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I've racked my brain for something nice to say about this book. My apologies upfront for lack of that. I really have thought about it a lot.
The book is absolutely awful.
It appears the "author" read "One Cigarette After" aka "One Second after" and maybe watched "Jericho" series on TV and got his ideas from there.
The book is basically a CandyLand vision of the future, a future wherein everyone "bands together" in their "community" to 1. Start a civil defense program now and 2. Works together in harmony in a "collective" - the author actually used that term- that ought to tell you something- in the future.
Yes he used the word "collective" comrade...
The nightmare of why I bought the book started in earnest on page 7 wherein he talks about his "hysterical wife" and he makes it 100% crystal clear that she is AGAINST his preparing.
Further "gems" from page 7 include how the "community" they live in has a
Danger Will Robinson..
He further talks about how when the power went out for a couple days, the houses there had to be ABANDONED cause people had sewage in their basements.
We call that a "clue" in the preparedness realm. A clue to move, change stuff now, etc. Guess the "community" will rescue that also when the time comes?
Even though the little Candyland fantasy he builds in the book- including a cute little fictional story about the "collective" in the PAW and how all comrades work together for the good of the "collective" , he busts himself on his own little fantasy on page 9 when he describes how "thin the veneer of civilization is."
DUH
But THAT'S COMMUNITY my friend. Those people fighting over gas and "acting crazy" were part of the "collective" comrade! You can't exclude them!
Further gems in that regards include the news flash of the year-
Damnit! Now I have to completely re-work my survival plans after reading that..... WHO KNEW??? (yes, being sarcastic, I'm actually holding back a good bit...)
When an author goes on and on about how he cannot even convince his family- where one SHOULD have the most influence- about preparedness but he is somehow going to convince his "community" about preparedness, I realize he is CLOWN SHOES. Seriously, many other words come to my mind, most of which aren't appropriate here, but clown shoes is a nice way of saying it.
Folks, I'm gonna say this again, I've said for years- Your family is either going to be your biggest ASSET or your biggest LIABILITY in a bad situation.
If you have a
who "
Who won't "allow" you to prep- DON'T WRITE A BOOK ABOUT PREPAREDNESS!!!
Outside of the "hero" dreams in the fictional chapter, the book is filled with FILLER B.S. including what "oaths" the town protectors will take, how to organize a "council" for the town, etc.
This book is a joke, I'm really sorry I bought it. The author should pull it from distribution, take some time to get serious if he really wants to survive.
Trying to live out a fantasy about being a "town protector" and maybe then being a "hero" in your wife's eyes because she won't "allow you" to prep is just stupid. Get your family on board, forget about trying to pitch preparedness to others while your wife laughs behind your back.
The book is absolutely awful.
It appears the "author" read "One Cigarette After" aka "One Second after" and maybe watched "Jericho" series on TV and got his ideas from there.
The book is basically a CandyLand vision of the future, a future wherein everyone "bands together" in their "community" to 1. Start a civil defense program now and 2. Works together in harmony in a "collective" - the author actually used that term- that ought to tell you something- in the future.
Yes he used the word "collective" comrade...
The nightmare of why I bought the book started in earnest on page 7 wherein he talks about his "hysterical wife" and he makes it 100% crystal clear that she is AGAINST his preparing.
Further "gems" from page 7 include how the "community" they live in has a
"low pressure sewer system. This means each house has a 240 volt grinder pump in the basement, immersed in an enclosed sewage tank. When one takes a shower or flushes the toilet, the water goes into the tank, and when it gets to a certain level, the pump kicks on, "purees" the contents of the tank and pumps the sewage out through a small 1 1/4 pipe into the town sewer system."
He further talks about how when the power went out for a couple days, the houses there had to be ABANDONED cause people had sewage in their basements.
We call that a "clue" in the preparedness realm. A clue to move, change stuff now, etc. Guess the "community" will rescue that also when the time comes?
Even though the little Candyland fantasy he builds in the book- including a cute little fictional story about the "collective" in the PAW and how all comrades work together for the good of the "collective" , he busts himself on his own little fantasy on page 9 when he describes how "thin the veneer of civilization is."
DUH
But THAT'S COMMUNITY my friend. Those people fighting over gas and "acting crazy" were part of the "collective" comrade! You can't exclude them!
Further gems in that regards include the news flash of the year-
"Don't count on desperate people being congenial."
When an author goes on and on about how he cannot even convince his family- where one SHOULD have the most influence- about preparedness but he is somehow going to convince his "community" about preparedness, I realize he is CLOWN SHOES. Seriously, many other words come to my mind, most of which aren't appropriate here, but clown shoes is a nice way of saying it.
Folks, I'm gonna say this again, I've said for years- Your family is either going to be your biggest ASSET or your biggest LIABILITY in a bad situation.
If you have a
"hysterical wife"
hates guns-has never touched one and likely never will."
Outside of the "hero" dreams in the fictional chapter, the book is filled with FILLER B.S. including what "oaths" the town protectors will take, how to organize a "council" for the town, etc.
This book is a joke, I'm really sorry I bought it. The author should pull it from distribution, take some time to get serious if he really wants to survive.
Trying to live out a fantasy about being a "town protector" and maybe then being a "hero" in your wife's eyes because she won't "allow you" to prep is just stupid. Get your family on board, forget about trying to pitch preparedness to others while your wife laughs behind your back.