Hi Jim,
I just finished reading “Patriots”
and can’t wait to being reading “Survivors”. I live in the Queens borough of New York City with my family in an apartment building and was wondering if there were any specific guidelines relating to survival in a city such as New York? We do have the ability to G.O.O.D. but I am concerned about a situation where we would have to hunker down at home. I am just beginning to educate myself about survival techniques and strategies. Thank you in advance for any guidance, Sincerely, – Derrick A.
JWR Replies: I do not recommend hunkering down in a big city. Rather, I recommend getting out Dodge (G.O.O.D.) as quickly as possible, in the event of a disaster. (As my friend Bob G. humorously puts it: “Panic early, and beat the rush.”) Many of the pitfalls of trying to ride out a major disaster in an apartment are described in my response to this 2007 SurvivalBlog letter: Hunkering Down in an Urban Apartment in a Worst Case Societal Collapse.
