• What to Do When the Shit Hits the Fan

  • By: David Black
  • Narrated by: Steve Coulter
  • Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (145 ratings)

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What to Do When the Shit Hits the Fan

By: David Black
Narrated by: Steve Coulter
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A drought in the United States, as disaster preparedness consultant David Black explains, usually just has economic ramifications; a drought in eastern Africa might lead to death. That is, however, no excuse not to be prepared. After 9/11, it became apparent that the times are changing, and we are more susceptible to disaster than ever. In What to Do When Shit Hits the Fan, performed by prominent Audible narrator Steve Coulter, listeners will get detailed plans and methods of response for times of crisis, whether it's terrorism, catastrophic weather, or civil unrest.

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Would you know how to prepare for an unforeseen emergency, or handle an unexpected disaster? With real-world considerations in mind, disaster preparedness consultant David Black shows us how to stay alive when tragedy strikes. His step-by-step actions can help us make it safely through a variety of crises, from catastrophic weather to terrorism to civil unrest. Black presents tailor-made plans for individuals, businesses, organizations, small groups, and communities to follow, in all regions of the country and broken down by type of emergency and environment. In addition, he provides a hierarchy for response including communication, healthcare, food, water, and shelter in the absence of institutions and commercially available services and supplies.

©2007 David Black (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

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Ok Prepper book.

I read some.od the reviews prior to listening to this book, and was thus a bit leery of it. I found however that it was not as bad as some of the reviewers claimed. There were a few things that I would do differently, or were a bit off, but, preparing for disasters of any type is a fairly subjective activity. Generally, one size does not fit all. Sadly, there are some subjects which tend to bring out those individuals who castigated anyone not in lock step vision with themselves, such as the firearms industry, trucks, sports etc. "If it ain't *****, then it's crap!" Prepping also seems.to be one of those subjects. I don't think this book will serve you wrong. Besides, more information, even if you don't necessarily buy into all.of it, is better than less information.

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Wrong!

the people held in the post Katrina concentration camps would not recommend the government why does this guy. take all your resources to shelters but dont bring weapons so when fema as authorized by Obama takes all you and leaves you with crumbs you can do nothing about it. also he did not mention how to drain a water heater. the instructions on you tube are wrong. I hope you can figure it out about 80% don't.

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Basic information, but good to know

The book felt very much like an aggregation of various government sources, first aid books, and other material with personal anecdote interspersed. The audio version was wooden and uninteresting, but the information was sound and I would recommend it for people who aren't familiar with disaster response or planning.

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If you want to know what to do when the shit hits

If you want to know what to do when the shit hits the fan this book is not it. If you believe that you can sit and watch TV after a major disaster than you should think again.

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Written For Children

Some of the author’s information as if came from the children’s section of the library, simple common sense info. Example, a flood is excessive water. However, author did have some good helpful facts.

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very knowledgeable

very knowledgeable and informative book on survival. taught me allot of stuff i did not know .

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Good if it's Free

Almost a decade ago, this book probably had a lot of good information for someone new to emergency planning. But because of better emergency management training and planning by governmental agencies and community organizations as well as advancements in technology, much of the information in the book is outdated. Using this book as part of personal planning would be on par with gathering information from a focus group on social media, slightly less valuable than visiting Ready (dot) gov.

I can see it being useful for someone trying to understand the history, how's and why's, and advancements in this arena. I fail to see how it could be beneficial to anyone looking to make actual preparations to manage an emergency as it has not aged well. The author might consider revising to address planning and preparations with recent advancements after consulting with some experts in the various fields covered.

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This has a second purpose

You can use it As a sleep inducing device Brice and it has no lice that’s nice
Mice dice poor yorick

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great source

A great source of information. Some of the reading of acronyms was tedious but overall good book.

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Very Basic and very dry.

If you woke up today and realized you know nothing about prepping or that a disaster might happen to you then this is your book. For the rest of us, keep looking

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