Lets discuss the book from 2009 - One Second After

Ask an electrician or LINEMAN...they are not as susceptible as they once were - transformers too...changed out...

Not the best writer by far but the most realistic scenario weaver. He's over here near Asheville, where he set his stories (2 books, this one and One Year After).

Even if not a FF event, our Sun can throw a hissy fit and fry us just like the Carrington Event.

And it will not be pretty.

Excellent book.

If you want another perspective, try Going Home written by Angry American.

Incredibly useful book and series that will teach as well as entertain.

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Another is (I believe) 36 hours.

Anyways, yes, this is the event I prep for.

Excellent book.

If you want another perspective, try Going Home written by Angry American.

Incredibly useful book and series that will teach as well as entertain.

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Another is (I believe) 36 hours.

Anyways, yes, this is the event I prep for.

Just read through it and what's amazing to me is how badly it's written. Forstchen is just an atrocious writer. He makes mistakes on every page, he has his characters say and do stupid things, his word selection is poor, it's just awful.
And yet he's coauthored multiple books with Newt Gingrich. How? He's terrible.

Holy Friggin shit, Batman!! I am literally reading this book right now.

We rented a condo for a week and this book just happened to be on their book shelf. Started reading it and am completely sucked in. Wont finish before we leave, so I am going to have to buy the book to finish.


I see there are 2 more books in this series after this, are they worth the read?

I really enjoyed the Going Home series. I thought it was pretty realistic as well as entertaining.

OP, I did read One Second After. I thought it raised some good points but I’m not sure how realistic the scenario is. I’ve heard that an EMP may not be as bad as some say, that it depends on the location and strength of the detonation. Maybe one day we will find out.

Check out the TV series Jericho if you haven’t already. I watched it a few years ago on Netflix and I thought that was more plausible in terms of who actually launched the attacks.

Yes they are worth the read. I have read all 3.

I can't say the same for Trudeau!

I totally forgot about this thread!! I can't believe I posted it almost a year ago!

I have been having a hell of a time getting through the second book. I find it just not as appealing as the first one.

I did find the writing bad, but the idea good. Again though, it did leave me with more questions about the scenerio and how some one in a Northern Climate would be impacted if something like this went down in the winter months.

I appreciate the other book suggestions , I will be looking into those too.

Right now my concern is getting our freakin spineless Prime Minister out of office.

As annoying as I may find Trump to be, at least he is doing what is good for the US. I can't say the same for Trudeau!

That’s the book that really got me prepping. I even went out and got an emp proof vehicle afterward.

Lights Out by Ted Koppell

Gets deeply into the reality of what would happen without fiction.

I read a long time ago if you have access to 5 acres of managed deciduous forest - you will never run out of wood for heat if properly managed.

That and a ROCKET STOVE will keep you warm.
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Why was there never any mention about the Power Plants going down over the course of the year??


Your thoughts?

Someone must have read the book by William R. Forstchen???

Is this too dark a subject to talk about right now in this sensitive time with NK?? I mean really , this shit needs to be discussed!

Ok, EMP is not theoretical, it's been well studied by the military even decades ago as part of our live atomic bomb testing. The effects are understood and devastating.
There are EMP devices specifically made to deliver maximum circuit-busting damage over as wide an area as possible.

North Korea probably has two of these devices attached to satellites orbiting directly over the USA daily and if one was deployed it would destroy electronics far beyond 10 miles. It would be detonated in outer space and affect the entire US.

Another salient point:

People can and will "make do" and pull together in the beginning when it is unknown how long the disaster will last...but once it is determined the duration is much longer than expected the sharing congenial atmosphere will END.



Everyone will be sharing with only those closest to them. Things will be running out daily...theft will be more frequent...the nursing home patients will not be needing "long-term care" anymore -so some will justify taking what they have to give to the "living and expected to live" just as in the book.

Some generous towns opened up their doors...and became overwhelmed and under supplied

Some towns escorted strangers past their borders...blocked entry unless newcomers HAD SKILLS

We have been developing homesteading skills over these years and have found it to be gratifying and humbling.

It is MUCH more difficult to grow food subject to the weather and soil conditions haha watching newly planted seedlings wash out in a hard rain down into the drainage ditch...

Off-grid is not a treat...you need a little generator to do even simple things we take for granted...cook or pump water...and GAS for operating doesn't last very long.

Our camper can run 4 hours on one full tank in the generator- lights, and FAN -not enough power for AC but some heat if needed. Then we have to fill the tank - and gas us expensive.

Go camping...learn simple skills...how to cook without power for instance...we like our dutch oven near a fire.

I'm sure with any resources I could provide an edible meal for many people - and I can forage for some ingredients. Watch history re-enactors and primitive campers -you will be amazed at the knowledge our ancestors knew and we have lost.

I really like THE TOWNSENDS channel for bygone cooking:

And he makes his own outdoor OVEN here:

Does the book mention the outcome of being hit by an EMP and the resulting meltdowns of nuclear reactor power plants scattered across the CONTUS?