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    The Coming Winter: A Commonsense Guide to Emergency Preparedness
    The Coming Winter: A Commonsense Guide to Emergency Preparedness
    The Coming Winter: A Commonsense Guide to Emergency Preparedness
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    The Coming Winter: A Commonsense Guide to Emergency Preparedness

    By J. Edward Cook

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    The Coming Winter offers insights on emergency preparedness from a perspective of faith. Whether you're preparing for a damaging storm that lasts a few days or a financial collapse that lasts years, this book offers clear guidelines for planning for realistic events. Referencing historical disasters and events, this book looks at what has actually happened in our past in order to prepare for what may happen in our future. Its not necessary for the average person to prepare for some fantasy end-of-the-world scenario, but wisdom urges us all to be as prepared as possible for the unforeseen events that are inevitable. Whether you are a beginner when it comes to preparedness or a seasoned veteran, this books simplicity can help you better understand and implement a relevant and successful preparedness plan.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateMar 7, 2014
    ISBN9781491867778
    The Coming Winter: A Commonsense Guide to Emergency Preparedness
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    J. Edward Cook

    J. Edward Cook is a former marine and works with mission organizations in Africa and Eastern Europe as well as within his own community. He has worked to build schools, clinics, churches, and community water systems, and he now spends time teaching others the importance of self-reliance and faith. His years of work have enabled him to further develop techniques and philosophies he has spent a lifetime acquiring. Raised in the Deep South, he was taught by his family to build, farm, hunt, be self-reliant, and value the importance of faith. His combined experiences have allowed him to help organizations establish effective social and community development training programs for some of the most impoverished people in the world.

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      The Coming Winter - J. Edward Cook

      © 2014 J. Edward Cook. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 02/28/2014

      ISBN: 978-1-4918-6783-9 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4918-6777-8 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2014903620

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

      Contents

      Prologue

      The Coming Winter

      Perspective

      A Starting Point

      What Does a Collapse Look Like?

      Historically Recurring Collapse Scenarios

      Categorizing Disasters

      Basic Needs

      The Four Primary Needs

      The Seven Secondary Needs

      Making Your Checklist

      Primary Needs Checklist

      Conclusion

      About the Author

      Prologue

      If you watch the news often, it doesn’t take long to figure out that the world is messed up. You don’t even have to watch the news to see how messed up it is; you can see it in your daily life. We see so many things in the world around us that make us question the state of humanity and leave us feeling almost hopeless for our future. There is so much greed, hatred, perversion, immorality, and laziness that sometimes I wonder what hope we really do have. It’s obvious that our society is turning its back on God. We are beginning to experience the consequences of this turn as we see our culture slipping deeper into moral depravity. If we don’t get our acts together soon and, as a nation, turn back to Him, it’s only going to get worse.

      One day, I began to think about where we’re going as a culture and what the implications are. What if our culture really did keep getting worse? I decided that, if things did keep getting worse, one day something really bad was going to happen; maybe it would be another depression or some type of civil unrest. Whatever the bad thing was, I began to realize that I wasn’t really prepared for it. I thought about my wife and my children and about how God has given them to me to care for and protect. I decided that I wanted to begin taking steps to make sure that if something did happen, I wouldn’t be taken completely by surprise and that I would be able to take care of my family and help others. I didn’t want to be the one desperately seeking aid. So I started studying disasters. I decided to look back at the history of things that have happened to our country and to other societies and look for any recurring disastrous events. I then began to put together a pragmatic list of items and skills that I would personally like to have if one of those events were to happen to us. What I found surprised me a little; history apparently repeats itself (I was already supposed to know that).

      My family and I have a strong faith in God. I know that He is sovereign and that He is ultimately responsible for my well-being. However, I do not believe that He wants me to sit idly by and simply say, Whatever happens will happen because it is His will. I know that the Bible says, The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, but He gives me common sense for a reason. If a hurricane is coming, I don’t pray that He keeps my windows from being blown out and then do nothing; I go out and buy plywood to board them up. If there is a winter storm forecast, I don’t pray that He keeps me warm and then do nothing; I make sure that I have emergency heating. If I decide that one day I will be too old and frail to work, I don’t pray that He’ll take care of me and then do nothing; I try to save something for my retirement years.

      I trust that God is in control of everything, but I don’t believe He wants me to do nothing. God’s sovereignty does not negate my responsibility to act prudently. One of our country’s founders, James Madison, wrote in his personal bible: To neglect the means for our own preservation is to tempt God: and to trust to them is to neglect Him. I am the steward of the family, home, and resources that He has blessed me with, and it is my responsibility to do everything in my power to care for and protect all that I have using the common sense He has given me. At the foundation of all of that, I trust in His Providence for my ultimate security.

      Throughout history, there have been certain events, such as wars, depressions, incidents of civil unrest, oppressions, and natural disasters that have occurred quite often. The people who managed to make it through these events

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