Wright's Complete Disaster Survival Manual: How to Prepare for Earthquakes, Floods, Tornadoes, & Other Natural Disasters

by Ted Wright

Are you prepared for a hurricane that turns your home into rubble? An earthquake that leaves you and your family without shelter, food, or water? A flood that makes your home unlivable? Most people don't want to think about those things until it's too late. Ted Wright, who came of age in London during the Blitz of World War II, has extensive experience dealing with natural and man made disasters. He knows most problems occur after the disaster, not during it, and tells how to plan beforehand to enhance the chances of surviving the aftermath. This book covers a variety of possible disasters and considers almost any place one might happen to be when it strikes. In all cases, advance planning combined with relatively inexpensive preparations will greatly enhance your chances of survival, whether you are caught at home (including mobile homes and condos), at work, at school, or on the road. It even has a special distaster plan that elementary, juniour high, or high schools should not be without. With dozens of drawings and ideas, including food torpedoes, quake-resistant shelters, medicine chests, and water-storage trenches, this survival manual will be a life-saver for anyone caught in a major disaster.

288 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1993

Reviews

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a strange book. The tone is very casual, almost conversational, and filled with asides and parentheses and exclamation points. It seemed disorganized and chaotic to me. I did appreciate the point of view of the author, who lived through the Blitz in London during WWII. His home was destroyed by a bomb and he camped out in his backyard for months. His strong advocacy of keeping disaster supplies outside the house (in the yard, in a root cellar, or in a shed) is clearly influenced by his background. The other thing I liked was his insistence on facing scenarios and thinking them through step by step. If a disaster like a massive earthquake were to occur tomorrow, where will I be? What will I do? What will I need? What will happen next? Really facing these possibilities (which no one likes thinking about) can help you prepare.