The Disaster-Ready Home: A Step-by-Step Emergency Preparedness Manual for Sheltering in Place

I bought the MP3/CD of this book, The Disaster Ready Home, along with the paperback version on pre-order from Amazon. I received the MP3/CD on December 29, 2021. I realize that the release for this book is January 4, 2022. Since I finished the MP3/CD version, I thought I might post a brief review for anyone considering buying this. In a nutshell, I really enjoyed this book! The MP3/CD is about 4 ½ hours long and is read by the author. The sound quality is awesome… crystal clear. This book is not a homesteading tutorial, instead it focuses on basic home preparations to help face disaster. This is a book about Bugging In when disaster strikes and having the supplies, tools, and skills to face the challenge. There are four parts to the book along with an introduction and a conclusion:-Food-Water-Cooking/Boiling water-Off-grid heat/Sanitation The topics covered in the four parts were exhaustive. There are itemized PDF checklists to download, resource links for items suggested, work schedules for inventory and rotation, and links to videos for instruction. In the four parts mentioned, every base is covered. It is so much information, I will spend the next few months reviewing just to cover everything. As I said, each part was extensively covered. I cannot hope to touch on everything that is offered; so, I’ll just share one thing I found very interesting from each part(s):Introduction- Home preparation for bugging in is practical for rural, suburban, and urban residences.Food- Sprouts can be grown (in your kitchen) for food without sunlight, soil, or fertilizer.Water- Water can be collected from rain gutters into reservoir barrels using a simple kit.Cooking/Boiling water- The 25-brick rocket stove and the Kelly Kettle are sound off grid cooking choices.Off-grid heat/Sanitation- Kerosene heaters and off grid bucket (5gal.) toilets are viable options for your home in an off-grid scenario.Conclusion- “Action is better than Perfect when Preparing” I am very glad I bought this MP3/CD as well as the book on pre-order. Mr. Stewart really outdid himself. You really get your money’s worth. The Food and Water sections alone were worth what I paid. Mr. Stewart mentions his training website www.outdoorcore.com in the book. Many of the topics/skills/products covered in the book have corresponding instruction on his training website. I recommend this MP3/CD and look forward to my printed copy when it arrives!

The Disaster Ready Home is a timely book where Creek demystifies home preparedness and share decades worth of practical experience in his characteristic, easy-to-understand, step-by-step style in: tips, tricks, hacks, checklists, anecdotes and systems for short and long-term home preparedness - in the event of a disaster or grid down event.This book will serve those is rural and urban living situations. It will help the well prepared... and would be a great first “prepper” book for those just starting their preparedness journey. Even though our family is quite well prepared, my wife and I discovered gaps in our preps through this book… and are now taking steps to plug our holes.Being the founder Ultimate Survival Tips - my “job” requires me to keep up on top instructors, authors and innovators in the survival and preparedness space. Nearly 10 years ago I picked up Creek’s - Build the Perfect Bug Out Bag. Shortly after this, I was blessed to met and interview him at a conference. Since then, Creek has appeared many times on our YouTube Channel and our podcast, The Survival Show Podcast and he has become a close friend.I say all of this to say that I have learned over the years that Creek, practices what he preaches. He NEVER teaches a topic that he, himself has not worked through and mastered first. And you can have confidence is his masterful instruction knowing that he knows what his is talking about and that the Creek in this book is the same Creek on his TV shows, in his instructional training videos (on Outdoor Core) and the same Creek some of us are privileged enough to know as a friend. In short, Creek is a man of integrity and wisdom.Now to wrap up things up…In this book Creek takes his student / reader through a simple journey of sustainable preparedness by breaking down four vital categories (one of which is often forgotten): 1) Shelter / Heat. 2) Water /Storage and Purification. 3) What I call, “Food Forever” (Including) Food: Procurement, Preparation, Preservation, Storage, Growing and even raising chickens in your backyard. 4) Plus one vital long-term category most people forget - Sanitation and Hygiene.I highly recommend The Disaster Ready Home for two types of people:1) Those who know they are not prepared… because Creeks approach is practical, simple, affordable and will keep you from becoming frustrated.2) I also highly recommend this book for Preppers who feel like they have their home “disaster ready” - because it is likely that you missed something… or that Creek has developed a technique, hack or system that will greatly shore up a gap you did not know you had.

This book was presented to me in a promotional ad on Reddit, and I immediately came to Amazon and purchased. I think the book had only been available for three days, but I took a chance on the eight available reviews. Let me tell you, I am impressed! A very simple format, easy to read, no fluff at all, just facts, and I am already implementing three things I have learned from this book in just two days, and I’m not even finished with it.The book included a valuable link for a manual well pump, and in one day I have a quote back from the manufacturer. After I submit a few more details to determine the exact specs, I will be pulling the trigger on this portion of my preparations. The manufacturer even has a supplier for install in my area! (I have more money than time at this point).Aside from the well pump, the information regarding food storage and preparation I have found easy to “digest”, with options for various budget, space, size, and level of prep needs. I already was doing some of the food prep stuff the author explains, and was just thrilled to find I was on the right path, which lead me to take another large leap into the food part of my preps, like five-fold at this point. I will be doing more again, later.All in all, the text is well presented, easy to grasp, and the author isn’t a pompous jerk like some of the folks in this field can tend to be with their “my way is the only way” attitude, or some Jack-wagon, “I was a whatever military dude in the jungles for eight years, and I did two survival shows on TV” junk. I highly, highly recommend this book, and I will personally be delving into his prior publishings and articles, all mentioned and linked in this book.Make your home Disaster Ready!