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Whistle Stopper - Crisis Preparedness Handbook: A Complete Guide to Home Storage and Physical Survival
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List Price: $19.95
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Manufacturer: Cross-Current Pub.
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780936348070
ISBN: 0936348070
Label: Cross-Current Pub.
Manufacturer: Cross-Current Pub.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2002-04
Publisher: Cross-Current Pub.
Studio: Cross-Current Pub.
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Summary: Physical Survival
Comment: I enjoyed this book very much. This is a reference book and a book of facts and useful imformation. The writing style is dry. I get a little nuts when I buy a book about home preparedness and there are chapter's about making arrowheads and how to skin a rabbit and how to make a fire by rubbing two sticks together. If things every get this bad, I don't want to live anyway. However, in Mr. Sprigarelli's book, you won't find nutty stuff like making arrowheads. It's smart stuff and to the point. It's worth the money. Regards, Keith Renick, Peachtree City, Ga.
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Summary: Don't buy this directly from the author/publisher
Comment: I have a personal copy of this book and thought so highly of it that I tried to buy one for my son. Amazon was temporarily out of stock so I made an online purchase directly from the authors. Guess what, that was in December and it is April now and the book was never sent. The authors have responded to email inquiries and promised to send the book. However they have never followed through and also have never bothered to send a refund. Maybe they are having a crisis of their own, in which case maybe they aren't all that well prepared after all. If you must have it, buy from Amazon or another credible source.
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Summary: Too vague to be very useful
Comment: This book brings up too few scenarios to be useful that way, and really didn't do much more than thoroughly go into the pros and cons of purchased food preservation methods.
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Summary: Overall good, but stresses unlikely scenarios
Comment: Overall, the book is informative. However it devotes too much time to growing food and not enough to being able to survive if you and your family are stuck at home for an extended period of time, such as during a flu pandemic, or loss of electricity for a few weeks. More "retreat home" info would be useful. I would suggest purchasing this book for its overall informative value. But, if you live in NYC or another urban sprawl, most of this book would not apply since growing food and raising animals would not work.
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Summary: Be prepared!
Comment: Are you ready for a major crisis?
Most people are not. They have no more than a few days supply of food and no idea what to do in the event of a real long term emergency. After all, you can just run down to the local grocery and get whatever you want, 24 hours a day, right?
Hurricanes, earthquakes, blizzards and other natural disasters happen everywhere in the world and they are relatively easy to prepare for, though most people expect "The Government" to take care of them when the inevitable happens. Those who lived through Katrina, the LA riots, etc. know better -- when you dial 911 and there's no answer, you'll have to take care of your family yourself. If you go to the supermarket to stock up...the shelves will be bare and lines of scared people 20 deep at the cash register buying anything in a can and exchanging stories of rioting will snap you into a new reality. I personally experienced this after the LA riots -- it really happened and it WILL happen again.
When disaster strikes, you won't be able to get gasoline, food, clothing or any of the necessities of life -- the store owners will be home protecting their families. Their store may be looted by angry mobs roaming the streets. Believe me, you'll want to avoid all that unpleasantness by preparing now.
It's impossible to prepare for absolutely everything unless you live a self sufficient life off the grid, but this book covers most everything you need to know as an ordinary "civilian". Food, water, shelter, clothing, security, power, etc. -- it's all in here. I especially liked the food section, which does a good job reviewing different types of long term food storage and listing resources for supplies. A year's supply of food is something everyone should have around and this takes a little planning and management that the book does an excellent job of laying out for you. It doesn't have to cost a fortune, either, if you can spare $5-10 per week, in a couple of years, you'll have your year's supply of food in your closet.
I liked the author's philosophy; you're better off having the things you'll need than a pile of gold coins. Being prepared with canned foods, shovels, a garden, a way to make water and power -- these are far more valuable than a few gold discs (though it would probably be good to have a little gold, too). At the height of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, an ounce of gold bought two cans of tuna. Today, it's a lot cheaper to buy two cans of tuna than an ounce of gold, and that's the point of this book.
If you don't think this can happen here in the U.S. or anywhere else in the world -- think again -- it can happen anywhere! This book is a very good overview of everything you will need to survive a major crisis. Even if you don't buy this book, you owe it to yourself to be prepared.
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Editorial Reviews:
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A complete guide to emergency preparedness for our uncertain times. Virtually an encyclopedia of food storage and personal preparedness, it covers topics from exactly how to design a food storage program tailored for your particular family to growing and preserving food, storing fuel, alternate energy, emergency evacuation kits, medical and dental, surviving biological, chemical and nuclear terrorism, communications, selection of firearms and other survival tools, and preparing for earthquakes. Dozens of detailed, expert checklists and tables with photographs and index. Extensive book and resource lists with regular and Internet addresses. An absolute must for those serious about preparing for and surviving during our dangerous times.
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