Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #533 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-20
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 450 pages

Review
"Cody Lundin has written a book that eloquently makes the strongest possible case for robust, profound, and holistic emergency preparedness." (Kay C. Goss SRA International )

"Cody Lundin's When All Hell Breaks Loose is not your grandpa's survival manual-this book is just damn entertaining." (Read It Here Magazine 20080605)

"Lundin's suggestions and encouragements are clear and kind, offering readers a new-found confidence regarding survival before crises occur." (Tucson Weekly )

"When All Hell Breaks Loose breaks survival preparedness down into a common sense approach, although Cody's style is still "in your face." (Wilderness Way Magazine )

"When All Hell Breaks Loose is aimed at empowering an urban and suburban audience to deal with survival situations BEFORE they happen." (SuperConsciousness Magazine )

"When All Hell Breaks Loose is the essential survival guide for the twenty-first century." (Jim Mulvaney, Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist Tactical intelligence Services, Inc. 20080605)

"When All Hell Breaks Loose provides insight into common-sense solutions that can keep you and yours . . . alive." (Bob Nelson National Disaster Communication Response Team )

"When All Hell Breaks Loose-all 450 pages of it-is aimed toward educating and preparing you and your family for change and the unknown." (BackHome Magazine 20080605)

"[The] book's key message-that advance preparation and personal responsibility are crucial in mitigating the effects of a disaster-is an important one." (Elizabeth Gary, Acting Executive Secretary, National Protection and Programs Directorate U.S. Department of Homeland Security 20080605)

''When All Hell Breaks Loose by Cody Lundin instructs readers how to dispose of bodies and dine on rats and dogs in the event of disaster." (New York Times 20080604)

Kay C. Goss, Senior Principal Director, Emergency Management and Crisis Communications Systems Research and Applications Corporation (SRA International)
Cody Lundin has written a book that eloquently makes the strongest possible case for robust, profound, and holistic emergency preparedness.

Bob Nelson, Executive Director, National Disaster Communication Response Team
When All Hell Breaks Loose provides insight into common-sense solutions that can keep you and yours . . . alive.

Customer Reviews

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the book has a lot of good points, not in the manner i would have written it but you cannot argue their is a lot of great information in it that could really help your family in a time of distress

Some Good Stuff But Needs Editing
I had high expectations for this book and perhaps that's why I am a little disappointed. I thought it lacked organization and editing and perhaps was a little heavy on the funky side.

* Replace some of the cartoons with more specific sketches

* Rate measures as to their effectiveness and difficulty

* Serve as a foundation

There were a lot of nuggets and reminders. One was that a .22LR is a lightweight rifle suitable for most small game and certainly effective in stopping another human that wants to cause harm if properly used. Ammunition is cheap and lightweight. It is all useless without practice.

The section on hygiene was great.

More guidance on threat assessment would be helpful as what's needed depends on the prospective challenges, goals and characteristics of the area. What are the worst case scenarios, would you need to leave the place where you normally live or live in-place without outside support and stuff like utilities. Are the natives friendly? What's the prevailing weather? What are the reader's goals - personal survival, family survival, help neighbors and family.

Perhaps the real answer is a bundle of smaller books including a pocket guide to handling medical problems and a survival guide to pack with the gear.

Fun reading but time invested is not adequately rewarded.

Good Book for all levels of preparation
Mr. Lundin has shared his considerable knowledge on a number of important issues relating to staying alive and well when "All Hell breaks loose."
the importance of redundant systems for water and fire are mentioned. the disposal of dead bodies is mentioned; a topic that we all hope we never have to do, but in such situations as Katrina, we could be called to do that to prevent the spread of disease and the possibilities of further deaths.
He also treats the subject of self defense seriously, though it gets somewhat shorter shrift than some other subjects. Looting by human predators is an issue that we will likely have to face in disasters and many survival/preparation books ignore that possibility.
It is important to have means of defense and an adequate supply of ammunition. In the LA riots the first thing the authorities did was prohibit sales of ammunition since firearms already had a waiting period.
(Which means you should have the basics, depending on your area of .22 rifle, shotgun, and defense caliber pistol with adequate ammunition already in your possession.) For obvious reasons, ammuntion capacity and quickness of reloading, your pistols should be semi=automatic as should the .22 rifle. Lundin doesn't deal with the defense in depth, perhaps because that may not be his biggest expertise, since he interviews defense experts rather than mining his own expertise. This is not a problem as no can know everything, the positive is that he gets it on defense.
Improvised foods such as rats and dogs are mentioned, abhorrent yes, but it's amazing how serious hunger will open your mind on some subjects.
Good book, very helpful, I've read several of this genre since the government began to push this issue and this is one of the best.