Free THE DAY: A Novel of America in the Last Days (The End of America Series) by John Price Page B

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first humans to face truly tough times….war, destruction, death. In fact,
we’ve been blessed for years, for decades when we’ve lived quiet,
plentiful lives. But, nothing lasts forever, that is, except for God’s
word and people. What we do now, in face of what we know is about to come down
on this country, is we do what the Bible says, we see the danger and we flee from it …..I get that
it’s too late to flee the country. Foreign air travel has been restricted
since August, but that doesn’t mean that we should stay here, stay in our
homes and get picked off by every marauder, thief and murderer who knocks on
our door and asks for food. We have to protect ourselves, protect our kids ."
                   Scott
joined in, standing as he spoke, "Brothers and sisters. The way we left
it with the other small group leaders who’ve been meeting to plan our
safe house is that we are not going
to wait around, mouths agape, scared silly once we see the US has been
attacked. Most folks will be so shocked in the first day or two that they
won’t know what to do. But for many all they will need is the mere hint
of widespread problems and they’ll be off to the grocery stores like a shot . Wham . Let’s grab all the food we can, they’ll say,
before somebody else does. The result? Empty store shelves everywhere. The gun stores
that still have weapons or any remaining ammo will likewise be picked clean.
Gas stations won’t last long."
                   Gary
asked, "What’s your estimate on how
long it will take?"
                   "Picture
this scene….because we’re about to actually see it. The nukes go
off. The media that survives report that American cities, all across the
country, have been hit….hit with nukes. The average Joe watching it on
his big screen at first won’t believe what he’s seeing. How can this be , he’ll ask? His
wife will say what are we going to do ? That will make Joe start thinking,
yeah, what are we going to do?
He’ll remember that his truck is below a quarter tank on fuel – most guys can tell you the gas level on their cars, believe it
or not, ladies. So he jumps up, grabs his keys and starts for the door. His wife asks, where are you going? He says , to get some gas before everyone runs the tanks dry at the
gas stations. She says, but what about food? All we’ve got is what
we’ve got in the pantry and the frig . We were gonna stock up at Costco this weekend, she says. He
replies, okay, I’ll hit the grocery as soon as I get some gas."
                   Beau
added, "Multiply that scenario by the population of south Birmingham. Everyone panicking at
once. Remember what it was like in 2003 when the blizzard warnings came
out?"
                   "Yeah. Within a few hours you couldn’t find a gallon
of milk or a loaf of bread. The lines at the gas stations were up to a mile
long, before they started waving people away because they were out of
gas."
                   "So,
what do we learn from all that? ", Sally asked.
                   Beau
spoke slowly, "We….learn….that….we can’t wait
around once the first news comes that we’ve been attacked…..We
would have literally…. no time ….to
get organized. We have to be organized now ,
which is what Scott has been doing. Scott, what did you guys decide we should
be doing once we got to this stage?"
                   "What
we decided was that we really don’t wait until the bombs go off. That
will trigger panic. Clogged roads. The whole bit.
We’re suggesting that everyone load up the trunks of the cars with food
that’s not refrigerated, guns and ammo, our warmest clothes for when it
gets cold and we don’t have power and, for the sentimental, a few family
pictures. Forget the laptops, and ipads , iphones , ijunk , none of
that’s going to be working a few days after the attacks. Forget electric
razors, too. And once the