Are You A Doomsday Prepper?
Collapse (New America, #1) Sneak Peek
For those of you that don't know by now, I'm writing a book. (If you don't know by now I really need to step up my promotion.) My novel, "Collapse", deals with the downfall of America. No zombies, no killer asteroid, no alien invasion. I tried my best to make the collapse of American society realistic. I even went so far as to sprinkle bits of current events into the novel and create believable "what if?" outcomes to events happening today.
I am a firm believer that society is fragile. History has proven over and over again that the mightiest and most advanced civilizations can be toppled. It can be gradual and take decades or centuries like the Roman Empire, or it can be swift and appear to happen overnight like the Soviet Union.
Can the same thing happen to America? What would it take? I don't think that any one event would tip us over into anarchy outside of a nationwide catastrophe or World War III. OK, I'll throw a bone to the zombie fans, who knows? If you have been following the news you have seen that evidence has been uncovered that reveals a Mayan calendar extending past December 21st of this year, so we can cross that one off the list. So, what would it take?
I think that a continuing, ongoing chain of events could easily take us there in the near future. A prime example is, well, outlined in my first novel. Check out the free sneak peek and see for yourself. If it sparks your interest, read the full novel when it is released in late June. Consider it a cautionary tale.
Based on this blog entry and the plot to my first novel, you might assume that I am a hardcore Doomsday Prepper. Well, I am a little bit of a prepper. I have a stash of non-perishable food and extra water set aside. Nothing really out of the ordinary for anyone that lives in a hurricane region. I also have a "Go-Bag" or a "72 Hour Bag" depending on what you call it. In a hurry, I can snatch up my go-bag and head out the door with my family and survive for 72 hours in a disaster zone.
If my delusional dreams of becoming an international best-selling writer come true and I get a movie deal, maybe I'll start building a doomsday bunker. I might even let you into the bunker when the world ends. Well, if I like you.
What about you? Do any prepping?
For those of you that don't know by now, I'm writing a book. (If you don't know by now I really need to step up my promotion.) My novel, "Collapse", deals with the downfall of America. No zombies, no killer asteroid, no alien invasion. I tried my best to make the collapse of American society realistic. I even went so far as to sprinkle bits of current events into the novel and create believable "what if?" outcomes to events happening today.
I am a firm believer that society is fragile. History has proven over and over again that the mightiest and most advanced civilizations can be toppled. It can be gradual and take decades or centuries like the Roman Empire, or it can be swift and appear to happen overnight like the Soviet Union.
Can the same thing happen to America? What would it take? I don't think that any one event would tip us over into anarchy outside of a nationwide catastrophe or World War III. OK, I'll throw a bone to the zombie fans, who knows? If you have been following the news you have seen that evidence has been uncovered that reveals a Mayan calendar extending past December 21st of this year, so we can cross that one off the list. So, what would it take?
I think that a continuing, ongoing chain of events could easily take us there in the near future. A prime example is, well, outlined in my first novel. Check out the free sneak peek and see for yourself. If it sparks your interest, read the full novel when it is released in late June. Consider it a cautionary tale.
Based on this blog entry and the plot to my first novel, you might assume that I am a hardcore Doomsday Prepper. Well, I am a little bit of a prepper. I have a stash of non-perishable food and extra water set aside. Nothing really out of the ordinary for anyone that lives in a hurricane region. I also have a "Go-Bag" or a "72 Hour Bag" depending on what you call it. In a hurry, I can snatch up my go-bag and head out the door with my family and survive for 72 hours in a disaster zone.
If my delusional dreams of becoming an international best-selling writer come true and I get a movie deal, maybe I'll start building a doomsday bunker. I might even let you into the bunker when the world ends. Well, if I like you.
What about you? Do any prepping?
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May 16, 2012 05:43PM
You do understand that I see the end of America as a result of a disease that is not contagious from one human to another, but technology is moving so quickly it's ironic the (viris)applies to computer's. It's not necessarily just from computers, but from the mix of compromised insticts, a perversion if you will, caused by the instantaneous pleasure people expect followed by the people who must live in filth doing god's work, (which everyone lost sight of by now)and never being perfect enough. The spiritual,emotional,physical and personal sickness will lead to a national possibly global sickness. It will happen. Too quickly.
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You must be getting excited after all the hard work you've done to get your book promoted that the time is almost here.I am not really a prepper, but find the whole concept fascinating. Even though I am not a prepper I am probably in a better situation than most if something were to occur. I have a small veggie farm, and 40 acres of woods and even a small lake that is supposed to be full of trout. I also can and freeze a years worth of veggies and fruit every fall.
Wow maybe I am a prepper. My fear was the quality and quantity of our food supply. Our area of the world would only have a 2 day supply before food would start to run out. Most people can barely prepare a homemade meal these days let alone survive long term with out the comforts of the modern day.
Can't wait for the book release. I will buy it for sure.
You are totally a prepper compared to most! LOLRunning a farm is becoming a dying art. The average American has no idea what it is the be self-sustaining. My grandparents raised seven children during the 1940s and 1950s. How did they do it? How did they afford it? The lived comfortably by running a self-sustaining household. My grandfather kept a vegetable garden about the size of a football field. They had a chicken coop and usually had a few cows. When they built their home (Pappaw was a carpenter and built the house himself) they even planted pecan trees. They very rarely (if ever) had the need to drive into town to shop at a grocery store.
I wish that I had acquired the skillset my grandfather had. The average American has enough food in their house to last maybe two weeks, one week is probably more common. If the events of "Collapse" actually happened, we would be in big trouble once people started getting hungry!
