"Are you preparing for the collapse of society? If so, you are definitely not alone. In this timely follow-up to The Ultimate Survival Manual, Prepare for Anything is packed with hundreds of gear, skills, and survival tips and strategies to help you be ready for anything, from economic collapse and terrorism to natural disasters and government surveillance."--Publisher's description.

Includes index. "338 essential skills"--, "Gear, skills, survival"--,

Understanding situational awareness --Sharpen your strategy -- Know the steps -- Color code it -- Know what you're preparing for -- Understand the crisis -- Get familiar with the scope -- Learn your task -- Create your family emergency plan -- Conduct drills -- Gear. Pack a BOB for any situation -- Stock a home survival kit -- Pack something weird -- Make a fire kit -- Waterproof your matches -- Be fire smart -- Know your fire types -- Check home safety basics -- Stay on comm -- Know your region -- Stock the right supplies -- Disaster-proof your home -- Fool the bad guys -- Reinforce your home -- Don't forget the garage -- Bar the door for real -- Shop smart -- Start with the basics -- Power up with protein -- Go carb crazy -- Stash some little luxuries -- Pack it in PETE -- Plan for the long haul -- Don't forget to FIFO -- Count your calories -- Store food right -- Go cuckoo for coconut -- Sleep on it -- Figure out how much water you'll need -- Be chemical safe -- Harvest the rain -- Let the sun shine in -- This could happen to you: Wild auto repair -- Hold your water -- Think outside the sink -- Banish bacteria -- Pool your resources -- Suit up for safety -- Get wild and woolly -- Walk tall -- Be your own bootblack -- Dress for the occasion -- Build your tool kit -- Get creative with your toolbox -- Rip it up with a hammer -- Make fire with a file -- Don't get caught without: Vodka -- Spotlight on: Evan and Scott Hill -- Meet the Hill brothers -- Get the gear of the Hill people -- Stick to your guns -- Grab a gun (or two) -- Be gun safety savvy -- This could happen to you: Paracord escape -- Own 8 essential knives -- Tie 7 simple knots -- Have a financial plan -- Shelter your funds -- Stash your cash -- Know the right amount -- Understand your fuel types -- Know your color codes -- Make it last longer -- Store fuel right -- Determine how much fuel you need -- Burn this, not that -- Live on solar power -- Get the most from a propane stove -- Make recycled briquettes -- Get ready to get around -- Buy the best vehicle -- Upgrade your ride -- Charge it yourself -- Provide all the air -- Get the tools for your car -- Don't get caught without: Paracord -- Skills. Know your basic skills -- Revisit home ec -- Build your survival skills -- Build your first aid kit -- Improvise medical supplies -- Level up -- Check vital signs -- Assess and control bleeding -- Bandage a wound -- Disinfect a wound -- Know CPR -- Treat for shock -- Set broken bones -- Identify and treat burns -- Perform the Heimlich maneuver -- Build a fire in the rain -- Get the best materials you can find -- Make char cloth -- Learn the tricks to tinder -- Don't get caught without: Sardines -- Know your water -- Disinfect with UV light -- Disinfect with boiling water -- Keep clear -- Use your canner to distill water -- Build a solar still -- Double up -- Dig your own well -- Get the water up -- Make a Gypsy well -- Boil in a bottle -- Maintain your perimeter -- Be your own chimney sweep -- Keep your fortress in good shape -- Stock your home -- Plumbing toolbox -- Clean with the basics -- Start outside, then bring it all inside -- Stock your safe room -- Grab the popcorn -- Don't forget your pets -- Alert the authorities -- Board up -- Stock a P.B.O.B. -- Prepare to leave them behind -- Train for disaster -- This could happen to you: Rooftop escape -- Do your research -- Pick the right spot -- Get the dirt -- Place your plants -- Go urban -- Take it easy -- Build a food wall -- Grow the right veggies -- Build a raised bed garden -- Feed a family of four -- Scare off critters -- Grow your own medicine chest -- Make a self-watering container garden -- Know fido's risks -- Spotlight on: Rod Morey, medicine man -- Take charge of your own wellness -- Brew Rod's favorite remedies -- Know three essential herbs -- Build a backyard chicken farm -- Raise chicks -- Get a good egg -- Feed free-range chickens -- Kill a chicken humanely -- Prepare your chicken -- Consider other fowl -- Include quail in your homestead -- Avoid salmonella -- Find the right feed -- Raise rabbits -- Breed rabbits the right way -- Build a rabbit hutch -- Raise a cavy -- Kill small animals humanely -- Build a barrel abattoir -- Dress a rabbit -- Create a conflict-free homestead -- Don't forge the poop -- Make goat's-milk cheese -- Avoid cattle, no bull! -- Make a canning kit -- Can in a water bath -- Learn to pressure-can -- Get a lift -- Yes you can ... meat -- Plant a canning garden -- Follow these golden rules for pickling produce -- Jam or jelly your favorite fruits -- Dry out your fruits -- Drop some acid -- Spotlight on: Rick "Hue" Hueston -- Survive the end times with Hue -- Forage Hue's top 10 wild foods -- Cook Hue's squirrel stew -- Make a cardboard box smoker -- Smoke out your vegetarians -- Get fishy -- Make jerky -- Brew your own alcohol -- Brew mead -- Craft an amber American ale -- Make blackberry wine -- Tie 7 helpful knots -- Improvise a solar lightbulb -- Make your own fuel -- Assemble an oil lamp -- Make candles -- Build a bicycle-powered generator -- Power up -- Brew coffee without power -- Make power with water -- Build a water turbine -- Conside the biodiesel switch -- Know your diesels -- Make the conversion to bio -- Get running on french-fry oil -- Turn the right oils into fuel -- Be safe with home chemistry -- Get the supplies -- Learn the process -- Be biodiesel smart -- This could happen to you: Cougar face-off -- Avoid conflict -- Throw a power punch -- Hit the spot -- Block and counter -- Choose the right knife -- Stand and deliver -- Get a grip -- Throw a knife -- Sharpen your blade -- Don't get in a knife fight -- Make a PVC bow -- Fletch your own arrows -- Shoot your bow properly -- Don't get caught without: Duct tape -- Learn safe gun handling -- Stand and shoot -- Avoid four common trigger mistakes -- Drill home accuracy -- Build your own blowgun -- Use what's close -- Survival. Chart your survival priorities -- Assess and respond to emergency -- Survive anything -- Obey the rules of threes -- Develop an attitude -- Decide whether to stay -- Ask for-and give-help -- Share your skills -- Plan your bug-out camp supplies -- Embrace the plastic -- Create order with areas -- Make camp life easier -- Signal to rescuers -- Turn on the radio -- Use a survival mirror -- Don't get caught without: Space blankets -- Understand major blackouts -- Create flare contingencies -- Don't panic after a pulse -- Laugh in the face of darkness -- Employ people of power -- Understand EMP danger -- Protect electronics with a faraday cage -- Charge a cell phone in a blackout -- Hack your c-cell -- Be ready for storms -- Prepare for hurricanes and cyclones -- Fight back against flooding -- Find a quake-safe spot -- This could happen to you: Natural disaster -- Get ready for a fall -- Stock up for the crash -- Build a team -- Hail the new chief -- Understand the real threat -- Choose the right leader -- Don't screw it up -- Lead like the great ones -- Spot a sociopath -- Pick a compound -- Remember the basic tenets -- Build a defensive perimeter -- Create observation posts -- Build a basement bunker -- Make a bucket bathroom -- Create layers of security -- Keep it breathable -- Have some comms handy -- Keep it dry -- Spotlight on: Kirk Lombard -- Catch a weird fish -- Poke pole for eels -- Follow Kirk's foraging tips -- Select your trap -- Cover your scent -- Build a deadfall -- Bait your trap correctly -- Know your neighborhood animals -- Bag a backyard buck -- Break the law (If you must) -- Hunt better with bait -- Catch live critters -- Tan your hides -- Use your brain -- Smoke tanned hides -- Enjoy sun-dried foods -- Dry it in the dark -- Whip up some hardtack -- Make your own pemmican -- Make a good trade -- Get your balance -- Spotlight on: R.P. MacWelch -- Survive like dad -- Learn an art -- Develop new skills -- Spark it up -- Make fire from rocks -- Build a fire like a pro -- Use a fire plow -- Make charcoal from firewood -- Mix your own gunpowder -- Build your own backyard forge -- Forge your own knife -- Heat with the sun -- Warm up safely -- Use bricks and stones to heat your home -- Consider these heaters -- Master 6 advanced knots -- Don't get caught without: Beer -- Multitask your meds -- Repurpose street drugs -- Beliver a baby -- Use an EpiPen -- Apply a tourniquet -- Don't try this at home -- Save a toe (or finger, or more) -- Save an eye -- Don't spill your guts -- Open an airway -- This could happen to you: Airway to go -- Survive a gunshot wound -- Take care of an impaled victim -- Decompress a chest wound -- Suture a wound -- Survive with nothing -- Know your lines of shelter -- Scrounge for nourishment -- Diagnose and treat ailments -- Keep it positive.