Urban Disaster

Saving the world is easy. Saving their reputation? That requires a degree in Public Relations. My name is Peter Vance, and I don’t have super strength, laser vision, or a tragic origin story. I have a PR degree, a tailored suit, and a massive caffeine addiction. In a city full of capes, I’m the guy they call when a hero accidentally throws a city bus through a hospital window. I’m the best crisis manager in the business. But my newest assignment might actually kill me. I’ve been hired to manage the Vanguard, the city’s most powerful, all-female superhero team. The media calls them...

Have you ever imagined being caught in an unexpected emergency or stranded in the wilderness with no one to rely on but yourself? What if you had the knowledge and skills to not just survive but thrive in any situation? Survival Skills for Beginners is your definitive guide to navigating life’s most challenging moments. Packed with actionable insights, proven techniques, and practical advice, this comprehensive survival handbook will empower you to face the wild, prepare for emergencies, and build resilience for any crisis. What You’ll Learn in This Book Survival Fundamentals: ...

When disaster strikes, don't be left standing clueless. The Urban Survival Handbook is your comprehensive series of survival strategy tips and guides. When it comes to survival you'll need to protect not only yourself, but also property and loved ones around you. Preserving and replenishing is essential to getting out alive. Make sure you know exactly how to handle any disaster situation, otherwise the results may be fatal.

A zombie apocalypse may seem like a fantasy right now. But what happens when an outbreak hits? Will you be prepared? The zombie apocalypse is a disaster few believe will truly ever occur despite how it has captured the popular imagination. The Center for Disease Control and the Pentagon have developed zombie apocalypse scenarios. If these powerhouses of the American government can take the apocalypse seriously, so can you.

Twelve thousand years ago, the glaciers retreated and Niagara Falls was born. But something older was buried deep beneath the roaring water. When a minor earthquake fractures a sealed subterranean cavern, a nightmare ecosystem of ferocious prehistoric monsters is unleashed on the peak summer tourist crowd. Ranger Megan Ross and disgraced paleobiologist Dr. Owen Rusk find themselves trapped in a desperate fight for survival against a highly coordinated pack of pale, sickle-clawed hunters. The mist-choked walkways have become a deadly trap. The utility tunnels are a slaughterhouse. And a ...

A Story of Loss, Resilience, and Rebirth What happens when an entire city drowns — and still finds the courage to rise again? On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast and shattered New Orleans. Levees broke. Families fled. Entire neighborhoods disappeared beneath toxic floodwaters. For days, the world watched as America’s most vibrant city nearly ceased to exist. But this is not just a story of destruction. It’s a story of humanity, resilience, and a community that refused to let its culture die. Inside, you’ll discover: The full scope of the disaster — ...

The ground didn’t just shake. It opened up. At 5:17 P.M., the city of Los Angeles is transformed into a landscape of pulverized concrete and twisted steel. Daniel Alvarez, a structural inspector who knows exactly how fragile the world really is, finds himself trapped on a collapsing freeway. His estranged wife, Marisol, is stranded in a high-rise with coworkers who are panicking as dust fills the air. Their children, Mateo and Sofia, are scattered across a city that is actively falling apart. They have six hours before the predicted aftershock—a massive seismic event that will level ...

The power is dead. The dam is cracking. The countdown has begun When a catastrophic blackout plunges Mercy Ridge, West Virginia into total darkness, former lineman Owen Vale rushes into the storm. His brother, Logan, has vanished. Logan spent years being dismissed as a paranoid fanatic, obsessively documenting a chilling pattern: whenever infrastructure fails, an enormous, winged entity with burning red eyes appears right before the collapse. Now, the entire county grid is failing in a massive cascade. A multi-county blackout has isolated the valley, an upstream dam is fracturing under the ...

Cuts and bruises, sprains and strains, dislocations, broken bones, snake bites. Sound familiar? At one point in time we have all suffered such an injury or someone else in our family has. And especially in this last case we have wanted to help out anyway we could, but we didn't know how.

When Disaster Strikes Atlanta: The Ultimate Urban Survival Guidebook is your essential tool for navigating emergencies in the heart of the South. From flash floods to heatwaves and cyberattacks, this guide equips Atlantans with actionable strategies to protect themselves, their families, and their communities. Drawing on the expertise of a former paramedic and Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) member, this book provides tailored advice to address Atlanta’s unique risks, such as tornadoes, traffic gridlock during emergencies, and flooding in areas like Peachtree Creek. Whether you ...

This emergency disaster preparedness guide can save your life. Urban Preppers with Kids, Pets & Parents goes far beyond the basic emergency preparedness handbooks and provides practical, real world advice. Urban Preppers is the emergency response preparedness guide for the rest of us who are not Bear Grylls survivalist but regular people from all walks of life and of every, age, gender, and socioeconomic level.

When Disaster Strikes New York City: The Ultimate Urban Survival Guidebook is your indispensable guide to staying safe and resilient in the city that never sleeps. From hurricanes to power outages and everything in between, this book equips New Yorkers with the knowledge and tools to face any crisis head-on. Drawing from the firsthand experience of a former paramedic and Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) member, this guide combines expert insights with practical advice tailored to the unique challenges of living in NYC. Whether you’re navigating subway shutdowns, preparing for ...

How to Survive a Global Blackout The Ultimate Guide to Power Outages, EMPs & the Collapse of Modern Life What would you do if the power grid failed — not for hours, but for weeks… or longer? In this eye-opening and practical survival guide, author Tao Tao explores the terrifying reality of global blackouts caused by EMP attacks, solar storms, cyber warfare, and cascading infrastructure failures. This is not science fiction — it’s a ticking time bomb. Inside this book, you’ll learn: How to survive the first 24 hours of total darkness Why electric cars, cryptocurrencies and smart ...

Engine 40, Ladder 35 was one of the firehouses hardest hit in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade towers. On the morning of September 11, 2001, two rigs carrying 13 men set out from this firehouse, located on the West Side of Manhattan near Lincoln Center; 12 of the men would never return. The story of what happens when one small institution gets caught in an apocalyptic day, it is a book that will move readers as few others have in our time.

The Fourth of July weekend at Bluewater Kingdom was supposed to break attendance records. It broke something else instead. A massive tropical storm is hammering central Florida. The heavy rain is flooding the park and overwhelming the underground drainage system. The rising waters are pushing something ancient and ferocious out of the limestone caverns below. A breeding colony of reptilian apex predators has lived beneath the wave pools for decades. Now the storm surge has trapped twelve thousand guests inside the park. The power is out. The submerged midways are the perfect hunting ground....

With the Paras relocating to numerous nuclear bases around the U.S., Will Reisner and Doctor Selene Munroe are in a race against time to complete the new bioweapon and employ it against the growing legions of mutant creatures bent on exterminating the human race. Little do Reisner and his team of elite operators know that this battle is only the beginning as the emerging leader among the Paras has a broader plan for invasion that will put all of the country's remaining military units in the crosshairs.

A no-nonsense, easy-to-understand survival guide on how to prepare for, and survive, an urban disaster. After a few days without food, water, medical attention, or vital public services the world around you will begin to look dramatically different than anything you could ever have imagined. Staying safe and avoiding the chaos will require thoughtful preparations and advance planning. When the moment comes you will either be prepared, or you won't; the choice is yours.

San Francisco has always feared the Big One. No one ever imagined the city would drown first. When a relentless Pacific superstorm slams into Northern California, it unleashes a catastrophic chain reaction beneath the streets of San Francisco. Aging seawalls fail. Underground tunnels rupture. Entire sections of the BART system flood within minutes. Deep below Montgomery Station, thousands become trapped in darkness as water surges through forgotten maintenance corridors and collapsing transit tubes. What begins as a transportation emergency rapidly escalates into a full-scale urban ...

Are you familiar with "situational awareness"? This book will cover what you need to know to gain a complete understanding of this concept.

In this electrifying novel, Richard Price, the author of Clockers and a writer on The Wire, gives us razor-sharp anatomy of an ever-changing Harlem. "Novelist Richard Price has as fine an ear for American speech as anyone writing today..."—AudioFile East Harlem, 2008. In an instant, a...