Common Sense in Uncommon Times: Survival in a Changing World

by Brian L. Crissey Ph.D., Pamela Meyer Crissey C.H.

Overview

The world is changing, and your life has changed, wherever you live, and whether you approve or not. You are being affected. Your normal routines can now be interrupted at any time. There are no guarantees of stability or safety, so you need to be prepared, for your sake and for your loved ones. There are new threats and new responses. We are no longer insulated from the chaos of the world. These new possibilities must be understood and preparations made. There is hope. This easy-to-use and authoritative reference has been updated with information on climate change and the Fukushima disaster. It tells you what to do, when, and how. What are the four basic emergency situations you may find yourself in today? What are the seven essential life-support components that you must consider? What should you carry with you whenever you go out? What should you have in your grab-and-go survival pack and where should you keep it?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781893183551
Publisher:	Granite Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	06/15/2013
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	1,116,898
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Pam Meyer-Crissey studied liberal arts at Portland State University, health and wellness at North Greenville University, and has studied homeopathic remedies with Dr. Dickson, N.D. in McMinnville, Oregon, and herbology at the School of Natural Healing in North Carolina and the Dominion Herbal College in Vancouver, B.C. She worked for social service agencies and various industries before heading up Blue Water Publishing in 1991, which has since evolved into the Granite Publishing Group. Brian Crissey received his B.E.S. in mathematical sciences and his Ph.D. in computer science from the Johns Hopkins University. He is Granite's principal editor and technical wizard. He served with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and worked at the National Academy of Sciences. He taught Computer Science at Illinois State University, Linfield College and North Greenville University. Together, Pam and Brian have produced over seventy titles. This is their second publishing project as co-authors.

Table of Contents

The Sandy Face of Change v

How To Use This Book vii

Section I Weird is the New Normal x

Weird is the New Normal 1

Global Climate Destabilization 4

Section II Preparing for Weirdness 12

Staying Alive 13

Four Key Resource Sets 15

Earth 23

Air 28

Water 39

Temperature 48

Food 54

A Few Useful Plants 64

Health 67

Symptoms and Remedies 78

Community 104

Our Greater Connection 112

Section III Understanding Weirdness 114

That Uncertainty in the Air 115

The Certainty of Hope 137

Summer Arrived 141

About the Authors 142

Checklists 143

Bibliography 158

Index 160

Editorial Reviews

Our lives today seem to have two channels: one, the steady, busy routines of our daily activities; the other, the not-always-easily suppressed fear that we will become the victims of catastrophes. Whether our personal nightmare is earthquake, flood, climate change, or act of terrorism, we labor under anxieties that most of us rarely express. With its specific instructions, this carefully planned guide to planning survival techniques holds the power to calm us in our frightening new world.