Why Do All the Locals Think We're Crazy? is the true story of three firemen from the Midwest who decided to break out of their mid-life routine and take their mischievous senses of humor and their inability to back down from a challenge to new limits. Their kindred love for tropical locations, along with an insuppressible desire to be anywhere but Kansas, led them to extend their reach beyond the borders of the continental United States. They, with a combined total of zero boat building experience, constructed their own kayaks. Then they, with a combined total of zero sea kayaking experience, planned to spend a week paddling among the picturesque U.S. and British Virgin Islands. From day one twists, turns, setbacks, and obstacles hindered any romantic notions of a cinematic triumph over the confines of mundane suburbia and personal limitations. Yet, they took the trip, risked their reputations and lives, and managed to avoid becoming a pointless maritime tragedy. Through perseverance, humor, and rum they conquered the literal and metaphorical mountains they encountered: personal conflict, delays of every kind, kayak failure, separation, a night alone on an uninhabited island, and a rescue by a yacht chartered by drunken Dutch airline pilots. Why Do All the Locals Think We're Crazy? chronicles the entire journey from idea inception through their return to the mainland. It combines adventure and humor with sprinkled in dime store philosophy that will leave you captivated, laughing, and glad to be on dry land.

IT'S NOT A KNOT--IT'S YOUR LIFE When catastrophe strikes and modern technologies fail, ropework skills will become as essential for survival as they were for centuries past. The variety of knots taught in this book are guaranteed to hold against even the toughest forces, ensuring that an emergency doesn't turn into a disaster. When your life, home, and property are hanging by a thread, these powerful knots are too strong to break: * Create sturdy shelter with a HARNESS BEND * Preserve sacks of grain with a BAG KNOT * Move fallen trees with a BOWLINE * Transport injured persons with a MUNTER HITCH * Secure your home against intruders with a ZEPPELIN BEND * Hang rations above floodwater with a SCAFFOLD KNOT Prepper's Guide to Knots features clear, step-by-step instructions on tying each knot. It also provides information on selecting the right type of rope, the history of ropework and the specific benefits of each knot.

A COMPLETE, STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO PREPARING YOURSELF AND YOUR COMMUNITY TO AID FIRST RESPONDERS DURING A DISASTER SITUATION Nothing brings out the best in neighbors more than facing a catastrophe together. But don't wait till the disaster is upon you. This book shows how you can work together today to protect the lives and homes of all the families in your neighborhood tomorrow. With guidance on how you can take a leadership role, this helpful handbook details everything your community needs to be fully prepared for any natural disaster. * Creating event-specific disaster kits for yourself and your family * Learning about basic fire safety and fire fighting * Establishing triage centers in the event that first responders can't reach you * Stabilizing disaster victims through need-to-know first aid * Creating your own neighborhood emergency response team to keep your neighborhood safe and save lives should the worst occur

A comprehensive step-by-step workbook of checklists and DIY projects that prepare you and your family for any life-threatening catastrophe Hurricane, earthquake, pandemic, terror attack, solar flare, riot or civil unrest any of these can disrupt modern life and only a few prepared citizens are able to ride out such disasters in safety. The Prepper's Workbook lays out exactly how to plan, prepare and survive any disaster, taking you from the ranks of the unaware to the confident few who can weather any storm. The book's one-of a-kind, hands-on format allows you to breakdown each aspect of prepping into simple, manageable steps that won't consume excessive free time or money. Since every individual and family is different, this workbook provides a fill-in-the-blank assessment to help each reader tailor preps to their specific needs based on fitness or handicaps, skills and knowledge and geographic location. Each project can be tackled piece by piece on weekends and the skill-building exercises and drills can be incorporated into fun family outings. Topics include evaluating and building food stores, personal and home security, preparing vehicles for an evacuation and acquiring medical supplies to treat injuries and illness in the absence of outside help.

A HANDY GUIDE TO FIELD-TESTED MEDICAL PROCEDURES SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR CRITICAL TIMES WHEN NO DOCTOR IS AVAILABLE When disaster strikes and no doctors are available, you'll have to rely on your own medical knowledge to survive. Prepper's Survival Medicine Handbook goes beyond basic first aid to teach you military-tested methods for treating life-threatening medical conditions, including: * Gunshot wounds * Third degree burns * Radiation exposure * Broken bones * Ruptured arteries * Severed limbs * Poisonous snakebites * Anaphylactic shock The author, an emergency responder, details step-by-step treatment for everything from hypothermia and heat stroke to seizures and cardiac emergencies. Using information from actual military field manuals, this book provides everything you need to keep you and your loved ones safe when there's nowhere else to turn.