Table of Contents

FORWARD by Dr. Bob Arnot

INTRODUCTION
About This Guide
Yoursurvival.com
Your Survival™List
Cherrypicking Info
Icons Used in This Guide

CHAPTER 1: Identifying Your Risks
No One’s Completely Safe
Location Location Location
A Word About Flood Maps
Special Report: Bird Flu and You

CHAPTER 2: Planning Ahead
Taking Stock
Stocking Up
Food & Sundries
Water
Gas Grill
Portable Heater
Other Appliances
Light
Batteries
Radio
Plastic Sheeting and Duct Tape
Hose and Ladder
Gas Shut-Off Wrench
Stocking Your Emergency Medicine Kit
Backing Up
Getting Your Affairs in Order
Sizing Up Your Insurance
Disaster-Proofing Your Home
Devising Your Communications Plan
Pets
Assembling Your “Bug-Out” Bags
The Bugged-Out SUV
Plotting Your Escape Route
Maintenance

CHAPTER 3: Stay or Go?
Six Rules to Live By
If You Go
If You Stay

CHAPTER 4: Weathering the Storm
The 30-Second Guide to Disaster Physics
Your Disaster-by-Disaster Drill
Tornadoes
Hurricanes and Floods
Earthquakes
Landslides
Chemical Clouds
Heat Waves

CHAPTER 5: Immediate Aftermath
Practicalities First
Managing Your Water Supply
Getting Help From FEMA
Notifying Your Insurance Company
The Stages of Disaster Grief
Getting Unstuck

CHAPTER 6: Rebuilding
Staying on Your Insurer
Dealing With Your Mortgage Company
Hiring a Contractor
Getting the IRS to Help
Solving the Government Loan Puzzle

CONCLUSION

RECOMMENDED PRODUCTS

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

About the Author

Bob Arnot is one of the most trusted names in health and foreign reporting and a globetrotting humanitarian with dozens of disaster zones stamped in his passport. As chief medical correspondent for CBS and NBC, and board member for Save the Children, Dr. Bob has reported on war in Iraq, AIDS in Botswana, and tended to the victims of earthquakes, floods, and pandemics in Armenia, Turkey, and Japan. He is also the best-selling author of the Breast Cancer Prevention Handbook, as well as the star of “Dr. Danger,” a new series on INHD.

Mark Cohen is a veteran journalist who has written and edited for Men’s Journal, GQ, and the New York Times and Washington Post magazines, among other publications.