Marie D. Jones is a fully trained disaster response/preparedness member of Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) through FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security, and she is a licensed ham radio operator (KI6YES). She is the author of over fifteen nonfiction books on cutting-edge science, the paranormal, conspiracies, ancient knowledge, and unknown mysteries, including Visible Ink Press' Demons, the Devil, and Fallen Angels plus PSIence: How New Discoveries in Quantum Physics and New Science May Explain the Existence of Paranormal Phenomena; 2013: End of Days or a New Beginning; Supervolcano: The Catastrophic Event That Changed the Course of Human History; and The Grid: Exploring the Hidden Infrastructure of Reality. She is a regular contributor to New Dawn Magazine, FATE, Paranoia Magazine and periodicals. Jones has been interviewed on over a thousand radio shows worldwide, including Coast-to-Coast AM. She makes her home in San Marcos, California, and is the mom to one very brilliant son, Max.

Introduction

Part One: The Threats: Natural Disasters
1. The Worst Natural Disasters We've Faced
2. Avalanches to Wildfires: The Darker Side of Nature
3. Man-made Disasters

Part Two: Readiness
4. What to Do before It Happens
5. Making a Plan
6. Getting Ready
7. Learning from Preppers and Survivalists

Part Three: Response
8. Should I Stay or Should I Go?
9. First Aid, Triage, and Trauma
10. Travel Safety
11. Personal Safety
12. Wilderness Survival

Part Four: Before, During and After: A to Z
13. Before, During and After It Happens
14. Large-Scale Disasters
15. Dangers in the Home: Domestic and Child Violence, Drug Overdose, and Suicide

16. Lessons from Past Disasters: Harvey, Irma, and the Vegas Massacre

Resources
Appendix: Personal Emergency Action Plan

Further Reading
Index

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