Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

A full 3/4 of this book has nothing to do with a "Secure Home"! This 674 page book which weighs 4 pounds is a waste of money. The author must think that electricity will be freely available forever. He writes about televisions, clothes washers & dryers, electric ranges and cooktops, refrigerators and freezers and other appliances. He skims over alternative sources of power with an emphasis on generators and very little "how to" advice on how to hook up everything in a system. Only one diagram that does not show wind generators, mini hydro generators or a controller to hook it all together. Here's an example of his recommended "other survival equipment - transportation" section: electric & hybrid vehicles, trucks, snowmobiles, motorcycles & motorbikes, bicycles,electric bikes, motor homes, airplanes, helicopters, experimental jets and boats. What do those things have to do with a "Secure Home"? He goes into great length about hot water heaters and home heating systems, all standard items we already have in our unsecure homes. He never mentions outdoor wood furnaces like "Central Boiler"* (*registered trademark) that heats the whole home plus the home's hot water. The author dances all around how to get water but never really does address this critical issue in the 11 pages he dedicates to it. He never even mentions hand pumps like "Bison"* for shallow and deep wells. It's as if he is a "city boy" and has never been to a 1920s country home! His 1 page on waste disposal doesn't even mention human waste. I guess he figures the sewer system will always be available. I'm not even going to go into all this author's paranoia which fills up many many pages of this book. This book is a totally irrelevant book with a catchy title.