Disaster can strike at any time. How will your family stay warm, fed, and sheltered during a power outage? Do you have an evacuation plan if you are forced to leave your home?

Be prepared for the unexpected by following Kathy Harrison's practical plan for emergency self-sufficiency.

Learn how to:

• evaluate, organize, and rotate your food supply
• pack an evacuation kit
• protect important documents from fire
• develop a communications system
• make nutritious, delicious meals with canned and dried pantry items
• use alternative heating sources
• and entertain the kids without television or computers.

Everything you need to know to survive when public services fail is covered in this essential guide to family preparedness.