The 2008 Hurricane Season is Upon Us!

Hurricanes, Wild Fires, Tornados, Earthquakes & Floods

When the Next Disaster Strikes, Will You Be Prepared?

Will you or your family survive after the storm passes?

This Book Could Save Your Life!

Written by Environmentalist & Outdoor Survivalist, Matthew Stein

Over 50,000 copies sold - Now updated & revised, June 2007

Conrad Lautenbacher, administrator for The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that this year's hurricane season will deliver 13 to 17 named storms, with 7 to 10 becoming hurricanes, of which five could become major hurricanes of Category 3 strength or higher. We also face continuing wild fires and tornados. 

When hurricanes Katrina and Rita delivered their blows in 2005 we discovered that most of us are not prepared for disruptions of this magnitude. In today’s world of super-storms, wild fires, rolling blackouts and record breaking floods, it is likely that many of us will face significant disruptions in our lives.

When Technology Fails (Chelsea-Green Publishing) can help anyone prepare and cope with what may lie ahead. Originally released in Sept. 2005, this comprehensive book has flown off book store shelves since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which found most gulf coast residents unprepared.  It is now updated and available (June, 2007) to help you and your family prepare for, and deal with:

• Hurricanes and other super-storms

• Wildfires

• Disruptions in supplies and services

• Medical emergencies

• Power outages

• Gasoline shortages

• Terrorist acts

Please ask yourself:

• How will you cope if the water stops flowing out of your tap?

• What to do when gasoline and electricity are unavailable?

• Where do you get food for your family?

• What last minute items must you take when there is little time to prepare?

• How to deal with common medical emergencies when the doctors and hospitals are overloaded?

Are you ready to “Do the Right Thing” for your friends and family in an emergency? How will you handle that critical 72 hours (or more) when the authorities are overloaded?

 Providing practical, “How TO” chapters on:

• Survival strategies and techniques

• Planning and emergency preparedness

• First aid and emergency medical procedures

• Dealing with toxic mold

• Water quality and treatment options/water purification

• Future trends and what might we expect over the next 5, 10 and 20 years

• Renewable energy primer and guide to resources

• Sustainable agriculture

• “Green” building and passive solar guidelines

• Much, much more  

AUTHOR CREDENTIALS:

Matthew Stein is a practical down-to-earth realist.  He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.  He is an eengineer, a building contractor, and has worked as a schoolteacher, carpenter, and rock climbing and ski instructor. As the owner of Aloha Aina Builders, Stein built hurricane resistant, energy efficient and environmentally friendly homes across Hawaii.

Stein is a mechanical engineer and president of Stein Design. In addition to building hurricane and earthquake resistant housing, he has designed consumer water filtration devices, commercial water filtration systems, medical bacteriological filters, drinking fountains, emergency chemical drench systems, portable fiberglass buildings and automated assembly machinery for Hewlett Packard, Seagate, Plantronics, Duraflame, Haws, and IGT, among other companies. He is currently on the staff of Synergy Technology, an engineering consulting firm, and resides with his wife Josie in the High Sierra Mountains near Lake Tahoe, CA.

Additionally, Stein holds a number of US patents, and was a National Merit Scholar. For many years, Stein has pursued avid interests in renewable energy, alternative healing, sustainable growth, and preventative medicine.

Stein’s outdoor experience includes considerable backpacking and camping (starting at age 5), alpine ascents in the Canadian Rockies and High Sierras, solo winter ascents of peaks in the High Sierras and numerous Yosemite Valley hard rock climbs (including several Half Dome and El Capitan big walls).  He volunteers his services as a guide and guide trainer for blind skiers with the Ski for Light blind cross-country skier program.

Stein and his wife Josie currently reside in the High Sierra Mountains near Lake Tahoe, CA. 

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