Something about planning for "the end of the world as we know it" (TEOTWAWKI) is maybe better lent to the fiction format Rawles first committed to writing in his original book, Patriots. I say this only because while a book of lists and suggestions, practical and right on point, gets really tedious as soon as you realize just how much planning, foresight, and financial resources it will actually take to make a go of it.

Pretty early into the book, it was clear to me that I would never be fiscally able (or willing) to do half the most sound advice in the book: A land retreat (bought and paid for) away from the population centers, purchases/converting manifold vehicles to function with alt fuels/terrains TEOTWAWKI, and owning/caching a small battery of self-defense weapons.

Basically, the best advice is to avoid the "golden horde" or multitudes of people who are going to egress from major metropolitan areas. The advice that a main goal should be to avoid being a "refugee" when the collapse comes was the most sound, even if it means being able to just bunker down for a while without having to scoot out of dodge.

The emphasis on learning skills, on being self-sufficient, AND planning in a charitable component for sharing with others less forward-thinking in their planning were all highlights, and seemingly accessible.

I have only one thing I have to say to everyone that reads this, if you don't have some water (1gal/pp/day) and a week's worth of food (pp/day) stored in your house someplace (especially if you live in CA), you are living in a fantasy world of that does not take into account a very fragile, highly leveraged system of faith in the immediate, that everything will be okay, which it may be, until it isn't...then what?