Just in Case: How to be Self-Sufficient when the Unexpected Happens
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- ISBN13: 9781603420358
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
When the power fails, prepared families settle in, stay warm, and eat well. With careful preparation, organization, and a detailed assessment of the needs of each family tree member, it is possible for every household to survive at least several days with no outside services. A sensible home system will take over the work of providing warmth, shelter, and nutrition.
Leader Kathy Harrison guides readers through the empowering process of setting up such a home system with her OAR method — Organize existing supplies, Buy additional necessities, Rotate everything for clearness. Her comprehensive coverage of urgent situation preparedness includes food storage, alternative heating sources, personal supplies for every family tree member, entertainment thoughts, toiletry and proper clothing, pet supplies, urgent situation family tree communication plans, and neighborhood cooperatives.
In addition to preparing the home for extended periods lacking electricity, Harrison also discusses migration plans — where to go, how to meet up with family tree, what to pack, and how best to protect all that’s being left behind. Self-capability at home or in a temporary safe haven takes away much of the dread and helplessness linked with disasters. Just in Case puts the power back in the hands of individuals who are equipped and ready to take over when public services fail.
Disasters can strike an entire region or a single unlucky family tree. They can be brought on by weather (hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, wildfires, severe heat or cold, landslides) or by man (terrorism, acts of war, simple human error). Whatever the cause, these catastrophic events have the potential to disrupt routines and cost money and lives. Why not be one of the prepared few? Just in case . . .
Review
With the assumption that “many of us have a fake sense of security… assuming that equipment will prevail or that some government agency will bail us out in a crisis,” this wide guide gives detailed, down-to-planet advice on what to do when disaster strikes, be it a house fire, an ice storm or biological terrorism. Aided by charmingly retro illustrations abstractedly reminiscent of a 1940s air raid brochure, Harrison (Another Place at the Table) presents her “OAR” system for preparedness—organizing, acquiring and rotating supplies—and techniques to safely and even comfortably survive any kind of urgent situation. She shows how to prepare for a fleeting-term crisis: building a supply of food and water; preparing first aid and migration kits; preparation communication and a family tree meeting place in times of crisis. She also presents long-term strategies for self-capability: “eliminating debt and securing a supply of cash in your home”; planting a garden, canning food and building cheese; replacing an inefficient fireplace with a woodstove; building a solar oven. Harrison shows that learning to do it yourself, besides providing some security in an increasingly insecure world, brings less obvious but perhaps equally vital benefits: “an incredible sense of self-capability and independence.” And pointing out that family tree preparedness can erect community, she reminds readers, “crisis can bring out the best in people, or the worst. Strive to be one of the excellent guys.”
(Publishers Weekly, August 2008)
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I bought this book based on above beefy reviews, but really won’t even keep this book on my bookshelf after reading it, it goes straight to trash.
The stuff that is in the book is unadorned common sense, and is written more like for elementary school class, I can’t imagine so many readers learned something from it.
The leader is pushing vaccination huge time, and suggestions to chip the dog, just in case, certainly would turn me away. You could nearly deduct the leader would be tickled to be chipped herself for safety of course.
Sorry, not for me.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
A clean reference book for we mildly paranoid types by a cheerful OCD housewife who compiles lists of THINGS TO HAVE IN CASE!and has a well equipped home to prove her case. Is it useful? Well, consider what a collapse of the world economy might entail….
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this for my mom as a bit of a joke, as she comes from the Cold War era, and we all reflect it is appealing (and sometimes amusing) to read!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I would have rated this book much privileged but for a glaring omission: readers who are new to preparedness need to have access to an appendix listing resources for the many products the leader suggests owning. Which retailers/websites sell washer-ringers, generators, Aladdin lamps, propane-fed appliances, woodstoves, etc.? Which makes and models are suggested? Otherwise locating some of these products may be hard, and people may buy second-rate products due to their inexperience.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
This book is a excellent overview of things you need to consider in case of urgent situation. Although it is not a very large book (238 pages), it covers just about everything you may encounter from home emergencies such as frozen pipes to a endemic, toxic hazards, terrorism and natural disasters. It is the only survival book I have seen that covers practical information on how to take care of your pets during an urgent situation.
The leader’s suggestion of how to prepare your children to deal with emergencies was brilliant and we have bought a set of “The Boxcar Children” at her recommendation. Building an urgent situation seem more like an adventure will help assure your child is not emotionally scarred by the incident. (I also suggest aquiring the movie “The Endurance” which is a documentary about Edward Shackleton’s 1914 voyage to the Antarctic. Although their ship was ruined by ice, 27 men survived for 2 years out on the moving Antarctic ice pack and lived to tell about it. An incredible tale of survival which has original black and white movie footage taken during the trip.)
Food preparation of all types as well as recipes are included in this book. One of the best tips she recommends is using vaccum sealed bags for storing urgent situation bedding. You can take her suggestion one step further by vaccum sealing clothing, toilet paper, dish towels and bath towels for an urgent situation GOOD (get-out-of-dodge) bag.
If you are overwhelmed at the thought of preparing for any type of urgent situation, this book will place your mind at ease.
Another excellent book from Storey Publications!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5