I recommend that friends read the book “One Second After” and emphasize to read the foreword. In almost every case, I notice an immediate difference and am asked for advice or what action I have taken. I think the book is so well written to reflect a really possible situation and the actions of real people that people can immediately identify with it.
PS. I have a couple of Henry magnum 22 rifles which I really like (accurate and effective at 100 -200 yards) but they can also fire regular 22 LR. My wife not only prodded me to buy more ammo when it was cheap, but in many cases just bought it and brought it home (she read “One Second After”.
Re your post 43, what you say is correct. The book offers good survival advice.
I am doing my best to prepare for what might happen, but I am also a realist and know that at my age and my wife’s age we would not survive long. IIRC, the old people in the book were among the first to perish.