conuly

Not sure where to find it, but I'd read an article a few months back written by a guy in Argentina, whose life reads very much like a lot of expressions of post-apocalyptic USA I've read. His comments were:

0. Be rich. If you didn't do this long before the excrement hit the ventilator, try anyway. Society runs to make nice on the rich, and if you're not one, it's a problem.

1. Fortify the house. Not against artillery, against anything a gang of street-thugs might grab. So, bars on windows, reinforced doors, a "safe room" inside the house.

2. Get, learn to use, and carry a handgun. Also spares, because you have to be ready to *lose* handguns on a regular basis, either to the cops, or because of them. He likes .45s, but agrees that it's personal preference; the main point is to be able to make the loud "Bang!" when you need to.

3. Have at least one strong young man in the family. Old people die a lot in troubled times.

best,

Joel. Who'd like to try *building* civilization, but that seems to be a less popular task than picking over the corpse.