How To Prepare For Disaster

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September 27, 2011

People pick through the debris in the wreckage of homes damaged by a tornado in Sedalia, Mo., in May, 2011. (AP)

Is it possible to prepare for a natural disaster--like the wildfires in Texas, the floods in Pakistan and India, the earthquakes in Haiti and Japan or this year's series of tornadoes in the U.S?

Jason Daley has some advice on where to start. He has written a survival guide for the apocalypse for Outside Magazine. And natural disasters aren't the only things to watch out for, he says: wash your hands and know where your food comes from to protect against dysentery.

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Guest:

Jason Daley, writer for Outside Magazine

This segment aired on September 27, 2011.