![]() ![]() With running water, power and abundant stored food-at least for now-they see it as an apocalyptic holiday. While the rest of the country may have fallen apart, our preparations are mitigating the effects they feel. ![]() But my family, Mel and the girls, may not be ready for it. ![]() We have a place-the perfect place for long-term survival, really. Now we must decide whether to stay and fight, or find someplace to retreat to. We’ve been the target of raiders and of the federal government, both apparently trying to force us into the camps. In the Now, with the harsh light of reality shining on the situation, many of those who said they would never be taken to one of these camps were happy to walk in on their own. In the Before, people used to talk about the FEMA camps and whether or not they would ever choose to go into them. Fewer people around means more eyes on us, attention we certainly do not want. We are down to our small group now: my family, my neighbors Danny and Bobbie, and Sarge and his gang. ![]() Even my most pessimistic thoughts of how life would be at home didn’t come close to the reality. I never really gave much thought to what would happen afterward. The entire time I was focused on just getting there. It took weeks to walk to home, but I made it. ![]()
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