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2. This one is the most realistic account I have read. After the power goes out, it doesn't take long

Sun Feb 3, 2013, 03:11 PM

Feb 2013

for things to go to hell in a handcart - only confiming my worst fears re/ our dependence on electricity.

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One Second After by William R. Forstchen... the ultimate power outtage... [View all] agracie Feb 2013 OP

Apocalyptic novels scare the shit out of me. Curmudgeoness Feb 2013 #1

LOL, the comment about our dependence on electricity Curmudgeoness Feb 2013 #3

I recall starting that book and SheilaT Feb 2013 #5