Bültmann & Gerriets
Your Survival: Protect Yourself from Tornadoes, Earthquakes, Flu Pandemics, and Other Disasters [With DVD]
von Bob Arnot, Mark Cohen
Verlag: Hatherleigh Press
Gebundene Ausgabe
ISBN: 978-1-57826-262-5
Erschienen am 15.10.2007
Sprache: Englisch
Format: 243 mm [H] x 219 mm [B] x 27 mm [T]
Gewicht: 712 Gramm
Umfang: 160 Seiten

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

Protect your family and your home. Be prepared with Your Survival, a complete system -- handbook, video and organizer -- that makes planning for a disaster so simple, easy, and inexpensive that there's no longer an excuse to put it off.
Complete with checklists to help you stock an emergency food closet, vet your insurance policy, improve the chances your S.O.S. calls and emails will get through when no one else's can, and protect your home and your family against earthquakes, tornadoes, mudslides, terrorist attacks, pandemics... any crisis you may face.
Your Survival provides a wealth of life saving knowledge:

· Explore a 90-minute DVD which includes interviews with the nations foremost disaster experts
· Learn first-hand the most common mistakes people make
· Discover the 10 most important items you should have on hand at all times
With advice from survivors and experts alike, Your Survival is a vital investment.



Bob Arnot is one of the most trusted names in health and foreign reporting and a globetrotting humanitarian with dozens of disaster zones stamped in his passport. As chief medical correspondent for CBS and NBC, and board member for Save the Children, Dr. Bob has reported on war in Iraq, AIDS in Botswana, and tended to the victims of earthquakes, floods, and pandemics in Armenia, Turkey, and Japan. He is also the best-selling author of the Breast Cancer Prevention Handbook, as well as the star of “Dr. Danger,” a new series on INHD.
Mark Cohen is a veteran journalist who has written and edited for Men’s Journal, GQ, and the New York Times and Washington Post magazines, among other publications.



FORWARD by Dr. Bob Arnot
INTRODUCTION
About This Guide
Yoursurvival.com
Your Survival™List
Cherrypicking Info
Icons Used in This Guide
CHAPTER 1: Identifying Your Risks
No One’s Completely Safe
Location Location Location
A Word About Flood Maps
Special Report: Bird Flu and You
CHAPTER 2: Planning Ahead
Taking Stock
Stocking Up
Food & Sundries
Water
Gas Grill
Portable Heater
Other Appliances
Light
Batteries
Radio
Plastic Sheeting and Duct Tape
Hose and Ladder
Gas Shut-Off Wrench
Stocking Your Emergency Medicine Kit
Backing Up
Getting Your Affairs in Order
Sizing Up Your Insurance
Disaster-Proofing Your Home
Devising Your Communications Plan
Pets
Assembling Your “Bug-Out” Bags
The Bugged-Out SUV
Plotting Your Escape Route
Maintenance
CHAPTER 3: Stay or Go?
Six Rules to Live By
If You Go
If You Stay
CHAPTER 4: Weathering the Storm
The 30-Second Guide to Disaster Physics
Your Disaster-by-Disaster Drill
Tornadoes
Hurricanes and Floods
Earthquakes
Landslides
Chemical Clouds
Heat Waves
CHAPTER 5: Immediate Aftermath
Practicalities First
Managing Your Water Supply
Getting Help From FEMA
Notifying Your Insurance Company
The Stages of Disaster Grief
Getting Unstuck
CHAPTER 6: Rebuilding
Staying on Your Insurer
Dealing With Your Mortgage Company
Hiring a Contractor
Getting the IRS to Help
Solving the Government Loan Puzzle
CONCLUSION
RECOMMENDED PRODUCTS
GLOSSARY OF TERMS