Surviving climate change is real work. Start now.

It is a truism that no one person understands all of the income tax law of the United States. It is that bizarre, convoluted and complicated. To this, David Pogue is adding all of the potential disasters from climate change. In his How to Prepare for Climate Change, Pogue exhaustively describes what readers can only hope is every conceivable disaster, weakness, aid agency and product to help readers survive. It is not merely exhaustive; it is exhausting.

From one angle, the book is an almanac of all the many destructive forces making their presence known on Earth. It describes floods, droughts, firestorms, hurricanes, tornadoes and other such fun in excruciating detail. And always with a view to escaping with your life.

From another angle, it’s a prepper book, detailing how to stock, reinforce and prepare your home and your life for the nearly inevitable evacuation order. Because pretty much everywhere has a climate weakness that can blow up into a once in 500 years disaster. As Pogue shows, they happen with record breaking variety and frequency. Drought and firestorm areas are enlarging frighteningly. So are tornado areas. Hurricanes are not only larger, they are slower and they linger. No longer over in a matter of hours, they hang around for days. So 150–225 mph winds are not just something to withstand overnight; houses must now…