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When the lights go out!: A guide to living in your home without power or water, during a emergency.
A realistic guide for the person that wants to use what they already have, to survive living in your home without power or water, during a emergency. Using the items already in your home. For example how to locate and get water hidden in your hot water heater. Including real life examples based on living for up to 3 weeks without power and water after hurricanes in Florida and ice storms in North Carolina. Also includes things you can do to prepare for the next time.
74 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 26, 2014
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January 6, 2019
This book is worth reading.
It’s worth reading especially if you are new to prepping. Plenty of good ideas within these pages. The only things I might question are the expiration dates on some of the dry foods like pasta, beans and rice which I have eaten many years after their expiration dates and noted little to no difference in flavor or texture. Simply vacuum pack them in Mylar bags inside of 5 gallon bucks and include an oxygen absorber and dried foods will last much longer, as will freeze dried foods. My advice on many of the tips in this book are, use them as guidelines and apply a little imagination to get started. Still, it’s a neat little manual for beginners especially. Having spent many years in the woods both as a paratrooper (82nd Airborne Division) and as an avid outdoorsman and country boy, I would recommend this book to beginners in a heartbeat. It’s a good resource.
It’s worth reading especially if you are new to prepping. Plenty of good ideas within these pages. The only things I might question are the expiration dates on some of the dry foods like pasta, beans and rice which I have eaten many years after their expiration dates and noted little to no difference in flavor or texture. Simply vacuum pack them in Mylar bags inside of 5 gallon bucks and include an oxygen absorber and dried foods will last much longer, as will freeze dried foods. My advice on many of the tips in this book are, use them as guidelines and apply a little imagination to get started. Still, it’s a neat little manual for beginners especially. Having spent many years in the woods both as a paratrooper (82nd Airborne Division) and as an avid outdoorsman and country boy, I would recommend this book to beginners in a heartbeat. It’s a good resource.
November 30, 2018
Meh.
I can appreciate the knowledge paased in this book. The format of the book is akin to your neighbor giving you advice from his/her experiences camping . There is alot of common sense information in the book. Useful, but common sense. What I found most useful is the author explaining how to not blow up your car's charging system when using an inverter. Otherwise, the information contained in this book is the same information you will get from any website if you have ever done any research on this topic.
I can appreciate the knowledge paased in this book. The format of the book is akin to your neighbor giving you advice from his/her experiences camping . There is alot of common sense information in the book. Useful, but common sense. What I found most useful is the author explaining how to not blow up your car's charging system when using an inverter. Otherwise, the information contained in this book is the same information you will get from any website if you have ever done any research on this topic.
January 12, 2021
Good information for emergency situations
Enjoyed reading this book and found quite a few great ideas for a survival or emergency situation. I will refer to the information in this in the future.
Gave it 4 of 5 stars because there are numerous errors that a good copy editor should have caught before before it was published.
Enjoyed reading this book and found quite a few great ideas for a survival or emergency situation. I will refer to the information in this in the future.
Gave it 4 of 5 stars because there are numerous errors that a good copy editor should have caught before before it was published.
March 4, 2021
Great Reference
Practical and useful ideas for any situation involving power or water outages. Great tips and tricks that make a stressful situation more manageable for sure. Thanks!!! This is a great resource
Practical and useful ideas for any situation involving power or water outages. Great tips and tricks that make a stressful situation more manageable for sure. Thanks!!! This is a great resource
January 25, 2019
Good review of Short Crisis Plan
The author uses a simple power outage to work on a plan for a one to two week emergency with plenty of suggestions for longer prepping.
The author uses a simple power outage to work on a plan for a one to two week emergency with plenty of suggestions for longer prepping.
September 22, 2020
Good read
Very informative. Help to understand the things that you take for granted in emergency situations. Liked the part explain requirements for food and water
Very informative. Help to understand the things that you take for granted in emergency situations. Liked the part explain requirements for food and water
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October 12, 2022Informative and interesting
Totally blown my mind, there's is always a way out out of you prepare as best as you can, uplifting and entertaining!
Totally blown my mind, there's is always a way out out of you prepare as best as you can, uplifting and entertaining!
December 3, 2015
Great collection of ideas for long and short-term emergencies presented clearly and with plenty of images.
The author sounds convincing and his solutions are based in his own personal expertise. Common sense stuff but with the reality of what works and what won’t. This is far less backwoods zealot than someone trying to protect family and interests when things go south. And there’s no declaration that things will definitely go south, in fact, much of the preparations here are easy to set and forget - until it's needed.
Inside is a discussion of priorities, then the tools needed based on those. From types of knives to fire starting, how to find water and what to do with it to how to make electricity to keep the game console going. Cost is considered as well, which is nice, though optimal nutrition (or gluten free or vegetarian options) isn't really brought into the picture, though pets are.
Quite a nice section on options for long-term food storage; alternatives to canned goods, in particular.
Good stuff presented in plain-speak – inspiring, too. Now I have to do some of this stuff.
The author sounds convincing and his solutions are based in his own personal expertise. Common sense stuff but with the reality of what works and what won’t. This is far less backwoods zealot than someone trying to protect family and interests when things go south. And there’s no declaration that things will definitely go south, in fact, much of the preparations here are easy to set and forget - until it's needed.
Inside is a discussion of priorities, then the tools needed based on those. From types of knives to fire starting, how to find water and what to do with it to how to make electricity to keep the game console going. Cost is considered as well, which is nice, though optimal nutrition (or gluten free or vegetarian options) isn't really brought into the picture, though pets are.
Quite a nice section on options for long-term food storage; alternatives to canned goods, in particular.
Good stuff presented in plain-speak – inspiring, too. Now I have to do some of this stuff.
May 28, 2015
Some great ideas for the price
The book is for the novice , but is full of some great ideas for even the experienced person . Wish it had some better ideas of how to power your home without a gas generator.
The book is for the novice , but is full of some great ideas for even the experienced person . Wish it had some better ideas of how to power your home without a gas generator.
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January 2, 2016We were already doing the stuff in this book so it wasn't much help for us. For those that don't now some of the tips it could be a handy resource.
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