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Real-world strategies for confronting your worst nightmares.

Unlike many survival books that offer one person’s opinions, WHAT IF? Experts'' Survival Strategies for Natural Disasters, Urban Threats, and Other Deadly Emergencies is a scenario-based guide with insights from a panel of more than 40 actual survival experts to help you plan for and confront worst-case scenarios. These pros include trainers for U.S. military special operations, the Department of Defense (DoD) and law enforcement SWAT. There are no keyboard warriors here; these are people who have made a living learning and teaching how to survive threats and then stay alive in nearly any conceivable scenario.

Based on information researched by the editors of OFFGRID Magazine, WHAT IF? covers a wide gamut of nightmare scenarios in categories the average person is quite likely to encounter at some point: 

Natural DisastersCrimeTerrorismThreats while Traveling Grid Down

Respected experts such as Tim MacWelch, Kevin Estela, Rudy Reyes, Jared Wihongi and John Nores, to name a few, offer answers to a lot of uncomfortable questions that, unfortunately, require deep forethought in today’s world. You owe it to yourself and your family to prepare! 

What if …

You’re caught in an earthquake?Your neighborhood is attacked by an angry mob?You’re threatened by a stalker?                          You’re caught in a mass shooting?Hackers take down the power grid?Your child is abducted?Critical supply lines are indefinitely interrupted?

These questions and dozens of others are presented in scenario-based stories that force you to think about how should realistically respond when your life is on the line.

You’ll learn how to prevent becoming lost in the backcountry or stranded in your vehicle. Deal with economic collapse and angry mobs like a well-trained professional. Or come out on top if faced with earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, utility outages, suicide bombings, hijackings or hostage situations. No matter what befalls you, WHAT IF? has you covered.

Remember: Knowledge is the key to preparation, and preparation is the key to survival! Whatever worst-case scenario keeps you awake at night, WHAT IF? Experts'' Survival Strategies for Natural Disasters, Urban Threats, and Other Deadly Emergencies) is your guide to overcoming uncertainty and confronting our fears with confidence. 

Rely on yourself to thrive and stay alive in tough situations

When the unexpected happens, there''s only one person you can rely on with 100 percent certainty, and that''s you. DIY Survival gets you in the right state of mind to help you plan for and practice self-reliant survival skill when times are tough and you need to take back control. The editors of OffGrid Magazine have collected the best of the best and most applicable expert information gleaned from a decade of publishing real-world survival information and put it all in one place for your to learn from. Here''s just a sampling of what''s inside: 

Health Hacks: Improvised disinfectants; emergency amputation; delivering a baby when medical help isn''t available; do-it-yourself soap making; wound closure techniques; antibiotic alternatives

Skills: Starting fires without matches; improvised water filters; scavenging abandoned cars; survival lessons from the homeless; knifemaking and sharpening; practicing survival techniques at home; unarmed self-defense.

Food and Drink: How to can meat; make and install a rain barrel; common plants you can survive on; brewing beer for survival; building a six-month food supply; improvised fishing methods; basics of survival gardening; trapping small-game animals; jerky making; raising chickens for eggs; long-term water storage; edible plants and dangerous lookalikes; mushroom foraging; 

 

Tools and Gear: Makeshift weapons; versatile uses for emergency blankets; uses for paracord; building your own bow and arrow; uncommon tools; bushcraft gear you can rely on.

OffGrid has grown into the No. 1 prepping and survival brand for its no-nonsense approach to survival education, presenting advice from professionals who have made it their job to keep themselves and others alive in emergency circumstances. DIY Survival puts that knowledge in your hands

A no-nonsense guide to gearing up, bugging out and staying alive. 

For more than a decade, OffGrid Magazine has been at the forefront of education about prepping and survival in both urban and rural environments. Now, the OffGrid editors have pulled together a collection of the best advice on gear and skills needed to keep you and your loved ones alive when the unexpected happens and it''s time to get out of harm''s way. 

The Bug Out Book drives home the fact that gear matters, but only if it''s the right gear and you know how to use it. Central to this concept is the popular OffGrid "Bag Drop" column, a deeply detailed look at tools and advice from survival experts who provide the details of what they pack in their bug out bags in preparation for survival scenarios that are highly possible in today''s uncertain world. Here''s where to go for help with preparing for situations such as: 

Getting out of town before a hurricane strikesEscaping a fast-moving wildfireSurviving an urban mass transit attackFinding safety if your neighborhood is a target for civil unrestStaying safe if forced to evacuate your workplace

These and a dozen other scenarios are covered from the perspective of which gear you need to take care of yourself and your loved ones until you can get to permanent safety or return home. 

To supplement this gear advice, the OffGrid editors have compiled deeply detailed, expert coverage of how to select and use the most important life-saving gear, including fire-starting tools; water purifiers; emergency food; clothing; footwear; knives; improvised weapons; and dozens of others to fit the most likely scenarios you might face in your locale.