When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikes
by Cody Lundin
Photography: Russell Miller (illustrations) and Christopher Marchetti (photography)
ISBN: 978-1-4236-0105-0 6 x 9 inches, 512 pages

Do you ever stay awake at night running through "what if" scenarios? In this age of on-the-spot disaster reporting, the human toll from natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and tsunamis are evident in a way as never before. With some scientists positing that the impact of natural disasters will only increase, it?s more important than ever to have a survival plan in place.

Survival expert Cody Lundin's new book, "When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikes" is what every family needs to prepare and educate themselves about survival psychology and the skills necessary to negotiate a disaster whether you are at home, in the office, or in your car.

Lundin's presentation style is fresh, entertaining, and a bit irreverent. This is not your father's scout manual or a sterile FEMA handout. The first half of the book entertains as it informs, describing how to maximize a survival mind-set necessary for self-reliance. According to the book, living through an emergency scenario is 90 percent psychology, and 10 percent methodology and gear. Relevant quotes and tips are placed throughout the pages to help readers remember important survival strategies while under stress and anxiety.

The second half of the book gets down to the brass tacks of what it takes to survive a catastrophe. Lundin offers solutions for finding or creating potable water, storing super-nutritious foods, heating or cooling the home without conventional power, and creating alternative lighting options. Survival exotics such as building a makeshift toilet and composting the results, catching rodents for food, and safely disposing of a corpse are exclusives! Lundin also addresses basic first aid and hygiene skills and makes recommendations for survival kit items for the home, office, and car.

Cody Lundin and his Aboriginal Living Skills School have been featured in dozens of national and international media sources. He has consulted for National Geographic Television, the Public Broadcasting Station, the History Channel, the Travel Channel, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the United States Forest Service, Copley News Service, and the British Broadcasting Corp.

His expertise in practical self-reliance skills comes from a lifetime of personal experience, including designing his own off-the-grid, passive solar earth home in which he catches rain, composts wastes, and pays nothing for heating or cooling. Cody lives in Arizona and is the author of the best-selling book, 98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive!