Earthquakes, hurricanes, civil unrest, economic challenges - no one knows when disaster may strike. Will you be ready? The Practical Prepper is a common-sense guide to emergency preparedness and survival written for real people with real lives. This must-have reference book walks the reader through each step of emergency preparedness covering everything from cooking in a crisis, to home security and protection, to emergency water disinfection. You can be prepared for the challenges the future holds. The Practical Prepper will show you how.Title: The Practical Prepper
Author: Kylene and Jonathan Jones
Publisher: Cedar Fort
Publication Date: July 8, 2014
RATING: 4/5 STARS
Our Review:
I would like to thank Cedar Fort for sending me a copy of The Practical Prepper to review. I consider myself to be an intermediate level Prepper. The Practical Prepper is a very good book for anyone who is starting out prepping or thinking about starting out prepping. The book covers many different scenarios including earthquakes, wildfires, and hurricanes. What the book lacks in specifics, such as checklists, it makes up for with web links covering such topics. This approach is fairly unique and allows the authors to spend more time talking about a broad range of subjects rather than presenting the reader with lists of things to store or back in a bag. The broad based knowledge gained from reading this book and the provided web links will help the reader develop his or her own lists customized to their own unique situations. Most chapters end with an "action plan." The action plan section provides a web link to worksheets that enable the reader to develop a plan to deal with the topics discussed in that chapter. Upon completing the book and all of the action plans, the reader can develop a master plan of preparedness.
All in all, I found d this to be a very good book for the beginner Prepper and would highly recommend it to anyone looking to start prepping. The book is an easy read. The provided web links give the reader access to more specific information not found in the book allowing the book to flow unobstructed by lists and checklists.
About the Authors
Kyelene Jones - Kylene has an educational background in business management as well as in family studies. She has also served on the advisory board and on the board of directors for TACDA and is currently the editor for The Journal of Civil Defense. She has a passion for researching and experimenting, adding a sense of real life to their writing and teaching. A firm believer in hands-on learning, she involves her family in emergency training for everything from fire drills, to living off food storage and garden produce, to turning off the power in the dead of winter just to see if they can survive it. Many powerful lessons are learned from these experiences, the best lesson being that we are tougher than any challenge. We will not only survive, but we will emerge better, stronger people as a result of the adventure.
Jonathan Jones: Jonathan is a licensed civil engineer and an avid enthusiast of alternative energy sources; especially solar and wind power. He has served on the advisory board and on the board of directors as vice president for The American Civil Defense Association (TACDA), as secretary/treasurer for a local chapter of Civil Defense Volunteers, as an emergency preparedness and communications specialist, and as a city councilperson, has been tasked with developing the city emergency plan in his own community. He has coauthored numerous articles published in The Journal of Civil Defense on emergency preparedness topics with his wife. He is the owner of Your Family Ark, LLC, an educational and consulting business designed to assist individuals and families in preparing for an uncertain future - See more at: http://theprovidentprepper.org/about-us/#sthash.Q6MMbhdb.dpuf
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