I can see why. I've never read anything that riveted me to the chair quite like that piece did.
Grandpappy makes a compelling case for the entire country falling into anarchy within the space of an hour, in the case of a global financial meltdown. It's completely logical, and so are his estimates of how many people would quickly be eliminated by murder, traffic accidents, and starvation.
I think that anyone reading that article will have their reality adjusted about preparing for the worst.
I just read it for the first time, and it pretty much makes a lot of sense.
I can see his point that it’s not “if”, but “when”, and “how long” would it take. An hour seems to me a bit fast, a day or two might to me seem more likely, but no matter what, it comes down to the same thing:
You would have to survive with what you have. You would no longer be able to buy ANYTHING AT ALL.
I also TOTALLY agree that the whole GOOD philosophy is basically suicidal. The roads will become impassable before the day is over. Way better to hunker down, talk with your neighbors (hopefully, you have discussed these things with them in the past), set up guard rotations, and shut out the lights!
Okay - I need to go to Survival Mom’s site and read that article.