Tuesday, September 27, 2011

How To Prepare For Disaster

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People pick through the debris in the wreckage of homes damaged by a tornado in Sedalia, Mo., in May, 2011. (AP)

People pick through the debris in the wreckage of homes damaged by a tornado in Sedalia, Mo., in May, 2011. (AP)

Is it possible to prepare for a natural disaster–like the wildfires in Texas, the floods in Pakistan and India, the earthquakes in Haiti and Japan or this year’s series of tornadoes in the U.S?

Jason Daley has some advice on where to start. He has written a survival guide for the apocalypse for Outside Magazine. And natural disasters aren’t the only things to watch out for, he says: wash your hands and know where your food comes from to protect against dysentery.

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  • Jason Daley, writer for Outside Magazine
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  • J Frog

    A dumpster would seem like a safe place during a disaster…also plenty of food.

  • http://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/ Greg Camp

    Did I just get told to register with the government when I travel?  $&^*%$$##!@%^  You register; I’ll resist.

  • Gloria Lepik

    Thanks for playing the Estonian National Anthem after you said that Estonia is the safest place to live!!  Only an Estonian would notice, but I did.  And I appreciated that fine touch!!

  • http://twitter.com/MrAaronSwainEsq Aaron Swain

    Apparently the folks at the NY Times have never seen this video: http://youtu.be/K1qY8nPqcCw recorded a few years back in the west hills of Portland, Oregon.

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