This section isn’t intended to scare you with disasters or worst-case scenarios, nor is it intended to be an extreme end-of-the-world ‘prepper’ manual. Instead, it’s intended for everyday people who want to be more informed and better prepared, no matter what life brings. Facing adversity is difficult under almost any circumstance, but being unprepared makes coping with those emergencies that much harder. Your willingness to increase your awareness, take steps to plan ahead, and accept that life sometimes means handling tough situations with as much calm determination as you can manifest, will help you be resilient and prevail.
People can be almost equally divided into two camps: those who expect the worst and prepare for it and those who hope it will never happen to them. It’s better to be prepared for the worst than it is to be surprised and defenseless when it arrives. Because it will arrive. Emergencies can happen at any given moment, and every person edges close to calamity at least once or twice in their lifetime.
We often believe that emergency responders will be there when we need them most, but in some crises like a major earthquake, wild fire, flood, tornado, or a hurricane, you may instead have to rely only on yourself and the people around you to handle the situation for several days.