New Member Howdy From North Texas

I just realized the intro post I made a few days ago had been removed (accidentally) by the admin. Now that we have that resolved...

I have been lurking here for a while. I'm not sure when I first found the forum but it was shortly after my husband suggested I read William Forstchen's 'One Second After'. I've enjoyed reading all the great info others have posted here. I'm not really the most social person so while I may not post very often know that I am here, eyes wide, taking to heart all the great information that all of you share.

 

Yeah. That book will do it. We gave a copy of that book to family members.

 

I hope you enjoyed Mr. Forstchen's book. I certainly did. Welcome from Missouri. Good to have you with us.

 

That is the same book that I took to a county jail about three months ago and left for the prisoners to read . That I was told was a very popular book as they took turns reading it . It eventually made its way back to me and now sits in my modest book collection . As a prepper I could see flaws in the story line but still it is a very good book to get people thinking along the lines of a prepper . AMSEMPLE welcome .

 

Welcome AMSEMPLE

 

That was a good book, welcome from the Gunshine state

 

Good afternoon AMSemple,

Welcome to the forum.

Transmitting from the Chesapeake Bay area of Virginia.

 

Welcome aboard from north of the 49th. Some good folks here

 

Welcome to here! I am so glad to meet you. Here's hoping that you ask questions along the way because there are folks here who have likely "been there, done that" and can give answers that are backed by experience.

Aside from that, as you probably have seen, we mostly sit around the ol' wood stove and chew on some reeeealy deep stuff, lol.

Burp.

We are looking forward to your posts!

What were some of the most notable things that struck home with that book you read?


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Welcome to the forum! I look forward to your posts!

 

Howdy do from East Texas.

 

The OPs post was from 2017

 

Well, crap on a cracker!! I didn't notice that...Oh well, better late than never.

 

Haha! And we all followed you down the rabbit hole.

Well, we had fun discussing William Forstchen's One Second After, and now I want to read the book to see what all the fuss was about, lol.


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first book was ok...the rest were crap on a shingle.....lol....the first book had big ol holes in it. to the average joe/jane public its really good i am sure but if you know area and have known 'details' ..well...i knocked a few holes in it myself and the others in that series were just....wooofff...lol

 

There may have been holes in the story but if you want to awaken someone to the need to prepare this is the perfect book to do so.
It keeps a readers attention and is pretty damned plausible. They can easily put themselves in that situation. The commentary by Newt Gingrich also adds credence.

 

i seen it shake someone up pretty good....it lasted for about 2 weeks.

book one is pretty good..my only problem is i know the area...thats where my holes come into my statements.

 

It really is amazing how many people never even consider for a minute that something like that could happen in their daily lives or the repercussions of such an event. I didn't become awoken to the need to prepare until 2010 or 2011. When I did and I thought back the the financial crash in 2007 and how close we were to total anarchy and how unprepared not only I was at the time but everyone around me it scared the hell out of me.

 

2007 was pretty close. I know several people in the upper echelon of international banking and they all tell me that we were but moments away from total financial Armageddon. Several of those I know worked 70+ hours straight brokering deals, appealing to politicians and doing shuffling to save the house of cards from falling down. The level of near panic was palpable. One said to me “you could feel the cold hands of death on the monetary system”

 

Rumor is that the next financial crash is coming before the next US election. If that is the case it is supposed to make the crash of 2007-2008 look like nothing. Especially since they never stopped too big to fail, in fact they just helped them get bigger, they never punished those who caused it and they once again have approved and allowed the same types of risky investments.