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Dear Readers,
Welcome to Dare To Prepare - 6th Ed!
OVERVIEW
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ABRIDGED TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CHAPTER 38: PET PREPAREDNESS Places for Pets to Stay Lost Pet Emergency Supplies Pet First Aid Kit Containment If You Must Leave Animals Behind... Last Resort Only Emergency Help for Your Pet Warning on Rawhide Chews What You Can Do CHAPTER 39: FIREARMS Primer on Personal Security Firearms Organizations CHAPTER 40: TERRORISM - VENTURING into the UNTHINKABLE The Wake-Up World Trade Center 1993 Striking the Heartland 1995 U.S. Embassies 1998 USS Cole 2000 911 What Might We Expect? CHAPTER 41: BUYING a GAS MASK and FILTERS Buying a Gas Mask and Filters Be a Wise Shopper Non-American Mask Mask Tips Gas Masks - To Buy or Not to Buy Gas Mask Buying Guide Masks and Filters to Avoids Children and Infant Masks Proper Fit of Masks "Masks" for Pets Masks Comparisons Filters Filter Comparisons Filter Tips In Case of an Attack... Mask and Filter Sources Price Gouging CHAPTER 42: BIO-WARFARE DECONTAMINATION Making Decontamination Solution Decontamination Wearing Full NBC Gear Build a Decontamination Shower Decontaminating Your Body Decontaminating Equipment Water Purification Food Decontamination for Most Likely Used BW Agents CHAPTER 43: SHELTERING in PLACE Sheltering in Place Separating Fact From Fiction Do It Safely Making the Shelter A Breath of Fresh Air How Much Oxygen Do We Need? Hygiene 4-Legged Kids The Rest of the House Commercial Safe Rooms CHAPTER 44: NUCLEAR EMERGENCIES - WHAT to EXPECT Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited Present Day What Would Be the Effect of a Nuclear Detonation? What to Expect Fallout Maps How Big? Blast Force Radiation Terms: Rads, Rems, Reins and Roentgens Radiation Exposure: Keep It as Low as Possible Effects of Short-Term Radiation Exposure Escaping Radiation Tracking Fallout Getting Out of Dodge CHAPTER 45: SHELTER DURING NUCLEAR EMERGENCIES Expedient Sheltering Ventilation Stocking the Shelter Sample Expedient Shelter Where Have All the Shelters Gone? Locating Existing Shelter Possible Fallout Sheltering Sites Buying a Fallout Shelter Building a Fallout Shelter Shelter Construction Plans FEMA Fallout and Tornado Shelter Plans for the Shelter Building the Shelter Modification of Plans Burying Shipping Containers CHAPTER 46: NUCLEAR and RADIOLOGICAL ATTACK Dirty Bomb Attack 'All But Inevitable' What Might Happen Cesium-137 (Cs-137) Scenario Cobalt-60 Protection Nuclear Power Plants Tempting to Terrorists What to Do Before a Nuclear or Radiological Attack What to Do During a Nuclear or Radiological Attack What to Do After a Nuclear or Radiological Attack Returning to Your Home CHAPTER 47: WATER and FOOD in NUCLEAR EMERGENCIES Heavy Fallout Removal Light Fallout Removal Sources of Water in Fallout Areas Water From Wells Removing Fallout Particles and Dissolved Radioactive Material Replenishing Water Supplies Food During and Immediately a Nuclear Attack Replenishing Food Supplies Food for Babies CHAPTER 48: FIRST AID in NUCLEAR EMERGENCIES Radiation Sickness Potassium Iodide and Iodate What is the Daily Dosage Required? Psychological First Aid Dealing With Death CHAPTER 49: ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE - EMP Electromagnetic Pulse What Would Happen If an EMP Detonated? Shielding CHAPTER 50: PREPARING for CHALLENGES Time to Prepare Three Days is Not Enough Hurricane Frances - Valuable Lesson for All CHAPTER 51: PREPARING for EARTHQUAKES What to Do Before an Earthquake What to Do During an Earthquake What to Do After an Earthquake Living in Earthquake Country Mobile Homes Wood Frame Homes CHAPTER 52: PREPARING for DROUGHT and WATER SHORTAGE Emergency Water Shortage Water Wars More Than Drought Water Conservation CHAPTER 53: PREPARING for HEAT WAVES and HEAT EMERGENCIES Our Mercurial Star The New "Big Bang" Hopi Prophecy Hot Shots What to Do Before an Extreme Heat Emergency What to Do During an Extreme Heat Emergency What to Do After an Extreme Heat Emergency First-Aid for Heat-Induced Illnesses CHAPTER 54: PREPARING for FIRES What to Do Before a Fire Strikes What to Do During a Fire What to Do After a Fire Wildland Fires CHAPTER 55: PREPARING for FLOODS The Big Wet What to Do Before a Flood What to Do During a Flood What to Do After a Flood CHAPTER 56: SANITATION AFTER a FLOOD Living in Soggyville Sanitation and Floods Fun for Kids, Misery for Adults Nothing is Worth the Risk What to Discard Canned Foods Frozen - Refrigerated Foods and Power Outages Kitchen Clean-up General Clean-up Standing Water Water for Drinking and Cooking CHAPTER 57: PREPARING for HURRICANES Inland / Freshwater Flooding What to Do Before a Hurricane What to Do During a Hurricane Threat What to Do After a Hurricane Threat Utilities and Services Additional Guides Apartments and Condos Selecting Window Shutters Computers and Electronics Pool Preparations Boat Preparations CHAPTER 58: PREPARING for METEOR and ASTEROID STRIKES Meteor Crater Tunguska, June 30, 1908 Are These Isolated Events? Watch Out! Deep Impact: Fact or Fantasy? What's Being Done - and Not? New "Eyes" New Missions What's Been Found So Far? Preparedness CHAPTER 59: PREPARING for TORNADOES Tornado Facts What to Do Before Tornadoes Threaten What to Do During a Tornado Watch What to Do During a Tornado Warning What to Do After a Tornado Safe Room and Shelter Average Cost to Build a Safe Room Shelter Plans CHAPTER 60: PREPARING for TSUNAMIS The Big Wave The Real Deal What to Do Before a Tsunami What to Do During a Tsunami What to Do After a Tsunami CHAPTER 61: PREPARING for VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS Mount St. Helens What to Do Before an Eruption What to Do During an Eruption What to Do After an Eruption CHAPTER 62: PREPARING for WINTER STORMS, EXTREME COLD What to Do Before a Winter Storm Threatens What to Do During a Winter Storm Winter Driving (See Chapter 62 on Preparing Your Vehicle) CHAPTER 63: PREPARING YOUR VEHICLE Normal Maintenance Winter Driving Who Would Have Thought THIS Could Happen? Go or Stay... The Dilemma Staying I'm Outta Here Car Preparedness CHAPTER 64: STAYING WARM WITHOUT POWER Stoves Kerosene Heaters Propane Heaters Housewarmer Mr Heater Refilling Propane Tanks Propane Cylinders If You Get Caught Completely By Surprise... Setting Up Without Heat Clothing CHAPTER 65: PREPARING for a PANDEMIC The Next Pandemic Natural Reservoirs Bird Flu's Entrance North America Grim Numbers Pandemic Impacts Significant Disruptions The Katrina of Medicine 20th Century Pandemics Pandemic Severity Index Bird Flu Description Prevention - The Best Cure How Long Can Avian Flu Survive on Surfaces? Hand-Washing: Medical Marvel Masks Niosh-Approved N95, N99 And N100 Respirators Size Matters The Sneeze Factor Exhalation Valves Disposable or Reusable? Respirators Surgical Masks Nanomasks How Many Disposable Masks Do I Need? Mask of Last Resort PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) Disinfecting Masks and Clothing Don't Wait Till The Boat Sinks to Start Bailing Food Supplies: Just-in-Time Severely Impaired Water Supplies Energy Prepping for Pandemic CHAPTER 66: PREPARING FOR FINANCIAL MELTDOWN The Coming Crash Practical Money CHAPTER 67: STAYING in a SHELTER Reality Check What to Take to a Shelter Tips CHAPTER 68: DEALING WITH STRESS Coping With Disaster Helping Children Cope With Disaster Helping Others CHAPTER 69: HOPE and ENCOURAGEMENT What's in a Name? You're Never Alone A Message to Christians Taking Personal Responsibility APPENDICES U.S. and Metric Conversion Charts REFERENCES END NOTES INDEX |
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