EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND MORE: a Manual on Food Storage and Survival is a comprehensive book designed to provide preparedness information to the average American family residing in the United States today. It consists of twenty-three chapters that cover a wide variety of survival topics, such as figuring out the amounts and types of foods you need to store in order to be self-sufficient and how to package this food for long-term storage. After reading this book, you will be able to answer important questions that include: How do you cook your food without electricity? What type of medical supplies should you have on hand? Do you know how to purify your drinking water if the water system fails? How should you navigate precious metal trading? All of this and more is included in this easy to read book. The 2nd edition has been revise and updated.  It has almost 100 pages of new information added, plus much of the existing information has been updated. Godfrey has done it again.This, his third book is the best so far. You feel as though you are chatting with an old friend, having an informative conversation that will enhance your survivability in the event of a natural or manmade disaster. He is a great researcher and practitioner. Buy this book, study it, practice and be ready. Freeze Dry Guy Watching mainstream television will encourage "learned helplessness." Emergency Preparedness and More is just the opposite - it will cut to the chase and save you time and money. An outstanding manual focused on preparing for your survival - how to prepare, what to prepare, and why. It is similar to years of USAPrepares broadcasts in a single volume. If you are new to preparedness and survival, reading this manual from cover to cover is your best first step. Vincent Finelli, Broadcaster and CEO,USAPrepares.com, LC Howard Godfrey's wealth of practical knowledge and experience really shines throughout his newly revised book, Emergency Preparedness and More. Not only has Godfrey been a prepper for almost 40 years, he also has decades of experience working with the military, as a first responder, a fire fighter and in law enforcement. Even though I am the author of two best selling books on prepping and survival, I learned a surprising amount from reading Godfrey. Emergency Preparedness and More is a fantastic resource, and I highly recommend it! -- MatthewStein, design engineer, green builder, and best selling author of When Disaster Strikes: A Comprehensive Guide to Emergency Planning andCrisis Survival , and WhenTechnology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving theLong Emergency Howard Godfrey has many years of experience in the fire service, law enforcement, and military. This is his third book on emergency preparedness. For five and a half years, he wrote the blog PreparednessAdvice.com. He has also practiced and taught various aspects of preparedness for over forty years. This book is a compilation of his many years of experience and training.