Act now to avert calamity! This expertly curated compilation of step-by-step survival advice, drawn from more than 100 years of official documentation from around the world, demonstrates how to deal with every kind of disaster imaginable. Life-saving strategies include how to: Pandemic Identify symptoms / Prevent transmission / Destroy contaminated material / Construct a facemask / Avoid infection / Administer treatment / Clean equipment Natural Disaster Tornado-proof your home / Find shelter during an earthquake / Assemble your survival kit / Fight a forest fire / Escape a flooded car / Identify edible plants Nuclear Attack Evacuate a city / Build a fallout shelter / Survive radiation poisoning / Operate a respirator / Protect livestock / Overcome trauma / Estimate damage Alien Invasion Detect extraterrestrial life / Search the skies / Identify flying objects / Transmit messages / Recognize hoaxes