Don't be scared-be prepared. Does your family have the basic skills to survive without heat, electricity, or a supermarket? Do you have an evacuation plan if you are forced to leave your home? Disaster can strike at any time. Make sure you are prepared by following this practical plan for emergency self-sufficiency. Bill Fulton and Jeanne Devon have spent a lifetime preparing. Bill, an Army veteran who also worked undercover for the FBI, spent more than a decade running an army surplus store in Anchorage, Alaska, while learning to live off the land with his family. Jeanne, a longtime Alaska resident who forages and preserves wild plants while cooking, camping, and traveling across the Last Frontier, has survived earthquakes, volcanoes, and power outages in subzero temperatures. In this book, Bill and Jeanne harness their collective expertise and training to provide families with practical advice on how to stay healthy and safe when catastrophe strikes. In Survive and Thrive, learn how to evaluate, organize, and rotate your food supply; pack a customized evacuation kit; protect important documents from fire and flood; develop a communications plan; make nutritious foods with canned and dried pantry staples; and entertain kids, even during several television-free days. The unthinkable may soon become all too real-climate change may soon affect your daily life; normal commodities may become scarce; public services may fail-but everything you need to know to survive and thrive is covered in this essential guide to family preparedness. Are you ready?
