"When disaster strikes, will you be ready? How would you handle a raging house fire? What about an avalanche? A serious car crash? A grizzly bear attack? A deadly plague? Survival expert Tim Mac Welch has the solutions to a world of survival scenarios. Natural disasters- Know what to do in the face of dangers ranging from floods and fires to a supervolcano or massive solar flare. Criminal threats- Proven strategies fr surviving street hassles, home invasions, terrorist attacks, and piracy on the high seas. Society's end- What is the unthinkable happens? The grid goes down, the economy crashes, or humanity is decimated by disease? Even then, you and your family can prevail."--P.[4] of cover.