For the October issue of Popular Mechanics I took another spin on disaster prep. I look at why some people prepare for the worst, and why most can't be bothered. And then I take a practical approach to 8 disasters (earthquakes, tornadoes, blackouts, etc) and what you can do to safeguard your home.

Special thanks to Wildman800 who helped me out with some first-hand hurricane experience for the piece.

Now that the print edition is off the newstands, you can find it at popularmechanics.com, but it's organized in a really screwy way on the magazine's site (and the small pieces on different disasters are almost impossible to find).

I reorganized all the links on my site, click here to read it.

As always, thanks.

"On occasion, the lab team has even told one of the players that the only way to win was to put the money into the house. Even then, he would typically delay for a couple of years, hoping to cash in before doing the home improvements."

In most of American society, everyone has been trained to think that NOTHING is more important than the money. Nothing.

So, combine greed with ignorance and lack of sense, and what do you get?

"It won't happen to me!"