
The Disaster Diaries
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse
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Narrated by:
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Donald Corren
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Sam Sheridan
Sam Sheridan has been an amateur boxer, mixed-martial-arts fighter, professional wilderness firefighter, EMT, sailor, and cowboy, and has worked in construction at the South Pole. If he isn't ready for the apocalypse, we're all in a lot of trouble.
Despite an arsenal of skills that would put most of us to shame, when Sam had his son and settled down, he was beset with nightmares about being unable to protect him. Apocalyptic images filled his head. If a rogue wave hit his beach community, could he get out? If he was forced outside the city, could he survive in the wilderness? Let's not even talk about plagues, zombies, and aliens. Unable to quiet his mind, Sam decided to face his fears head-on, embarking on a quest to gain as many skills as possible that might come in handy should the world as we know it end.
Each possible doomsday required a different skill set. Trying to navigate a clogged highway when everyone is trying to leave town? Better go to the best stunt-driving school in the country. Need to protect your family but have no ammunition? Better learn how to handle a knife. Is your kid hurt or mentally strained? Better brush up on emergency medicine and study the psychological effects of trauma. From training with an Olympic weightlifter to an apprenticeship in stealing cars with an ex-gang member, from an intense three-week gun course in the 100-degree heat of Alabama to agonizing lessons in wilderness survival, Sam left no stone unturned. Would it be enough if a meteor rocked the earth? Who's to say? But as Sam points out, it would be a damn shame to survive the initial impact only to die a few days later because you didn't know how to build a fire.
This is participatory journalism at its finest. A rollicking narrative with each chapter framed by a hypothetical doomsday scenario, The Disaster Diaries is for everyone who wants to know what it might take to make it through a cataclysmic event - or just wants to watch someone else struggle to find out.
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Critic reviews
"Sheridan, an amateur boxer and mixed-martial-arts fighter, uses a collection of stark disaster scenarios to wise up the reader on how to live through those final times…. As a quirky survivalist primer, Sheridan’s work spells out how to stay alive when the world goes topsy-turvy." (Publishers Weekly)
"How to survive any possible disaster, from aliens to zombies to everything in between…. An upbeat and entertaining survival guide for the end of the world." (Kirkus Reviews)
"This is no mere guide to surviving disaster; it's also the author's personal account of learning to prepare for catastrophe…. A clever and very useful guide to getting ready to face the unknown." (Booklist)
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Suprisingly good. Really good.
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Great information
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Similar thoughts of those that I have had myself
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very good
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Don't let that stop you from listening to it though, there is a loose and minimal overall story - but that's OK. I skipped a few chapters/topics because I didn't want to hear about the molecule cell structure (nor do I care).
I listened to a few chapters twice because I thought it was a great wealth of practical experience and training tips. I took notes even in a few chapters.
Overall: Worth the read and worth your time. It just needs to be moved out of fiction and put into non-fiction.
Very Informational
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This isn't a dystopian novel, but rather a guide to point the average joe in the right direction as to how to prep for certain apocalyptic scenarios. It's written like it was pitched as a television series for the Discovery channel. Sheridan introduces in a few paragraphs some end of the world scenario and then discusses the key skill one would need to have in order to likely survive the situation in question -- family trapped after an Earthquake (weightlifting skills), zombies (shooting skills), friend injured by a band of marauders (wilderness medicine), et al. -- in the form of discussing the training that he actually did (did weights with an Olympian, took a shooting course in Alabama, underwent wilderness paramedic training in New Hampshire) et al., in a first person narrative that flows pretty well. Lots of pop science and interesting tidbits that makes this a pretty interesting read, but not as captivating as a good end of the world novel or as informative as something out of a good preppers website.Not Dystopian Fiction
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a worthwhile listen even if you are not a prepper.
a good listen<br />
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meh
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