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Dispatches From the Edge by Cooper Anderson
mobi, epub |eng | 2007-01-02 | Author:Cooper, Anderson [Cooper, Anderson]

“AMINU’S DEAD.” Charlie Moore, my producer, tells me when he gets back from the intensive care ward. Aminu was four. Yesterday he seemed better. Yesterday was a long time ago. ...
( Category: Journalism & Nonfiction January 6,2015 )
Fire Underground: The Ongoing Tragedy of the Centralia Mine Fire by David DeKok
epub |eng | 2010-01-27 | Author:David DeKok [DeKok, David]

LL WHO WERE AT CENTRALIA ON FEBRUARY 14, 1981, WERE HORRIFIED. Had SecretaryJames Watt been there, or Governor Dick Thornburgh, aid might have flowed to the beleaguered village within the ...
( Category: State & Local December 27,2014 )
Moving Mountains by Claire Bertschinger
epub |eng | 2004-12-31 | Author:Claire Bertschinger

11 Epidemic For the six months I was in Maichew we stayed in a hostelry in the village. It was a single-storey building with walls made from mud, dung and ...
( Category: Disaster Relief December 8,2014 )
Survival Mom by Lisa Bedford
azw3, epub, pdf |eng | 2012-04-23 | Author:Lisa Bedford

Could a Faraday cage be your new best friend? A Faraday cage is a container that is designed to be impervious to the effects of an EMP. These containers can ...
( Category: Do-It-Yourself November 28,2014 )
The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
epub, mobi |eng | 1987-01-15 | Author:David McCullough [McCullough, David]

But Alma Hall stood through the night, as did the Presbyterian Church and its parsonage, Dr. Lowman’s house, where a small crowd had gathered in the top floor, and the ...
( Category: Disaster Relief November 26,2014 )
A Sea in Flames by Carl Safina
epub, pdf |eng | 2011-04-18 | Author:Carl Safina [Safina, Carl]

By the start of the third week of June, one-third of the Gulf’s federal waters, 81,000 square miles, remain closed to fishing. And the Economist estimates that BP is on ...
( Category: Drilling Procedures November 11,2014 )
33 Men by Jonathan Franklin
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-01-13 | Author:Jonathan Franklin

DAY 27: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 From a distance the rescue site at the San José copper mine looked like a construction site gone mad. Huge cranes rattled twenty-four hours a ...
( Category: Chile November 11,2014 )
Zeitoun (German Edition) by Eggers Dave
epub |deu | 2013-02-13 | Author:Eggers, Dave [Eggers, Dave]

III MITTWOCH, 7. SEPTEMBER Schon als Kathy aufwachte, war sie angespannt. Während sie den Kindern Frühstück machte und den Kleinen beim Anziehen half, versuchte sie, nicht darüber nachzudenken, dass ihr ...
( Category: Disaster Relief November 7,2014 )
Scent of the Missing by Susannah
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Susannah [Susannah]

Have a friend long enough, and in time he or she is going to have to break bad news to you. Ellen has been the bearer of bad news more ...
( Category: Disaster Relief October 27,2014 )
Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-09-10 | Author:Sheri Fink [Fink, Sheri]

SPECIAL AGENT Virginia Rider harbored a similar moral outrage. What had happened at Memorial was wrong. It was as basic as the tenets of her Catholic religion, but she wasn’t ...
( Category: Medicine October 14,2014 )
When Technology Fails by Matthew Stein
epub, pdf |eng | 2011-02-17 | Author:Matthew Stein

Figure 8-14. Arm sling. • Fingers are easy to relocate. Simply grasp the fingertip and pull steadily outward until the joint pops back into place. After relocation, tape the injured ...
( Category: How-to & Home Improvements September 17,2014 )
Visit Sunny Chernobyl: And Other Adventures in the World's Most Polluted Places
epub |eng | 2012-05-22 | Author:Andrew Blackwell [Blackwell, Andrew]

Bravo Watch was quiet that night. There were rumors that Mary was heartbroken to have turned back, that she considered it a major blow to Project Kaisei. It was impossible ...
( Category: Environmental Science September 15,2014 )
The SAS Urban Survival Handbook by John "Lofty" Wiseman
epub |eng | 2011-02-01 | Author:John "Lofty" Wiseman

( Category: Disaster Relief August 30,2014 )
SOS GARDENING: Prepping Your Survival Garden for Disasters by Shawn Konecni & Cory McClinton
epub |eng | 2013-12-11 | Author:Shawn Konecni & Cory McClinton [Konecni, Shawn & McClinton, Cory]

Defensible Space – A defensible space is a buffer zone around food resources and structures (including buildings or greenhouses) that is free of flammable material (Ventura County Fire Department, 2013). ...
( Category: Disaster Relief July 25,2014 )
The Pantry Primer: How to Build a One Year Food Supply in Three Months by Daisy Luther
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-02-15 | Author:Daisy Luther [Luther, Daisy]

I spent $248 for the food that I purchased, so it worked out to $1.11 per pound of food that was pre-packaged for long term storage. I also got serious ...
( Category: Disaster Relief July 25,2014 )

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