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For Richard Duarte, surviving the end-of-the-world-as-you-know-it isn't just a possibility; he's lived it. In 1992, he and his family fled their home in South Florida with only the clothes on their back, after Hurricane Andrew swept through and destroyed their house. Half an hour after the storm passed, and long before rescue or cleanup teams arrived, looters entered his neighborhood.

"Your whole world is turned upside down," says Duarte, an attorney and author of two survival books, including his newest one, Quick Start Guide: Surviving an Urban Disaster. "Living in Florida, I knew Andrew wouldn't be the last disaster, so I've done a lot of research since to find out what the average person can do."

When you think "Doomsday preppers," you may think of survivalists building underground bunkers, stocking up on a several years' worth of food, or arming themselves against marauding mobs. And some certainly are doing that. But "prepping" takes a variety of forms and being prepared for a worst-case scenario isn't as out there as it may seem to some. Whether it's a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or pandemic — or the loss of a job, or the death or disability of the family breadwinner — you aren't likely to regret time spent on basic preparation.

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