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Table of Contents

The First 5 Minutes Of A Crisis ................................................ 3

Terrorist Lockdown .................................................................. 4
Winter Storm ............................................................................ 6
EMP Attack .............................................................................. 8
Volcano .................................................................................. 10
Blackout/Power Outage ......................................................... 11
Martial Law ............................................................................. 13
Riot, Flash Mob, or Demonstration ........................................ 15
Water Contamination ............................................................. 17
Tropical Storm/Hurricane ....................................................... 19
Tornado .................................................................................. 21
Severe Thunderstorm (Lightning, Hail, Wind) ........................ 23
Pandemic Disease Outbreak ................................................. 24
Financial Collapse .................................................................. 26
Nuclear Disaster .................................................................... 28
Earthquake ............................................................................. 30
Fire (Wilfire, House Fire) ........................................................ 31
Flood ...................................................................................... 33
Food Shortage (Supply Interruption) ...................................... 35
Chemical SPill (Train Or Nearby Plant) ................................. 36
Looting ................................................................................... 37
Forced Evacuation ................................................................. 39
Stranded (Vehicle Breakdown/Lost) ...................................... 40
Conclusion ............................................................................. 41
The First 5 Minutes Of A Crisis to provide you with, and a high-level overview of the
threats you’ll face.
If you’re like me, you worry. You worry about a LOT of
things. All right, are you ready? Then let’s get started.

A lot of people out there worry about all the dangers we

all seem to face in this world. Those problems, those
threats, sometimes seem overwhelming... but there is
some good news.

The good news is that you don’t have to be some kind of

“doomsday prepper,” or spend a ton of time and money,
to be prepared for ANY threat. The fact is, the first five
minutes of any crisis is the most critical period of any
emergency. That’s because the decisions you make
during those first five minutes are what have the most
effect on your chances of survival.

If you have the right gear, and you can read a book (this
one), you have everything you need to be prepared for
those first five minutes. That’s what this book will give
you.

I’ve packed this little guide with a ton of “do this now”
checklists that tell you EXACTLY what you should be
doing during the first five minutes of any disaster. You
don’t have to train like a prepper to survive each threat.
You don’t have to go live in a faraway mountain survival
retreat. You don’t have to let it affect your life much at all,
really. You just need this guide, the checklists I’m going
Terrorist Lockdown
What It Is — During a lockdown, the authorities take total
control of the streets. Citizens must remain indoors
wherever they happen to be. They can’t go out for milk or
bread and the stores wouldn’t be open if they did. The
populace in a lockdown is at the mercy of whatever the
authorities dictate.
The entire city of Boston was locked down when the
authorities sought one of the two Boston Marathon
bombers. The suspect was believed to be heavily armed
and very dangerous. Citizens were ordered to stay in
their homes while militarized police with assault weapons
and armored vehicles patrolled the city searching for the
fugitive. There were reports of police pointing their
weapons at civilians watching from windows. This was
one of the most powerful examples of a terrorist
lockdown ever to occur in the United States.
If you think it can’t happen to you, think again. Terrorist
attacks are not a question of if, but a question of when.
There have been major attacks in the United States
before, and there will be another attack in your lifetime
(and possibly several). Our enemies have made it very
clear that they intend to visit as much destruction on us
as they can, by whatever means necessary. If a terrorist
attack occurs in your city, a lockdown is likely to occur,
even if suspects are not at large, as the authorities
attempt to reestablish order. Free movement is, for those
in charge, chaos. They lock down the area in an attempt
to reduce variables and assert control. That control is
area-wide. It is no guarantee of safety for your individual
family.
If you are not prepared for a terrorist lockdown, you face
three main threats:
1. The terrorist suspects could come to your home if
it is not secured.
2. You could catch a stray bullet or be fired on
mistakenly by the authorities
3. You could be caught without enough supplies and
your family could go hungry or thirsty while the
lockdown is under way.
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• Lock your doors and secure your home, drawing
all shades and window blinds.
• Stay away from the windows and do not silhouette
yourself in them.
• Secure family members in the center of the house,
where the most number of walls exists to absorb
bullets (which will pass through at least one
exterior and interior wall.
• Stay quiet so you can listen for the sounds of
intrusion. Monitor the radio and the news to stay
up on the latest developments until the lockdown
passes.
 • Check your property when the lockdown ends.
(The Boston Bomber who caused the lockdown in
that city was found hiding in a man’s boat in his
back yard by the owner himself, after the lockdown
was lifted.)

Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling

the following items to be better prepared for a lockdown:

• Guns and ammo (because if you want to be armed

in a crisis, you won’t be able to buy a gun or
ammo to put in it when the lockdown happens)
• Long-term storable food and water
• Batteries, Flashlights, and Lanterns
• A portable AM/FM and/or emergency band radio
• Install secure locks/quick release burglary bars on
doors and windows

What’s Coming — Either the lockdown will be lifted and

life will return to some semblance of normalcy, or the
lockdown will drag on (in which case what we’re dealing
with is martial law). Living under martial law presents its
own challenges.
Winter Storm
What It Is — A winter storm is a crippling weather event
that dumps snow, ice, or just sheer cold on an area,
making travel difficult or even life-threatening. A blizzard
can snow you in to your home or your place of work, and
a cold snap can make going outside very dangerous,
especially for children and older people.
We usually live our lives as if we’re immune to the
weather. We complain about winter storms and shoveling
snow, but we never really think of the weather as
something that can seriously interfere with our lives.
That’s when accidents happen. Every winter, there are
horror stories about people who get stranded in their
cars. A couple of winters back, a man stranded in his car
in a major snow storm near Buffalo, NY, died of exposure
while waiting for help to arrive. In another horrifying
scenario, a man left his family with their stranded car and
struggled through the snow to get help. He never came
back.
Winter storms are not just dangerous to travelers. An ice
storm can knock out power and leave you helpless as
your home continues to get colder. If your heating source
depends on electricity, losing power during a blizzard or
ice-storm can be life threatening even if you never leave
your home.
If you’re not prepared for a winter storm, you could find
yourself stranded and in danger of dying from exposure.
If you are home when you get snowed in, you could still
suffer or even die from the cold if you lose power and
have no heat. If you don’t have enough to eat to sustain
you for a few days, the storm will hit and leave you going
hungry because you can’t go out to get more. (That’s
why, before major snowstorms, the grocery stores always
get cleaned out for milk, bread, and beer.)
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• If you are safe indoors, assess the risk of travel
and the likelihood you will get where you might
want to go. If it’s too dangerous, STAY PUT.
• If you are trapped in your car, DO NOT run the
engine when the tailpipe is covered in snow. You
will die of carbon monoxide poisoning.
• If you are in your vehicle and stranded, DO NOT
LEAVE THE CAR. Help will come eventually when
the roadway is cleared. Stay with your vehicle to
be found.
• If you are weathering the storm with someone,
remember that shared body heat helps everyone.
It’s better for two people to huddle under one
blanket than for them to sit with two blankets
separately.
 • Section of a part of your vehicle or room with stuck on a major roadway, help will come to you a lot
plastic sheeting or reflective emergency “space” faster than if you are stuck on a side road.
blankets to create a smaller space needed to heat.
In most cases, beating a snow storm is a simple matter of
• Listen to the radio or the news, if you have power,
staying warm and staying fed and hydrated while waiting
and stay abreast of the breaking news so you can
for the snow to storm to pass and the roads to be
assess the status of the weather and the cleanup
cleared. In most cases, this takes a few days at most, but
for the snow or ice.
in very serious events, it can take a week or more.
Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
the following items to be better prepared for a winter
weather event:

• Blankets (Emergency “space blankets” are ideal)

• Emergency food, water, boots, gloves, and (for
your car) flares
• Hand warmers and fire-starting supplies
• Flashlights and batteries (ice storms often cause
power outages)
• Shovels (you would be surprised how many
people don’t have them!)
• Emergency AM/FM radio

What’s Coming — It will take time to clear the snow and

restore power and normal transportation. Ride out the
storm and wait for these incremental steps. If you live on
a side street, it’s going to take longer to clear that than if
you live on a major highway or arterial. Remember that
this is also true if you are stranded in your car. If you are
EMP Attack
What It Is — An electromagnetic pulse is caused by the
detonation of a nuclear device at high altitude over the
target area. An EMP can also be caused by a solar
storm. The electromagnetic pulse generated by such an
attack or event can destroy electrical power infrastructure
and electronic devices, knocking out the power for
hundreds of miles.
An EMP attack is not like one of those television shows
or novels where all electricity everywhere stops working.
Some electronic devices will be destroyed, but others will
not. Power will be out in some areas but may remain on
in others. Some experts say vehicles won’t be affected,
while others say they could be. Small electronic devices
not switched on and not connected to the power grid may
not be affected.
It’s very likely that widespread power outages that take a
long time to repair will result from an EMP. Many of the
modern devices we take for granted, including Internet
access, will be unavailable. The wireless phone network
will almost certainly be rendered inoperable.
If you’re not prepared for an EMP attack, you could find
yourself without access to electrical power or electrical
devices in a world that is falling apart around you. The
sudden loss of modern life as we know it is sure to
generate riots, looting, and other societal problems.
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• If you have advance warning that an EMP is
coming, such as from a solar flare, unplug all your
electronic devices (cell phones; tablets, etc.), and
shield the ones you can by putting them inside a
microwave oven, which is a good, quick substitute
Faraday Cage.
• Make sure family and friends are located centrally
where you can protect them. While you can, make
arrangements to bring them home, because civil
unrest is very unlikely.
• Lock your doors and secure your home. Be
watchful for looters.
• Keep an eye out for fires. EMP may cause certain
support infrastructure to collapse, causing small
fires to develop that go unchecked and become
bigger fires. During a widespread power grid
outage, the danger of runaway fire is very real.
• If you have a functioning portable AM/FM radio,
listen to the news and stay abreast of what is
happening.
Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
the following items to be better prepared for an EMP
attack:
• Batteries, flashlights, candles, and other power-
outage items
 • Faraday bags that insulate electronics from EMP
• Backup electronic devices stored in Faraday bags
• Firearms and ammo (for self-defense against
looting)
• Cooking supplies that do not require electrical
power, including food, and storable water

What’s Coming — It will take time to restore electrical

infrastructure and electric power after an EMP. During
that time, martial law might be put into effect. Chaos may
well reign on the streets. You must be prepared for an
extended period of civil unrest during which you protect
your home and your family from looters and other threats
before order is restored.
Volcano
What It Is — A volcanic eruption is one in which a large
volume of ash is ejected into the atmosphere from an
active volcano. There may also be flows of lava in the
nearby area, but in survival terms, it’s the ash that is the
major threat.
In May of 1980, Mount St. Helens in Washington State
erupted, creating a column of ash that was fifteen miles
high and which came down across eleven different US
states. Fifty-seven people were killed and billions of
dollars of damage was done as the choking ash coated
the countryside.
No doubt the residents living near Mount St. Helens
never thought they would be subjected to a volcanic
eruption, but these can and do happen. There are maybe
169 active volcanoes in the United States alone, although
many of these are in Alaska (where there are eruptions
almost every year). And those geysers in Yellowstone?
They may indicate future eruptions. A volcanic blast
could produce falling rocks the size of automobiles and
hundreds of cubic miles of ash and pumice that will rain
down on the countryside, laying waste to it, choking and
clogging anyone caught underneath it.
If you’re not prepared for a volcanic eruption, you could
find yourself choking and blind in a cloud of volcanic
ash... or entombed in a vehicle that is coated in the stuff.
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• If you have advance notice that an eruption is
happening, get out of the area if you can do so
safely.
• Take shelter from the blast. Close the windows of
your home.
• Your car is not sufficient shelter. Get indoors if you
can.
• If you see the ash cloud descending, tie a cloth or
bandanna over your mouth and nose, and protect
your eyes if you can.
Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
the following items to be better prepared for a volcanic
eruption:
• Emergency food and water
• Candles, flashlights, and batteries
• Tarps
• Emergency AM/FM radio
• A shovel or entrenching tool
• Goggles and face masks/respirators
What’s Coming — When Mount St. Helens erupted, the
area directly affected by the blast was devastated. Be
prepared for a long recover effort followed by
considerable disaster-relief efforts to restore life to
“normal” in those areas saturated by the ash.
Blackout/Power Outage
What It Is — A widespread blackout or power outage is
just that: It is a loss of electrical power as the electrical
grid fails over a large area.
Our power grid is held together with duct tape and hope.
There have already been terrorist attacks on electrical
substations in the United States. These have not made
nearly the news they should have. But as we saw during
the Northeast Blackout of 2003, it doesn’t have to be a
terrorist attack that knocks out electrical power to huge
portions of the United States.
In 2003, power was out for two days to a lot of the
affected area, and it took nearly a week to get
everybody’s power back on. The blackout has been
blamed on a software issue at a control room in Ohio,
which triggered a “race condition” that overwhelmed the
power grid. A manageable local blackout instead became
a massive, cascade failure of the grid across multiple
states.
If you are not prepared for a power outage, you and your
family could find yourself in the dark without support
services and without adequate food or water. Worse,
widespread civil unrest could develop during a sustained
blackout, support services could become unavailable,
and looting and wilding crimes could run rampant as law
enforcement and emergency services struggle to keep up
with demand.
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• Secure your home and make sure you and your
family are safe. If some family members are not
yet with you, make whatever arrangements you
can to see them safely home.
• Lock your doors, hunker down, and prepare to
wait out the blackout. Stay home and off the
streets. Monitor conditions outside as best you
can, but don’t expose yourself.
• Duct-tape your freezer and refrigerator shut in an
attempt to keep them as insulated as possible
while reminding you not to open them. Your
freezer can keep food from spoiling for several
hours during a blackout as long as you aren’t
opening it and exposing it to warmer air.
• Fill your bathtub and other receptacles with clean
drinking water. In an extended blackout, there will
be no power to run water treatment, which means
water may become unsafe to drink. You need as
much drinking water on hand as possible if the
blackout persists.
• Formulate a plan for what you will do for food,
water, and light if the blackout persists.
Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
the following items to be better prepared for a blackout or
power outage:

• Emergency food and water

• Candles, flashlights, lanterns, and batteries
• Emergency portable AM/FM radio
• A means of boiling/treating water
• Firearms and ammo (to fend off looters)

What’s Coming — The longer a blackout persists, the

worse conditions outside will get. Civil unrest could
devolve into martial law or, worse, complete chaos. In
most cases, though, the blackout, and the dangers
associated with it, will last for a couple of days before
power is restored and life returns to normal.
Martial Law
What It Is — Martial law is the imposition of military
authority to control an area. The rights of citizens are
suspended and armed troops control the streets, often
imposing curfews and otherwise constraining the
movement of the populace.
There’s a lot of speculation about what martial law would
actually look like. There’s really no clear-cut answer to it.
There are 800,000 law enforcement officers in the United
States. During an emergency, it’s not uncommon for law
enforcement personnel to leave their posts in droves.
They have families to protect too. To restore order, the
government may well send in the military, who are
trained to deal with all other forces as hostiles, not as
citizens being served and protected.
In the United States, martial law usually indicates that
control has been lost and someone in a political position
of power is trying to do damage control and protect their
career. What they then do is impose martial law and
curfews until they can restore order. There are cases
where this may even be the correct thing to do, from a
practical standpoint. Martial law is the quickest way and
the least painful way to get from a time of chaos to a time
of order. Different martial laws scenarios are more or less
intense, too. Locking down a city because of a terrorist
attack, and imposing temporary martial law to quell a
race riot, are different things and will have different
durations.
If you are not prepared to cope with martial law, you
could find yourself on the wrong end of that “law,” herded
into a government camp or otherwise detained. You
could even end up shot dead by the very military that is
supposed to be protecting you, because they can’t tell
the difference between you and a rioter or terrorist.
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• Get off the street. If you’re not home, go there.
Lock your doors and secure your home, drawing
all shades and window blinds.
• Stay away from the windows and do not silhouette
yourself in them.
• Focusing on keeping the household quiet and still.
You don’t want to attract attention. The authorities
will focus on areas where their attention is needed
most urgently.
• If you must go out, play the part of the “gray man”
and be as unobtrusive and non-confrontational as
possible.
• Avoid checkpoints and soldiers enforcing martial
law at all costs, especially if a riot occurs. You
can’t afford to get caught in a demonstration or be
confused for one of the enemy.
Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
the following items to be better prepared for martial law:

• Guns and ammo, including “sacrifice guns” to turn

over if the authorities come to confiscate personal
arms
• Long-term storable food and water
• Batteries, Flashlights, and Lanterns
• A portable AM/FM and/or emergency band radio
• Any supplies that will prevent you from having to
leave the house and take to the streets

What’s Coming — Either the martial law will be lifted

and life will return to some semblance of normalcy, or it
will drag on. Living under martial law for extended
periods of time can be extremely challenging.
Riot, Flash Mob, or Demonstration
What It Is — A riot or flash mob is any group
demonstration, protest, or act of violence that takes place
as a mass of people. A riot represents the worst-case
scenario for social order. When a group of people
become violent, they engage in behavior they might
never consider engaging in individually.
During rioting in England, one of the minor actors in the
“Harry Potter” series was caught on video breaking the
law as part of the mob. From all accounts, he simply got
carried away. He’s a good example of how some people
will lose their minds during a mass demonstration or riot,
becoming criminals from within the safety of a crowd’s
anonymity.
Any political protest or gathering has the potential to turn
violent. Riots also break out during emergencies when
the normal rule of law breaks down and emergency
services/law enforcement personnel are overwhelmed
with calls.
Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
If you get caught up in a riot, you could be injured by the
the following items to be better prepared for a riot or mob:
rioters. You could also be injured by the police or military
responding to the riot, who have no way of knowing,
when you’re in the crowd, that you’re not just another
rioter. If you let yourself get drawn into the mob’s
violence, you risk getting arrested during or after the riot,
too, which can have long-term legal consequences.
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• Get away from the mob. Move in the opposite
direction. If you cannot immediately get out of the
crowd, play along, chanting the same way the mob
is chanting so they will think you are one of them.
• If you’re caught in the mob, move at a 45 degree
angle to get out of the crowd, always working
toward the edge of the crowd (never the middle).
Avoid storefronts and never try to move directly
against the flow of the crowd.
• Never move toward the police, who don’t know
you’re not one of the rioters. You could get hit with
a rubber bullet or worse.
• Avoid the urge to preemptively shield your face
from tear gas unless it’s present. Masked
protestors draw police attention quickly and are
seen as willing agitators.
• Use buildings and other structures to shelter in.
Consider dumpsters or other obstacles to separate
yourself from the mob.
• Emergency food and water (so you don’t have to
go out while a riot or civil unrest is ongoing)
• Emergency AM/FM radio (to monitor the news)
• Gas mask (for tear gas)
 • A nondescript hoodie (for concealing your identity)

What’s Coming — As long as you can get clear of the

mob or the riot, things will eventually get back to normal
relatively quickly (riots rarely go on for several days,
although that can and does happen). As long as you
avoid getting enmeshed in the mob or its behavior, you’ll
be fine.
Water Contamination
What It Is — Water contamination can take many forms.
For our purposes, it is any time the water coming out of
your taps becomes unsafe to drink.
There have been several high-profile cases of water
contamination recently. The EPA accidentally turned an
entire river orange when they caused mining waste
products to be released into the river. In Flint, Michigan, a
series of bureaucratic missteps resulted in the piping
infrastructure releasing dangerous lead contamination
into the city’s water. There are studies claiming that the
water supplies of many major metropolitan areas are
dangerously unsafe.
If you aren’t prepared for a water contamination incident,
you and your family could be left with no source of
drinking water for an indefinite period of time.
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• If you have advance warning that there will be a
disruption in the water supply, fill your bathtub and
any other containers on hand with water so you
have as much drinkable water as possible.
• Determine the nature of the water contamination.
Is it chemical, in which case your tap water is
completely unsafe for use? Or is it biological (such
as bacterial contamination), which means simply
boiling the water will make it safe? Determine what
methods, if any, can be made to treat the water to
render it safe for drinking.
• Make arrangements to purchase bottled water in
quantity, even if you have to buy it online. Bottled
water will quickly sell out, so if you’re not making
arrangements to buy as much as you can in the
first five minutes, you will be out of luck.
Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
the following items to be better prepared for
contaminated water:
• Bottled water
• A bathtub water storage container
• Water treatment tablets
• Water filters/straws
• A means of boiling water
What’s Coming — Depending on the nature of the water
contamination, the problem could be over quickly and the
“boil water advisory lifted”... or the problem could persist
for weeks, months, or years, as it probably will in Flint
while they get their water crisis sorted out. Pay close
attention to whether your water supply is safe to drink.
Whenever there is any doubt, there is no doubt: drink
bottled water instead of tap water.
Don’t forget that if a water problem persists for a long
period of time, traveling to buy bottled water out of town
(where the supply has not yet sold out) may be an option.
Lay in as large a supply as you can. Collecting rain water
may be one way to supplement your stores.
Tropical Storm/Hurricane
What It Is — A tropical storm or hurricane is an ocean
storm that moves inland, bringing floods, high tides, and
powerful winds to shore.
One of the best modern-day examples of a storm
wreaking havoc in the United States is “Superstorm
Sandy.” This was the worst hurricane of the 2012
season. It did damage in 24 states and flooded parts of
New Jersey and New York. The storm surge flooded New
York city tunnels and subway lines, cutting power in the
city. It did more than 70 billion dollars of damage in the
US alone.
One of the most vivid pictures of the aftermath of
Hurricane Sandy were the poor souls desperate to get in
contact with their friends and family. Their electronic
devices worked, for the most part, but there was no
power for days. People were clustering around extension
cords set up in public, laden with extra adapters. Sales of
heat-exchange and solar charging equipment
skyrocketed.
If you’re not prepared for a hurricane, you or your family
could be hurt or killed in the immediate storm surge,
flooding, dangerous winds, and rains of the storm itself.
You could also be left to suffer through an extended
power outage in an area whose law enforcement and
emergency services are overburdened and
overwhelmed.
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• If you can evacuate the affected area before the
storm, do so.
• If you are in your car, get off the street and get to
shelter.
• Secure your family members and your pets inside
your home.
• Stay away from windows. If possible, tape the
windows with an “x” of duct tape to help make
them less susceptible to shattering. Windows can
also be braced with plastic sheeting or plywood, if
you have it handy.
• If your home is located at a low point, take shelter
on an upper floor. If your home starts to flood and
there is nowhere for you to go, don’t go into an
attic where you can be trapped. Even the roof is a
better option to be saved
Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
the following items to be better prepared for a tropical
storm or hurricane:
• Emergency food and water
• Candles, flashlights, and batteries
• LED strobe light to signal rescue responders
• Tarps
 • Emergency AM/FM radio
• Duct tape
• Plastic sheets
• Plywood sheets (and hammer/nails)
• A solar or heat-driven charger for electronics

What’s Coming — Depending on how bad the storm is,

it could take weeks or even months for the damage to be
repaired. Arguably, the New Orleans area never did
recover from Hurricane Katrina. Be prepared to endure
months of rebuilding. In the absolute worst-case
scenario, you might even need to relocate permanently.
Tornado
What It Is — A tornado is a violently rotating column of
air that makes contact with the Earth’s surface. The
majority of tornados happen in the United States’
“Tornado Alley” region, but they also occur throughout
North American and the world.
The worst tornado ever recorded happened in Indiana in
1925. It went on for 3.5 hours (a record) and left a record-
breaking destructive path 219 miles long. In Bangladesh
in 1989, 1,300 people were killed by a single tornado.
2011 holds the record for the most tornados ever
spawned -- 363 in the southeastern United States, 218 of
those in a single day.
If you’re not prepared for a tornado you or your family
could be hurt or killed devastating column of the
tornado’s destructive force. You could also be left to
suffer through an extended power outage in a devastated
area whose law enforcement and emergency services
are overburdened and overwhelmed.
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• Get immediately to shelter, preferably a storm
shelter or basement.
• If you are in your car, get off the street and get to
shelter. A car is absolutely no defense against a
tornado.
• Secure your family members and your pets inside
your home.
• Stay away from windows. If possible, tape the
windows with an “x” of duct tape to help make
them less susceptible to shattering. Windows can
also be braced with plastic sheeting or plywood, if
you have it handy.
• Stay sheltered until the tornado passes. The lone
exception is if the tornado is bearing down on your
location, in which case it makes more sense to
flee.
Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
the following items to be better prepared for a tornado:
• Emergency food and water
• Candles, flashlights, and batteries
• Tarps
• Emergency AM/FM radio
• Duct tape
• Plastic sheets
• Plywood sheets (and hammer/nails)
• A solar or heat-driven charger for electronics
What’s Coming — Tornadoes are usually over quickly,
but the swath of destruction they leave can devastate
entire towns. Houses can be picked up and shattered.
The tornado will leave some structures untouched and
completely level others. Rebuilding, and returning to
normal, may take some time, during which you’ll have to
live with reduced services.
Severe Thunderstorm (Lightning, Hail, Wind) also be braced with plastic sheeting or plywood, if
you have it handy.
What It Is — Severe thunderstorms are weather events • Be aware of the risk of electrocution from lightning
that include high winds, driving rain, lightning, and hail. In strikes. Avoid using landlines, taking baths, or
some cases, the hail can do significant damage to going outside while the lightning storm occurs.
structures and vehicles. Severe thunderstorms may also
be warning signs of developing tornados. Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
the following items to be better prepared for a tornado:
If you’re not prepared for a thunderstorm, you could be
forced to endure a sustained power outage. You might • Emergency food and water
also be at risk of electrocution from lightning strikes, or • Candles, flashlights, and batteries
even property and personal injury from large hail. We • Tarps
tend to think of thunderstorms as no big deal, but they • Emergency AM/FM radio
are actually quite deadly when conditions are just right. • Duct tape
• Plastic sheets
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• Plywood sheets (and hammer/nails)
• Get to shelter and monitor weather conditions • A solar or heat-driven charger for electronics
closely. A tornado could develop in the wake of
What’s Coming — Storms of this type usually pass
the thunderstorm and you’ll need to know about
quickly, assuming a tornado does not develop. Hail
that as soon as possible.
damage to your car or home could take some time to
• If you are in your car, the rubber of the tires may repair and rebuild.
insulate you from lightning strikes, although the
car itself is vulnerable to hail damage. It may due
as shelter if you cannot get anywhere else.
• Secure your family members and your pets inside
your home.
• Stay away from windows. If possible, tape the
windows with an “x” of duct tape to help make
them less susceptible to shattering. Windows can
Pandemic Disease Outbreak
What It Is — A pandemic is any disease outbreak that is
prevalent over an entire geographic area, such as a
state, a nation, or the world. Pandemics don’t have to be
deadly to cripple society, but typically they carry at least
the threat of widespread death.
The recent Ebola scare was a great example of the
potential of pandemic to destabilize society. None of the
Americans who contracted Ebola on US soil died from it,
but we were so terrified of the threat of Ebola there were
Americans clamoring for martial law, rounding up
affected citizens in camps, and closing the borders. Were
we scared? Yeah, we were scared... and it could happen
again. Ebola had never come to US soil until recently.
Now, the speed with which human beings can travel all
over the world guarantees that a pandemic will spread
globally... and very quickly.
If you’re not prepared for pandemic, the worst could
happen: You, or your family, could get sick. It’s as simple
as that. Preparing to cope with a pandemic means
preparing to avoid getting sick. If you contract the illness,
chances are it’s already too late for you. Even if the
disease won’t necessarily kill you, medical services and
infrastructure will be so overloaded that you won’t be able
to get the care you need. Our government knows that
during a widespread, potentially deadly pandemic,
“palliative care” will be the word of the day. That means
simply keeping patients as comfortable as possible while
waiting for them to die.
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• Go home and STAY THERE. The single best way
to avoid a pandemic is to avoid other people. This
is called “social distancing” and it works.
• Whatever you do, do NOT go to the hospital. The
primary vector for transmission of any pandemic is
the medical professionals treating it.
• Tell yourself that for the duration of the pandemic,
you’re going to have to stay extra clean at all
times. Good hygiene is a must to prevent
unnecessary infections.
• If you have time to get to the store in the first few
minutes of awareness of an outbreak, obtain as
many medical supplies as you can. They’ll be sold
out if you go back for them later.
• If you have to go outside at all, wear a mask.
Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
the following items to be better prepared for a pandemic
disease outbreak:
• Emergency food and water
• Medical and First Aid supplies
• Emergency AM/FM radio
• Surgical mask/N95 respirator
• Antibiotics and other medications
What’s Coming — The longer a pandemic persists, the
worse things will get. We’ve not yet seen a pandemic as
bad as the 1918 flu pandemic, but we could. Be prepared
for things to get worse before the infection finally burns
itself out. For extreme cases, it may be to your advantage
to use plastic sheeting and duct tape, together with a
filtered air evacuation system, to build a long-term
“pandemic safety room.”
Financial Collapse
What It Is — A financial collapse is the complete failure
of the monetary system we take for granted. It represents
a fall-off in faith in the fiat currency our government
prints.
We are printing money at such a rate, in fact, that a
financial collapse is inevitable. Right now, the money in
your wallet and in your electronic bank account is not
backed by anything of value. It is backed by faith -- faith
in the United States government. That is the nature of fiat
currency, and our government continues to print money
(backed by nothing) at an alarming rate. We’ve already
teetered on the brink of collapse a few times, only for the
government to delay the inevitable by raising our debt
ceiling, printing more money (in the form of “quantitative
easing”), and bailing out those private industries that are
“too big to fail.” Government interference in the home
loan industry already led to a cascade failure of our
financial system once. It’s going to happen again, and it’s
going to be worse. And then there’s the national debt.
Sooner or later, it’s going to occur to us that we can’t
afford to pay off the astronomical sum that is our national
debt, and when we default, our currency will become
worthless on the world stage.
When financial collapse occurs, the rule of law we take
for granted will break down. Your ability to buy and sell
goods and services may vanish overnight. You may be
out of a job or, worse, your employer may simply not be
able to pay you, or anyone, anymore. A financial collapse
represents nothing short of a complete “reboot” of our
nation. Such reboots are notoriously chaotic and violent.
If you are not prepared for financial collapse, you may be
stricken with poverty and left to starve and die. You might
also fall victim to the predator class of your former
neighbors, a class created by the collapse.
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• Don’t go to the bank and withdraw all your money.
If the banking system is collapsing, it’s worthless
anyway. A run on the banks simply hastens the
collapse.
• Secure your home and family members. A
collapse may trigger civil unrest and you want to
make sure everyone is safe and accounted for.
• Monitor the news closely to stay abreast of the
state of the nation.
• Take a mental inventory of those items you
possess that are of value and could be used for
trade/barter.
• Watch for looters and other external threats.
Remember that emergency services will not be
available to help you in a collapse, as they will be
overwhelmed.
Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
the following items to be better prepared for a financial
collapse:

• Emergency food and water

• Candles, flashlights, and batteries
• Firearms and ammunition
• Emergency AM/FM radio
• Small-denomination silver coins (real silver dimes
are a great choice) for trade
• Barter goods like alcohol and pornography

What’s Coming — A short "What To Expect Next"

section that illustrates what they may see over the
upcoming hours, days, and/or weeks so they can get
their head around what they'll need to prepare for next?
Without going into exactly "what" they need to do. That's
what our other guides are for.
Nuclear Disaster
What It Is — A nuclear disaster could take the form of a
nuclear weapon detonating on or over US soil, but it
doesn’t have to be a weapon. It’s much more likely that a
nuclear power plant disaster could occur. The disaster in
Fukushima had devastating effects on the local area;
even now, radioactive wild boars are running unchecked
in the quarantine area, and the plant itself is still spilling
contaminants into the ocean. There are nearly a hundred
nuclear reactors in the United States, any of which could
be susceptible to an accident or even a terror attack that
releases radiation.
If you aren’t prepared for a nuclear disaster, you run the
risk of being killed by the blast radius of the explosion (if
there is one) or, much more likely, being made sick by
radiation poisoning. The threat of nuclear disaster did not
end with the cessation of the cold war with the Soviet
Union. The threat of nuclear disaster is no less real
today.
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• Assess whether you should leave the area or
remain where you are.
• Determine whether you and your family members
should be taking KI tablets. These should not be
taken unless there is a direct medical need to do
so.
• Prepare your home to protect it from fallout. This
involves using plastic sheeting, duct tape, and a
HEPA-filtered vacuum pump. When fallout is
coming, it isn’t unreasonable to think you could set
up this sheeting to seal off your home in a few
minutes. Your life, and the lives of your family, are
on the line.
• Dig in and prepare to ride out the fallout. Monitor
the news for updates, but don’t trust everything
you hear. If you must go out, you must wear an
N95 respirator and protective clothing. Anything
that comes in contact with the radioactive fallout
will have to be discarded before reentering your
home.
Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
the following items to be better prepared for a nuclear
disaster:
• Emergency food and water
• Candles, flashlights, and batteries
• Potassium Iodide (KI) tablets
• Emergency AM/FM radio
• Plastic sheeting, duct tape
• HEPA filter and vacuum system for air exchange
What’s Coming — Fallout usually ends in a week or two,
but the devastating environmental effects of a nuclear
disaster will remain with the local area for years to come.
Surviving a nuclear disaster is just the first step in a long-
term survival scenario that is anything but pleasant. It is,
however, entirely possible. Nuclear disasters CAN be
endured. They are not the world-ending catastrophes that
1980s disaster movies lead you to believe.
Earthquake
What It Is — An earthquake is a shift within the Earth’s
crust that produces violent shaking the ground. If an
earthquake is powerful enough, it can destroy buildings
and other structures. Earthquakes also produce
tsunamis, which produce devastating flooding and
sudden surges of water.
If you’re not prepared to survive an earthquake, you
could either be killed in the initial quake, or suffer through
the resulting loss of infrastructure and services without
adequate food, water, or electricity. An earthquake
represents devastating property damage at first, but the
long-term problems revolve around the loss of power, the
strain on emergency services and law enforcement
personnel, and the degradation of infrastructure that
inevitably leads to social chaos, rioting, and looting.
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• The safest place to be in an earthquake is an open
field. Stay away from buildings or power lines. If
you’re with other people, don’t stampede for the
exits or you’ll make everything worse.
• Don’t stand in doorways. Avoid exterior walls. If
you’re trapped inside during a quake, getting
under a table to shelter you from falling debris is
your best bet.
• If you’re driving, park the car, et out, and get away.
Stay away from bridges and overpasses, trees,
light posts, and anything else that could fall on you
or your car.
• Always move to higher ground if possible.
• Be aware of fire hazards, especially if gas lines
are ruptured.
• After the quake, check for problems like electrical
shorts, structural cracks, or developing flames.
Shut off gas and electric at the control box/main if
necessary. Monitor the news for further
information.
Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
the following items to be better prepared for an
earthquake:
• Emergency food and water
• Candles, flashlights, and batteries
• Emergency AM/FM radio
• A shovel or entrenching tool
• A gas turn-off tool
What’s Coming — A short "What To Expect Next"
section that illustrates what they may see over the
upcoming hours, days, and/or weeks so they can get
their head around what they'll need to prepare for next?
Without going into exactly "what" they need to do. That's
what our other guides are for.
Fire (Wildfire, House Fire)
What It Is — A fire is a structural conflagration that could
destroy your home... with you in it. Wildfires are fires that
affect the surrounding area, too, endangering multiple
dwellings.
The danger of fire is not just flame. Fires produce toxic
gas that can overwhelm you and kill you even if you
aren’t actively being burned. Many of the would-be
heroes who rush into burning buildings to rescue pets,
family members, or whomever end up dying, not because
they were burned, but because they were overcome with
the toxic fumes. A fire is not like in the movies, either. In
real house fire, you won’t be able to see a thing from
inside the dwelling. The smoke will make everything
black and impenetrable.
Homes are destroyed by fire every day in the United
States and around the world. The threat of fire is very
real. If you are not prepared for the reality of a fire, either
within your home or external to it, you run the risk of
losing all your possessions in addition to your life. No
responsible parent should fail to consider the possibility
of a fire, as many of the victims of serious house fires are
children who don’t make it out in time.
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• Get down low and crawl on the floor if you are
caught in a house fire. Toxic gas and smoke rises.
• Leave the house immediately and do not try to
reenter.
• Test doors and doorknobs for heat before opening
them.
• If you see smoke seeping in from under the door,
select an alternate route.
• Stop, drop, and roll if your clothes catch fire.
• The moment you are clear of the house, call 911.
Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
the following items to be better prepared for a fire:
• Emergency food and water
• Fire extinguisher
• Emergency AM/FM radio
• Goggles and face masks/respirators
Install smoke and carbon monoxide detectors throughout
the house. Test them annually. Consider also setting a
fire evacuation plan and practicing it with your family
ahead of time.
What’s Coming — If your home survives the fire, things
will get back to normal pretty quickly. If it doesn’t, it will
take months, if not years, for your family to achieve some
sense of the “normal” after all their possessions are
destroyed. Follow the instructions of your insurance
company and remind yourself that possessions can
always be replaced, but people can’t. You may wish to
get counseling for the trauma of the fire.
Flood
What It Is — A flood is any ingress of large amounts of
water that swamps a local area, destroying infrastructure
and endangering lives. The danger of a flood is that the
waters rise so high that homes and other structures are
swamped or submerged completely.
Massive flooding during Hurricane Katrina devastated
New Orleans as well as parts of Mississippi and other
areas. The resulting chaos and breakdown in social order
produced damage that affects the area to this very day.
There are many other examples of floods destroying
property and endangering lives, too. In 2012, the worst
hurricane of the season, Superstorm Sandy, flooded
subway lines and cut off electrical power. Parts of New
Jersey were also flooded.
If you’re not prepared for a flood, you or your family could
be hurt or killed in the immediate surge and rise of water.
You could also be left to suffer through an extended
power outage in an area whose law enforcement and
emergency services are overburdened and
overwhelmed.
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• Monitor weather radio and your surroundings to
gauge how fast the water is rising and the threat it
presents to you.
• Stay home unless your home is flooded and
untenable. Do not drive unless absolutely
necessary (it may be physically impossible to drive
anyway).
• Avoid flooded areas and leave the area if possible
when the flood warnings start.
• If you are in your car and water starts to rise
around it, abandon your vehicle immediately and
flee.
• Never ignore or circumvent flood barricades.
Disaster almost always results.
• If you evacuate your home, shut off water, gas,
and electrical services before locking up the home
as securely as possible.
Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
the following items to be better prepared for a flood:
• Emergency food and water
• Water treatment supplies (this is especially
important)
• Candles, flashlights, and batteries
• Emergency AM/FM radio/NOAA Weather Radio
• A solar or heat-driven charger for electronics
What’s Coming — Depending on how bad the flooding
is, it could take weeks or even months for the damage to
be repaired. Do not attempt to return until the authorities
say it is safe to do so. If flooding has affected your home,
check for signs of damage, especially damage that could
cause a wall or roof to collapse. Be aware that all manner
of sewage, litter, and other invaders, including living
creatures, might be borne on floodwaters and left behind
in and around your home after a flood.

Food Shortage (Supply Interruption)
What It Is — A food shortage is a disruption in the food
supply caused by a disruption of the supply lines
themselves, or by a rise in food prices that makes buying
food impossible for ordinary citizens. The danger of a
food shortage is obvious: deprivation, vitamin deficiency,
and ultimately starvation.
For some time now, food prices have been rising. We’re
poised to see massive jumps in the price of food, and the
demand for food is only growing stronger throughout the
world. Some in the agricultural world wonder if we aren’t
close to reaching peak food production with our current
technology. Even if there’s plenty of food out there, civil
unrest, a strike, a natural disaster, or some other issue
could disrupt supply lines. The average grocery store will
run out of food in just days if it is not resupplied by trucks
bearing new goods for its shelves. That means that the
average American, who tends to live more or less hand
to mouth when it comes to groceries, is just a long
weekend away from going hungry if the supply lines are
disrupted.
If you are not prepared for a food shortage, you and your
family will go hungry. It’s as simple as that.
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• Take an inventory of the stored food, perishables,
and other food items you have on hand.
• Set up a schedule of rationing your available food
supplies to stretch them for as long as is feasible.
• Monitor the news for clues as to the duration of the
disruption in the food supply lines
• Be prepared to secure and defend your food
stores from looters and thieves.
Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
the following items to be better prepared for a food
shortage:
• Emergency food and water (long-term storage
food is essential)
• The means to boil and treat drinking water
• Hunting and supplies for securing small game
• Gardening supplies/seeds for growing food
What’s Coming — A food shortage that lasts for a very
long time will force you to find other ways to get food.
You can scavenge and forage for it, of course, but you’ll
come up with less and less success over time. You must
be prepared to grow your own food and hunt for your own
small game if you intend to survive a long-term food
shortage.
Chemical Spill (Train Or Nearby Plant)
What It Is — A chemical spill or release involves the
discharge of hazardous chemicals into the air or onto the
ground of the local environment. Depending on the
chemical released, the danger to human life can be
extreme.
In 1984, a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, discharged a
toxic cloud of methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals
into the air. nearly eight thousand people died over the
course of two weeks. Half a million people suffered
permanently disabling injuries. The healthcare system
was immediately overloaded. Mass funerals and
cremations occurred. The chemical spill also killed
thousands of animals, including goats and buffalos,
which had to be collected an buried. Food and medical
supplies became scarce. Fishing was banned, which
made the shortages worse.
This is an extreme case, one of the worst on record.
Chemical spills, however, can endanger anyone,
anywhere. All it takes is a single tanker truck hauling
something toxic to overturn and discharge the gas into
the local area. If you’re not prepared for a chemical leak,
you could be poisoned. You might also have to suffer
through the deprivation of a local area devastated by a
major chemical disaster, which will overburden
emergency services and law enforcement.
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• Evacuate immediately if this is feasible, especially
if the authorities say you should. Flee the area if
you are near the discharge point. Avoid that area
at all costs.
• If you are fleeing the chemical spill, alert those you
encounter that they should flee as well.
• Pay attention for local emergency management
alerts. Monitor local news for updates regarding
the spill.
• Assess the nature of the chemical spill based on
the available information and proceed accordingly.
Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
the following items to be better prepared for a chemical
spill:
• Emergency food and water
• Plastic sheeting, duct tape
• HEPA filter and vacuum air exchange system
• Goggles/face mask/N95 respirator
What’s Coming — If you’ve evacuated a chemical-spill-
affected area, don’t expect to return until the authorities
say it is safe. When you do, you may have to contend
with the long-term environmental effects of whatever
chemical was released.
Looting
What It Is — Looting is one of those things that happens
whenever there is a breakdown in law and order.
Whenever social chaos reigns, looting is never far
behind. There are always people in society who take
advantage of a crisis, a natural disaster, or some other
tragedy to start looking for “free stuff.”
Looting usually occurs because an emergency or social
chaos condition has left law enforcement overburdened
and unable to respond to individual acts of theft. Then,
too, the mob mentality that usually holds sway when
looting happens tends to embolden individual thieves.
They will walk off with things they would never think of
stealing by themselves, because hey, everybody’s doing
it.
The danger of looting is that you could be caught up in it
(and later arrested) or that you could come into conflict
with looters and end up beaten to death (or worse). Most
of us value law and order, and the temptation to confront
looters is strong. You might also have to defend your
home or your shop from looters, as was the case when
Korean shop owners took to the rooftops of their stores
with rifles during the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles.
Worse still, you have no control over where looting will
occur. Looting could break out literally anywhere if some
emergency condition precedes it and law enforcement is
preoccupied. Even if law enforcement is on the job, a
sudden riot can break out and cause people to start
looting simply because they are part of a mob.
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• Don’t give in to anger. You can’t afford to confront
a mob of looters, no matter how much the chaos
bothers you.
• Do your best to blend in among the looters. They
will ignore you if they think you are one of them.
Shake your fist and shout the same slogans they
are shouting. Make your expression one of
happiness or excitement. Match the people doing
the looting.
• Flee the area where the looting is occurred as long
as you can sneak away unnoticed.
• Take shelter, preferably at home, and stay there
until the looting, and the emergency, has passed.
• Avoid the streets at night at all costs. It is at night
when looters and rioters are boldest.
• Prepare yourself mentally to fight back viciously if
set upon by a group of looters. You’ll be fighting
for your life.
Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
the following items to be better prepared for looting:
• Emergency food and water (so you don’t have to
go out while a riot or civil unrest is ongoing)
 • Emergency AM/FM radio (to monitor the news)
• Gas mask (for tear gas)
• A nondescript hoodie (for concealing your identity)

What’s Coming — In the aftermath of looting, don’t be

surprised if individual looters are arrested an brought to
justice once order is restored. The good news is that
looting typically stops once the original emergency,
whatever it was, has come to an end. Looting is one of
those crimes of opportunity that accompanies an
emergency but seldom persists beyond it.
Forced Evacuation
What It Is — A forced evacuation is any government
mandated flight from your home or survival retreat. It
happens because the government dictates that everyone
in the area must leave. This is most often done because
a natural disaster is approaching.
One of the biggest criticisms of government response to
Hurricane Katrina is that many people stayed behind
when they should have left ahead of the storm. Buses
that could have been used to evacuate citizens were left
to be flooded, rather than used to facilitate evacuation.
Those left behind suffered in deplorable conditions, such
as at the Superdome, where they were treated like
animals by the very people who were supposed to be
helping them.
A forced evacuation is one in which the government is
determined not to repeat that same mistake. Anyone
found in the affected area will be forced to go. If you are
not prepared for such a forced evacuation, you could be
caught far from home with no supplies, none of your
personal and essential government documents, and
nothing to do but live at the mercy of a government that
does not have your best interests at heart. Your
government wants to restore order in a crisis. The
individual safety of you and your family is not of concern
to the authorities.
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• Gather your pre-prepared kits of documents and
bug out items, which are essentially to your
response to an evacuation
• Designate “travel buddies” for every member of
your family or party
• Take a verbal inventory of everything you have
with you so that all involved can hear (you’ll only
have one opportunity to inventory your belongings
in a forced evacuation
• Follow the authorities’ instructions
Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
the following items to be better prepared for a forced
evacuation:
• Prepare a kit with your birth certificates, medical
records, insurance, titles, deeds, and other
government documentation, which you’ll want to
have access to if you are evacuated
• Flash drive containing scans of the same
documents and any other information you want to
carry with you
• Portable emergency AM/FM radio
• Bug out bag for extended travel away from home
What’s Coming — The results of a forced evacuation
are hard to judge. Every situation will be different.
Stranded (Vehicle Breakdown/Lost)
What It Is — A stranded vehicle leaves you and your
passengers stuck in a location where help is not readily
available. The danger of being stranded is that you may
not have any of the supplies you need to survive in a
location you did not intend to visit in the first place.
People get stranded every day. Most of the time, you’re
just flagged trucker away from getting help from a cop
along the highway. But if you’ve ever been stranded in
the middle of nowhere, on a back road somewhere or
even farther out in the wilderness, you could be very far
from help. The danger is amplified if the weather is poor
and exposure becomes a real threat. Either way, being
stranded means being stuck somewhere without the
supplies you need. You may not even be dressed for the
weather because you were counting on your car to keep
you warm and dry.
What To Do In The First Five Minutes
• Stay with the vehicle, where you have the best
chance of being discovered
• Deploy flares or cones from your car emergency
kit
• Call for help if you can
• If you are stranded along a busy highway, do not
get out of your vehicle (you could be struck and
killed by a passing car or truck)
Suggested Supplies & Preps — Consider stockpiling
the following items to be better prepared for a stranded
vehicle or breakdown:
• Emergency food and water
• Car kit with emergency flares, blankets
• Spare “burner” prepaid cell phone
• A shovel or entrenching tool
• Gloves, hat, boots, and an extra coat
• Scarf or bandanna (for protecting your head/face)
• Spare sunglasses
What’s Coming — When you’re stranded, your job is to
wait until help arrives. It may be necessary, however, for
you to judge whether help is ever going to come to the
location where you find yourself. It may be necessary for
you to walk out simply because you’ll have to wait too
long to be found. That’s a potentially deadly decision, as
people often die when they leave their cars. Make leaving
your vehicle a last resort.
Consider also joining a roadside assistance club, like
AAA, so you always know who to all if you are stranded.
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