I hear about preparing for disasters is the very basic “Where do I start?”
And right there is just where you started. By realizing your ignorance, that means you are already concerned about potential (floods, fires, earthquakes, civil disturbances, landslides…fill in the blank!) You know you need to do something to take care of yourself and your people.
That’s where Countdown to Preparedness: The Prepper’s 52-week Course To Total Disaster Readiness by Jim Cobb comes in. This is really an educational course, with 52 weekly goals and suggested actions. Follow this template, and you will be ready for just about anything in 52 weeks. Each weekly section includes a task, and suggests savings, water storage and a grocery list.
Jim Cobb, by way of introduction to newcomers, is among the most knowledgeable survival/preparedness authorities. He has proven himself time and again, as someone who knows his stuff, and his survival expertise is unquestioned. Jim has had several hundred articles appear in dozens of publications, including RECOIL OFFGRID, American Survival Guide, Boy’s Life, and Field & Stream. He is also the Editor in Chief for Backwoods Survival Guide magazine. His books include: Prepper’s Home Defense, The Prepper’s Complete Book of Disaster Readiness, Prepper’s Long-Term Survival Guide, Countdown to Preparedness, Urban Emergency Survival Plan, Prepper’s Financial Guide, Prepper’s Survival Hacks, and more. He is a founding member of Survival Weekly.
The whole piece is worth a read. Like Leon, I consider Jim a friend, and I admire him as a writer. Jim has written at least one article for KNIFE, on White River Knives, and I think he has another in the queue.
I reviewed Jim’s Prepper’s Long Term Survival Guide and thought it was fantastic…
In for Review: Prepper’s Long Term Survival Guide 2nd Edition. by Jim Cobb
I will have to see if I can get my hands on a copy of this one.
Read the whole thing at SurvivalCommonSense.com
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