Disasters happen. Be prepared. Here’s how. As a leading security engineer, Michal Zalewski has spent his career methodically anticipating and planning for cyberattacks. In Practical Doomsday, Zalewski applies the same thoughtful, rational approach to preparing for disasters of all kinds. By sharing his research, advice, and a healthy dose of common sense, he’ll help you rest easy knowing you have a plan for the worst—even if the worst never comes. The book outlines a level-headed model for evaluating risks, one that weighs the probability of scenarios against the cost of preparing for them. You’ll learn to apply that model to the whole spectrum of potential crises, from personal hardships like job loss or a kitchen fire, to large-scale natural disasters and industrial accidents, to recurring pop-culture fears like all-out nuclear war. You’ll then explore how basic lifestyle adjustments, such as maintaining a robust rainy-day fund, protecting yourself online, and fostering good relationships with your neighbors, can boost your readiness for a wide range of situations. You’ll also take a no-nonsense look at the supplies and equipment essential to surviving sudden catastrophes, like prolonged power outages or devastating storms, and examine the merits and legal implications of different self-defense strategies. You’ll learn: How to identify and meaningfully assess risks in your life, then develop strategies for managing them Ways to build up and diversify a robust financial safety net—a key component of nearly all effective preparedness strategies How to adapt your prep plans to a variety of situations, from shelter-in-place scenarios to evacuations by car or on foot Sensible approaches to stockpiling food, water, and other essentials, along with recommendations on what supplies are actually worth having Disasters happen, but they don’t have to dominate your life. Practical Doomsday will help you plan ahead, so you can stop worrying about what tomorrow may bring and start enjoying your life today.

Disasters happen. Be prepared. Here’s how. As a leading security engineer, Michal Zalewski has spent his career methodically anticipating and planning for cyberattacks. In Practical Doomsday, Zalewski applies the same thoughtful, rational approach to preparing for disasters of all kinds. By sharing his research, advice, and a healthy dose of common sense, he’ll help you rest easy knowing you have a plan for the worst—even if the worst never comes. The book outlines a level-headed model for evaluating risks, one that weighs the probability of scenarios against the cost of preparing for them. You’ll learn to apply that model to the whole spectrum of potential crises, from personal hardships like job loss or a kitchen fire, to large-scale natural disasters and industrial accidents, to recurring pop-culture fears like all-out nuclear war. You’ll then explore how basic lifestyle adjustments, such as maintaining a robust rainy-day fund, protecting yourself online, and fostering good relationships with your neighbors, can boost your readiness for a wide range of situations. You’ll also take a no-nonsense look at the supplies and equipment essential to surviving sudden catastrophes, like prolonged power outages or devastating storms, and examine the merits and legal implications of different self-defense strategies. You’ll learn: How to identify and meaningfully assess risks in your life, then develop strategies for managing them Ways to build up and diversify a robust financial safety net—a key component of nearly all effective preparedness strategies How to adapt your prep plans to a variety of situations, from shelter-in-place scenarios to evacuations by car or on foot Sensible approaches to stockpiling food, water, and other essentials, along with recommendations on what supplies are actually worth having Disasters happen, but they don’t have to dominate your life. Practical Doomsday will help you plan ahead, so you can stop worrying about what tomorrow may bring and start enjoying your life today.

*ALWAYS BE PREPARED!* Praise for Practical Doomsday Medicine: "This guide is the easiest to understand, most concise reference for real end of the world scenario medical dangers. Even if we never face a true doomsday event, the information contained here will be of good everyday use, too." - Ken B., member of the Rawlin's Doomsday Preppers Group. "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail" - Benjamin Franklin In a true doomsday scenario event, you are your family's first line of care. When 911 is no longer an option, you will have to be the medical professional for your family in any situation. If the grid goes down, we face chemical or biological attack, or simply survive a Hurricane, everyone should know how to care for medical emergencies. You are your family's first responder in a doomsday medical emergency. You must be prepared to handle any medical emergency that arises. I learned about surviving a doomsday scenario when I was a kid and lived through two major hurricanes. While this was not an end-of-civilization event, it was at least a week of having the power grid down and resources being scarce. In this situation, I got a taste of what it might be like to survive a true doomsday event. What if the situation was truly a doomsday event? Who would care for your family when a hospital is unreachable? The answer is YOU. You must learn to become your family's medical professional. In my book, Practical Doomsday Medicine, I will teach you all about medicine in an extreme emergency situation. You will learn how to handle any emergency medical situation when help may not be available: Taking Prevention into Account and Improving Your Health First Aid: Why it is Important Your First Aid Kit Stockpiling Medications Hygiene & Sanitation Handling Mild Emergencies such as Blisters, Bug Bites, and Cuts Handling More Moderate Level Emergencies like Water and Foodborne Illnesses and Animal Bites First Aid for Burns Infectious Disease Signs, Symptoms, and Care How to Handle Tooth Trouble and Infections Caring for Eye Injuries Care for Severe Emergencies such as Electric Shock, Heatstroke, and Frostbite Handling the Dead How to Sterilize Your Water in the Wild Caring for Gunshot Wounds Heart-Related Emergencies like a Heart Attack and Stroke First Aid for Fractured or Broken Bones including Placing a Splint I will also show you along the way how to incorporate more naturally occurring medicine and remedies that won't rely upon manufacturing in the downfall of society. You will learn so much from this book that you will also be able to apply to daily life aside from a doomsday scenario. Be sure to click BUY NOW to add this handy reference guide to your collection.

A complete guide to disaster preparedness from Scott Hunt, CEO of Practical Preppers and a nationally recognized preparedness expert The world we live in is an unstable one. From natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods of biblical proportions to concerns about the economic downturn and government shutdown, the hits just keep on coming. At the same time, the power grid is incredibly fragile. Our dependency on widely distributed long distance systems for power, medicine, and food makes our society susceptible to attack, whether by foreign or domestic enemies, or the weather. No matter the concern, the solutions are the same. Scott Hunt, the owner of Practical Preppers, and an experienced engineer, homesteader, and pastor, offers readers a complete and detailed guide to sustainable living. With The Practical Preppers Complete Guide to Disaster Preparedness, anyone can learn how to: - Secure a water source-even in an urban area - Grow and preserve food - Set up an alternative energy supply - Maintain a comfortable shelter -including alternative cooking and sanitation methods during a long power outage - Bug out-what to include in your bug out bag and how to leave - Prepare for medical issues - Deal with security concerns Preparing for disruption of services in an emergency is a noble venture which gives peace of mind. This book will empower readers of all skill levels and resources to survive and achieve an independent, sustainable lifestyle.

AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • An absorbing, deeply felt book about our anxious present tense—and coming to grips with the future, by the author of the award-winning To Be a Machine. “Deeply funny and life-affirming, with a warm, generous outlook even on the most challenging of subjects.” —Esquire We’re alive in a time of worst-case scenarios: The weather has gone uncanny. A pandemic draws our global community to a halt. Everywhere you look there’s an omen, a joke whose punchline is the end of the world. How is a person supposed to live in the shadow of such a grim future? What might it be like to live through the worst? And what on earth is anybody doing about it? Dublin-based writer Mark O’Connell is consumed by these questions—and, as the father of two young children, he finds them increasingly urgent. In Notes from an Apocalypse, he crosses the globe in pursuit of answers. He tours survival bunkers in South Dakota. He ventures to New Zealand, a favored retreat of billionaires banking on civilization’s collapse. He engages with would-be Mars colonists, preppers, right-wing conspiracists. And he bears witness to places, like Chernobyl, that the future has already visited—real-life portraits of the end of the world as we know it. What emerges is an absorbing, funny, and deeply felt book about our anxious present tense—and coming to grips with what’s ahead.

Since prehistory, bunkers have been built as protection from cataclysmic social and environmental forces, and as places of power and transformation. Today, the bunker has become the extreme expression of our greatest fears- from pandemics to climate change and nuclear war. And once you look, it doesn't take long to start seeing bunkers everywhere. In Bunker, acclaimed urban explorer and cultural geographer Bradley Garrett explores the global and rapidly growing movement of 'prepping' for social and environmental collapse, or 'Doomsday'. From the 'dread merchants' hustling safe spaces in the American mid-West to eco-fortresses in Thailand, from geoscrapers to armoured mobile bunkers, Bunker is a brilliant, original and never less than deeply disturbing story from the frontlines of the way we live now, an illuminating reflection on our age of disquiet and dread that brings it into new, sharp focus. The bunker, Garrett shows, is all around us, in malls, airports, gated communities, the vehicles we drive. Most of all, he shows, it's in our minds.

Disaster can strike at any moment. Luckily, Patty Hahne's Doomsday Prepping Crash Course can show you how to prepare your home for any emergency—including the end of the world. This simple, easy-to-follow guide will provide you with tips and tricks for all aspects of the prepping process. The Doomsday Prepping Crash Course stresses that prepping for disaster is just that—a process. The most important step in prepping is having a good plan in place and getting your priorities straight from the beginning. It includes tips on how to make small changes to your daily habits and implement specialized plans for unique disasters. Understanding that what's in your wallet is always a concern (even when contemplating Doomsday), Hahne provides advice on how to make your home safe even when you are on a tight budget. Doomsday Prepping Crash Course is perfect for anyone worried about catastrophes. It provides tips on everything from stocking up on medication to purifying your water and ensuring that your animals and pets survive the event. Also included is a guide to building the ideal bug out bag—a 72-hour survival kit that will help you remain comfortable if you cannot spend Doomsday at home. Hahne makes it clear that whatever disaster occurs, the people who plan and prepare will be best equipped to weather the storm.