Local news just this morning has one of the nearby police departments recommending 72 hours of preparedness. Seems this is a common topic these days - I wonder if "someone" knows something or if the fear is feeding on itself. I think the fear is feeding itself but with a grain of truth behind it. I do expect more troubles before the transition in January and probably even more after.

In any case, being prepared for only 3 days of "Uh-oh" is a good idea - although if "they" are recommending 3 days, 3 weeks may be better.

Being prepared is not stockpiling large quantities of supplies or arming one's self for armageddon (are you really going to survive true armageddon?) but more along the lines of the power outages or large storms hitting your area and knocking out services or blocking roads.

The past few days of technology outages - Microsoft, FAA, weather service, etc - have highlighted just how dependent most people are on electronic banking, shopping, travel, and almost all aspects of day-to-day living. How do you pay your bills if the bank's computer systems go down? What if cell service goes down?

What if NAD is not available????

So I'm going to suggest a book that covers the more likely scenarios.

Available at Amazon for $25

Just so you know - I knew the author once - a good work buddy - but I've long since lost touch with him. As an author myself (ha!), I can tell you that one doesn't get rich - or even buy a cup of coffee - on royalties for such a publication so I'm not trying to steer anyone to help Arthur get rich (he's probably already rich on his own efforts though).

Carry on ...

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