carrot you grew yourself or some wild berries you found you may die from radiation poisoning anywhere from one month to 30 years later. The same “food chain” problem affects animals too. Today, animals who have wandered into the Chernobyl area written about earlier are quite safe and the new plant life is as well. Not so the animals of ten to 20 years ago. “Harvest” wild animals such as rabbits, squirrels, deer and the like knowing you are probably ingesting a lot of radiation. The effects may be slow so, if you are elderly, old age will probably take your life before radiation-laden deer meat does. Otherwise, pass up that great looking “fresh venison” at the barter area (assuming things have calmed down enough that basic civilization has returned to a limited extent). Guard your own food reserves and try to eat and drink only from what you put there in preparation.
On the other hand, other unsubstantiated rumors say more than a dozen of these “suitcase bombs” have been smuggled into the United States and are “strategically” placed around our country in major cities for use in high stakes blackmail or extortion. Even the nuclear arsenal of the former U.S.S.R. (most still in place and still pointed at us) are said to be unstable as well as their remaining nuclear power facilities. The United States has been paying Russia to disassemble nuclear weapons and missiles under the supervision of American nuclear engineers but (once again, just a rumor) it’s been said the Russians have had United States engineers disassemble bombs known to already be non-functioning. At the same time terrorists offer to double any offer the United States makes. Probably the number one danger currently is Pakistan. Due to the treasonous act of one Dr. Khan, let off with a warning he has so much political power!, North Korea and Iran both acquired nuclear technology along with (maybe) Saudi Arabia and several other Middle East countries. Pakistan has nuclear weapons that do work, are stable and can be delivered to India. That would cause India to respond in kind with nuclear weapons. If a nuclear war does occur in the next five years it will probably be between Pakistan and India still fighting after all these years over lands both claim that India seems to have the legal upper hand with but Pakistan the military presence. Both sides are on their DMZ border ready to launch ICBM nuclear tipped missiles in a matter of minutes. IF this ever happens (probably due to the Taliban taking over Pakistan) expect Israel, Iran and several other countries to become involved within minutes.
Iran probably wishes these differences would just stop. Iran is too busy with a smoke screen of developing a nuclear bomb and an ICBM capable of reaching the United States when (the author believes) they are ACTUALLY developing EMP technology at a rapid pace. Keep in mind EMP technology was first developed by Nickola Tesla in 1898! So it is SIMPLE to build and it works almost every time it is tried. There are rumors of Arab test labs in remote areas of the Mexican desert south of Arizona. The United States has made formal requests these sites be visited by the Mexican army (based on satellite photos) but the Mexicans won’t even respond. Are Arabs bribing Mexican officials to place laboratories for EMP and maybe anthrax south of San Diego and south of Arizona? Photos WERE on the Internet. Including one that supposedly showed an anthrax lab with a crop duster plane on a grass runway but about 40 bodies of Arabs (?) scattered about perhaps having succumbed to the anthrax before being able to spray San Diego. It appears both suspicious and unsettling.
Chapter 9 It SOUNDED Like a Good Idea!
There is really no logical place to put this chapter so let’s just get it over with. We ALL make mistakes. OK? What is done is done so put it behind you. In a few cases of things you bought or things you did THINKING you were properly preparing for