Those that recommended 'One Second After'

[Cman]

I just finished 1 second and lights out. It really helped me to see how poorly prepared i am for any kind of a disaster. So now I see more $ going into survival stuff. The good thing is my wife agrees with me without having read either book. For a free site this sure is costing me a lot of $.

[USCED]

I read all 3 Novels in the last 2 weeks. They're all great reads and definitely get you thinking. I'm no literary critic so I won't get into the predictability and character development BS. I read to be entertained or enlightened. In the case of these 3 novels I got both.

[rocktot]

Most likely, in that type of scenario, all your going to be doing is playing 'how long can I last' anyways. So you need a big gun, and a group of people with the resources. I doubt they would turn away a beautiful woman like they did, sex sells, and I doubt people stop having sex when the SHTF. EMP nuke is a threat one way or the other.

The most pressing problem now is probably food shortages, and massive inflation, economics, etc. That is got me thinking about home growing vegies, and a chicken coop at the least. If I had more land, I would think about goats, which Denver just made legal (to appease all the illegals ) for goat milk and goat cheese, especially now that the Northwest is getting really irradiated from Fukashima. Stocking up on Sea-Salt, because all that radiation will eventually contaminate alot of the ocean. It will take years to be reabsorbed.

Is anyone buying into the Obama/Democrat/Cloward/Piven scenario being acted out?

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikiped...Piven_strategy


Can't wait for that guaranteed annual income!

cukin commi hippies....

[rbeau30]

I just finished the book. I enjoyed it and it probably will get me back into novel reading.

I wanted more story. It seemed it skipped pretty fast from the attack.... Right through the winter... and onto them getting hope when all seemed hopeless.

I felt as if the author rushed the second half of the book.

[J Tactical Firearms]

Excellent discussion.

[relichunter]

I just finished the book thanks to the recommendations in this post. A lot of good thoughts and I enjoyed the book overall especially the points about social unrest.

Some of us like to think that we can hide out and ride anything out by ourselves but most likely there will need to be a lot of cooperation to protect against factions with other priorities.

I wonder if an EMP would be so completely effective. Some of the reading I have done indicate many devices, such as cars, may survive an EMP.

[mcantar18c]

I just finished the book thanks to the recommendations in this post. A lot of good thoughts and I enjoyed the book overall especially the points about social unrest.

Some of us like to think that we can hide out and ride anything out by ourselves but most likely there will need to be a lot of cooperation to protect against factions with other priorities.

I wonder if an EMP would be so completely effective. Some of the reading I have done indicate many devices, such as cars, may survive an EMP.

I'd like to think I could get by fine on my own, and I'm sure many others with the experience and/or training could as well. Self sustainment in the wilderness isn't that difficult if you know what you're doing and have a little (un)common sense. The biggest challenge would come from the 2 legged threats IMO.