He came back for a family celebration, and now he finds himself pressed into service as the town’s sheriff. Was it an EMP? A terrorist attack? Did it affect just their town? Their county? All of Texas? The entire country? Imagine how unsettling that would be, simply not knowing. The book opens roughly nine months after what people are calling “the Quake.” Basically cut off from the world, they have no idea what caused the grid failure. This is what the folks in Shadow Ridge, Texas are dealing with in Survival. No running water without electricity to power the pumps. Without a car, I wouldn’t be working.) No cell phone. Days, weeks, what would people do? No cars. A little inconvenienced, sure, but okay.But what if the grid as we know it was just…gone? And it didn’t come back. We make sure we have batteries and flashlights and battery packs to keep cell phones charged. We have a gas stove, so we’d be able to cook without electricity. We have a good supply of bottled water and a stash of emergency food. We often consider and plan for situations where we might find ourselves without power for a day or two, maybe as much as a week.
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