Get Ready!: How to Prepare for and Stay Safe After a Pacific Northwest Earthquake

By Deb Moller

Book Overview

The definitive guide to getting ready for and staying safe after a major earthquake in the Pacific Northwest. FEMA recommends being prepared for two weeks of self-sufficiency after it occurs, and this handbook will show you how with clear, informative, and easy-to-implement steps.

Recent seismic activity has made national headlines and underscored the fact that the Cascadia fault line off the coast of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Northern California is overdue for a major earthquake. And when it happens, living conditions could be akin to those in the mid-nineteenth century. This handbook covers the supplies you need to stay safely in place, including water, food (and food prep), first aid, sanitation, health and hygiene needs, shelter and bedding, and light/fire. It also includes lists of what to purchase and how to store it, as well as simple excercises to gain confidence in perfoming necessary tasks. Learn what to do during and immediately after an earthquake, how to develop a reunification plan, and how to communicate when basic infrastructure is down. It also addresses the particular concerns of those living in coastal areas (the tsunami zone) as well as those outside of the severe impact zone. It covers long-term ways to stay safe without modern conveniences and a crash course in survival techniques should the quake happen before all preparations are complete. Get Ready presents information in clear, practical, and managable steps, equipping the reader with the skills to care for themselves and their loved ones should a major earthquake hit. And when it does, the internet will not be an option, making this reference handbook invaluable. If you live in the Pacific Northwest, you need Get Ready

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632173042
• ISBN13: 9781632173041
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Sasquatch Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Practical and Easy to Follow

This is the best EQ preparedness guide I've come across. It was recommended by one of my VERY well prepared friends. I love how it is arranged into easy, medium, and more effort so that I can make progress on my preparedness right away and plan for even better prep. I already feel more prepared for the inevitable Cascadia event just by following a few simple suggestions in the beginning of the book. I highly recommend this book to anyone that wants to Get Ready for the PNW earthquake.