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Book

How to prepare for climate change : a practical guide to surviving the chaos

Call Number

  • 363.73874 P746 (CEN)

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Edition

First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2021.

Physical Description

610 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm

Summary

You might not realize it, but we're already living through the beginnings of climate chaos. Pogue offers sensible, researched advice for how we should start to ready ourselves for the years ahead. He walks readers through what to grow, what to eat, how to build, how to insure, where to invest, how to prepare your children and pets, and even where to consider relocating when the time comes. Included are tips for managing your anxiety, as well as action plans for riding out every climate catastrophe, from superstorms and wildfires to ticks and epidemics.

Notes

Includes index.

Bibliographic references posted on publisher's website -- page 579.

Contents

  • Acclimating to climate change
  • Where to live
  • How to build
  • What to grow
  • Where to invest
  • How to insure
  • Protecting your children
  • Ready for anything
  • Preparing for flood
  • Preparing for heat waves
  • Preparing for drought
  • Preparing for hurricanes and tornadoes
  • Preparing for wildfires
  • Preparing for mosquitoes and ticks
  • Preparing for social breakdown
  • Preparing your business
  • Where to find hope.

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