Fast facts and practical advice to keep you prepared, whether you're dealing with mud or flood, drought or derecho. This valuable, comprehensive guide is full of life-saving information for virtually any extreme weather event-blizzard, hurricane, firestorm, tornado, heatwave, and beyond. Weather reporter Dennis Mersereau, working with the editors of Outdoor Life magazine, debunks common myths, provides hands-on survival tips (some of them literally hands-on-as in, don't lose your fingers to frostbite), and shares some fascinating historical facts and world records. Learn how to: - Read a weather map - Survive in a snowbound car - Stay oriented in a whiteout - Make waterproof matches - Avoid lightning hot spots - Rescue someone caught in a flood - Know your monsoons - Survive a sandstorm - Make peace with the polar vortex - Drought-proof your home and much more

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