Natural Disasters Science

Whitney Balliett's magnificent essay on the Great Hurricane of 1938 appeared in The New Yorker fifty years after the event.

The notorious true story of a group of pioneers forced to make impossible decisions when trapped in the mountains for an entire winter—part of the New York Times bestselling What Was? series, featuring 16 pages of photos. In the winter of 1846-47, a group of eighty-seven pioneers heading from...

With this audiobook, you will be able to learn how to cope and be ready to face such catastrophes as storms, civil unrest, and even unemployment. I particularly hope to impart with this audiobook a sense of urgency that might help you to not only ride out the current disaster but to anticipate and prepare for the next one. As you will see, being prepared doesn't mean just stockpiling food, water, and all the necessities of life.

Solen sken högt och starkt mot den klarblå himlen. Den verkade inte veta att det azurblå havet där under snart skulle tillintetgöra nästan allt i sin väg. Sumatra är en semesterregion. Oavsett om du kommer på högsommaren eller över jul möts du av vita stränder täckt i varm, välkomnande sand, små traditionella fiskebåtar och palmer som fläktar i brisen så långt ögat kan se.

Millions of people each year find out the hard way that prepping is a necessary part of life. It can be overwhelming if you want to prep but are strapped for cash. Fortunately, there are still ways to make it work! This audiobook goes into the origins of prepping, the science behind prepping, how to create a bug out bag for when SHTF, prepping on a budget, the pros and cons of prepping, and understanding "skills versus stuff".

The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 left death and destruction in its wake, but young Elsie Drummond survived. In this volume of the Young Texans Series, we return to 1900, a time without effective hurricane tracking technology or warning systems. Elsie Drummond is celebrating her 11th birthday with friends when the storm approaches. As the hurricane gathers intensity, Elsie's mother escorts the party guests home and instructs the young girl to prepare for the onslaught of the storm.

"It's better to be safe than sorry" is a widely used phrase worldwide, and mostly everyone knows it. Despite this saying, many don't take the necessary actions to prepare for devastating accidents and disasters. As a result, when these startling emergencies arise, many individuals find themselves unequipped with the vital supplies that will help save a life.

This audiobook contains proven steps and strategies on how to successfully cultivate a survival garden that will provide you with food when an apocalypse comes. This book also contains information with regard to the different types of survival gardens that you can grow. Here you will also learn which herbs and seeds are the best ones to plant in a survival garden.

We don't want to be added to the statistics in a negative way, but if we don't prepare for these events, we just might. You see, in all these tragic cases, the civilians, the simple people, those who just want to continue living their lives, they are the ones who are always left confused and helpless. And it's not because they weren't informed - we all have access to the news now - so, the problem is not information dissemination.

This audiobook aims to provide you with more-specific information on how you can prepare for serious disasters using resources that may already be sitting in your cupboards, your attic, or your collection of junk. You will find that the humble mason jars you might be taking for granted have a lot of practical uses when it comes to disaster preparedness.