,
Influenza,
Insulin,
Insurance,
Internet service,
In-town versus isolated retreats,
Intrusion-detection systems,
Inverters,
Investments,
Irrigation,
Isolated versus in-town retreats,
Jerky,
Jobs, depression-proof,
Kanban (just-in-time inventory system),
Kerosene,
Kidney disease,
Knives,
Lanterns,
Laxatives,
Light discipline,
Lighting
requirements,
security,
List of Lists,
Lists
barter and charity,
biological-warfare-and pandemic-defense,
chem/nuke-defense,
firearms,
firefighting,
first-aid/minor-surgery,
fitness,
food-preparation,
food-storage,
fuels,
gardening,
hunting/fishing/trapping,
hygiene/sanitation,
livestock,
personal,
power/lighting/batteries,
security,
specific recommendations for developing,
survival-bookshelf,
tactical-living,
water,
Livestock,
dual- and triple-purpose,
for fats,
pasture fencing,
prices,
purchasing,
Livestock list,
Logsdon, Gene,
Long-range rifles,
Looting (see Home security)
Lung ailments,
Medical Corps,
Medical oxygen concentrators,
Medical supplies and training,
childbirth,
chronic care,
dentistry,
elective surgery,
eye protection,
first-aid/minor-surgery list,
fitness and body weight,
infants,
influenza,
medical kit,
medications,
sanitation issues,
stabilization of injured person,
stretchers and backboards,
wound care,
Medications,
Mobile retreats,
Mongol horde,
Morality,
Mortgages,
Motorcycles,
MREs,
Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS),
Nanny State,
National Rifle Association (NRA),
Natural-gas service,
Night-vision gear,
911 calls,
Nitrogen packing,
Noise discipline,
North, Gary,
Nuclear power plants,
Oats,
Oil (see Fuel and home power)
Oil reserves,
Operational security (OPSEC),
Ostomy patients,
Oxyacetylene rig,
Panic buying,
Pasture fencing,
Peanut butter,
Pepper spray,
Perimeter security,
Personal hygiene,
Personal list,
Pet care,
Pet food,
Photovoltaic systems,
Pneumonia,
Pool shock,
Population density,
Powdered milk,
Power (see Fuel and home power)
Power failures,
Power grids,
fragility of U.S.,
Power/lighting/batteries list,
Prayer,
Precious metals,
Pre-filtering water,
Preparedness planning. (see also Retreats)
communications and monitoring (see Communications and monitoring)
distinguishing wants from needs in,
firearms and (see Firearms)
food supplies and storage (see Food supplies and storage)
fuel and home power (see Fuel and home power)
gardening and (see Gardening)
home security and (see Home security)
keeping a low profile,
livestock,
medical supplies and training (see Medical supplies and training)
skills training,
TEOTWAWKI Weekend Experiment,
water (see Water supply)
Preparing for the Coming Influenza Pand
emic (Woodson),
Prescription drugs,
Prison escapes,
Propane vehicles,
Property taxes,
Quarantine,
Racism,
Radio direction finding,
Radio receiver antennas,
Rainfall,
Rainwater,
Ramen noodles,
Rawles, Donald,
Reading materials,
Red Cross first-aid/CPR training,
Refugee lines of drift,
Reindeer,
Retreats. (see also Home security)
best,
caretakers for,
climate and growing season,
fuel costs and,
group size of,
hidden versus visible,
in-town versus isolated,
location of,
mobile,
survival community,
in urban areas,
year-round,
Revolvers,
Rice,
Rifles,
Rimfire handguns,
Roadblocks,
Run-flat tires,
Safe rooms and vaults,
Salt,
Sandbags and sandbag filler,
Sanitation,
during grid-down collapse,
in urban areas,
Security (see Home security)
Security lists,
Self-defense, (see also Firearms)
knives,
striking weapons,
Self-employment,
Sheep,
Shelter and Camp Kit,
Shortwave receivers,
Shotguns,
Silver,
Skills training,
Small-Scale Grain Raising (Logsdon),
Soil,
Solar battery chargers,
Solomon, Steve,
Space heating,
Splinting,
Springwater,
Sprouting,
Sprouts,
Steel doors,
Storage (see Firearms; Food supplies and storage; Fuel and home power)
Stretchers and backboards,
Striking weapons,
Sugars,
Sundries list,
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software,
SurvivalBlog.com,
Survival-bookshelf list,
Survival community,
Survival retreats (see Retreats)
Suturing,
Sweat equity,
Swine flu,
Tactical-living list,
Tappan, Mel,
Technologies, low,
Telephone service,
TEOTWAWKI Weekend Experiment,
Terrorism,
Tetanus,
Tools,
Tools list,
Training
EMT,
firearms,
medical (see Medical supplies and training)
skills,
Transceivers,
Transportation infrastructure,
Two-way radio communications,
Ultraviolet treatment of water,
Vegetable gardens (see Gardening)
Vehicles,
camouflage painting,
diesel,
E85,
electric,
EMP issue,
fuel storage,
mix of,
motorcycles,
propane,
registration of,
run-flat tires,
Ventilation,
Ventilators,
Veterinary medications,
Vitamins,
Walking sticks,
Waste animal,
disposal,
human,
Water-pasteurization indicators (WAPIs),
Water supply,
amount needed,
planning ahead,
sources of water,
testing of water,
transporting water,
treating water,
water list,
Web gear,
Well water,
Wheat,
Wheelchairs,
Wind-power generators,
Woodson, Grattan,
Wound care,
Yaks,
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 - THE SURVIVAL MIND-SET FOR LIVING IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
Chapter 2 - PRIORITIES Your List of Lists
Chapter 3 - THE SURVIVAL RETREAT
Chapter 4 - WATER The Key Resource
Chapter 5 - THE DEEP LARDER Your Family’s Food Storage
Chapter 6 - FUEL AND HOME POWER
Chapter 7 - GARDENS AND LIVESTOCK
Chapter 8 - MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND TRAINING
Chapter 9 - COMMUNICATIONS AND MONITORING
Chapter 10 - HOME SECURITY AND SELF-DEFENSE
Chapter 11 - FIREARMS FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND SELF-DEFENSE
Chapter 12 - G.O.O.D. VEHICLES AND THE DREADED TRIP OUTTA DODGE
Chapter 13 - INVESTING, BARTER, AND HOME-BASED BUSINESSES
Chapter 14 - IT COMES DOWN TO YOU
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Index