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April’s text in black pen:

Dear Diary: It's December 3rd and you're not a diary and I'm stuck in Manhattan with a dead husband and no phone and suddenly I'm feeling lucky that I have good shoes and a pen and a friend I can crash with tonight. I think. If I can find her. This is really bad, Diary. Getting worse. Talking about it doesn't help, but maybe writing about it will. Bill is dead. Not from the bug, someone killed him. For his work, I'm sure. I'm going to find out why.

April’s text in pencil:

-Merch knows why.

Guidebook: TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.........9 FRAGILE SYSTEMS..... 14

April’s text in pencil:

[Arrow to "FRAGILE SYSTEMS"]Are they ever...

Guidebook:

Case Study: Your Morning Coffee.....18

WHAT IS A CASCADING FAILURE?.....21

Why a Pandemic Is the Biggest Threat.....25

April’s text in black pen: ["Pandemic" circled] huh

April’s text in blue pen: Because that’s what happened.

Guidebook:

Dark Winter.....28

OTHER CAUSES OF A CASCADING FAILURE.....30

Dirty Bomb.....30

Natural Disaster......33

Electromagnetic Storm....36

Drought.....38

War.....41

HOW YOU SHOULD PREPARE.....44

Prevent, Mitigate, Avoid....44

The 72-Hour Rule......47

The Go-Bag......51

KNOWING WHERE TO FIND THINGS.....57

Improvising When Preparation Isn’t Enough......57

What Do You Do With All This Stuff?....64

THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW HOW TO DO....67

Find and/or Grow Food.....67

Purify Water.....74

Treat a Bleeding Wound....76

Disinfect a Wound......78

Set a Bone...79

Handle a Dead Body.....81

April’s text in black pen:

I called the homicide squad and asked about Bill. They don't have any record of an incident at SBGx, or Sequent Biotech Group - it took me a minute to remember the company's full name. I told them what had happened and I don't think the desk officer, or whoever was on the phone, believed me.