Imagine a scenario where all of the public services and normal environment you now live suddenly disappears. A disaster, either man made or natural will generate the same result. Suddenly you find yourself on your own. There are no police to protect you, no fireman to rescue you; for one reason or another you are cut off from the outside world. The stores are all closed or inaccessible, there are no gas stations open for 100 miles. Evacuation may or may not be an option. In any event, you decide to stay where you are and to make do with what you have. However, if you decide to stay, this book...

This is the most recent edition of our popular book Evacuation: A Family Guide for the 21st Century. It is a practical text, explaining in layman terms, what to do when there is no time to think. It is important that the practices in this book be reviewed well in advance of an evacuation emergency so that when the times come you will be ready to go in a minutes' notice. There are countless examples of those not believing that "it will ever happen to them" are caught off guard when the time comes to make the decision to evacuate. As a result, they end up loosing many precious processions and...