About The Book
Stay safe, calm and in control during a power cut and other modern emergencies with What to Do When the Lights Go Out.
Unlike traditional survivalist manuals that dwell on extreme scenarios, this reassuring guide is firmly rooted in real life. It teaches you how to prepare sensibly and build genuine self‑sufficiency in a world where outages, shortages and unexpected interruptions are increasingly common.
For example, you’ll learn how to:
- Take charge in the first five minutes, assess the situation and keep your household safe.
- Light your space safely and creatively with clever DIY hacks.
- Stay warm without power.
- Keep cool in a heatwave.
- Cook without electricity, from simple no‑cook meals to outdoor and campfire cooking.
- Manage food and water supplies, including collecting, filtering and purifying water.
- Maintain hygiene with limited or no running water.
- Support children, seniors, pets and vulnerable neighbours.
- Decide when to stay put and when to leave, using the easy-to-follow REDOUT decision framework.
- Assemble a realistic, no‑nonsense bug‑out bag filled with what people truly need in an emergency.
Practical, reassuring and refreshingly free of doom‑and‑gloom thinking, What to Do When the Lights Go Out helps you build everyday resilience so you can face uncertainty with confidence.
Prepare now and turn the next blackout into something you can handle with ease.
About the Author
NIC COMPTON is the author of How to Survive a Lightning Strike, published by Ivy Press (aka Life Skills, Chartwell in North America). He is writer/photographer specialising in sailing – but with a keen interest in environmental issues. He has written 15 books and recently completed an MA in Global Political Economy at Sussex University, and co-wrote two books about economics. He currently lives by the River Dart in Devon, UK, from where he sails a Romilly 22 called Ramona.
