"So, why don't the majority of Americans want to hear it? Or think about it? Or prepare for it? When it happens they'll just lay down and die without a fight? I wonder."

"Mainly I was thinking about why the show was originally canceled. The average American wasn't interested. How many people do you know who are actually prepared for any emergency let alone a nuclear terrorist attack. Maybe they're smarter than we are cause like delana201 mentioned, we'll all probably die from it anyway, later if not sooner. But as long as there's a shred of hope, I for one will die trying to help my community and share what I've stockpiled, care for the injured. and fight when there's no other way."

"I've been thinking about what you said flag, and delana201 also. Also, I've been reading "How to Survive the Coming Collapse," and I've become very discouraged. In order to survive something like Jericho or a total collapse of the economy and subsequent civil disorder you'd have to be quite ruthless or rich, and I'm neither. My family doesn't think there's anything to prepare for and think I'm crazy for being interested in preparedness. I told them it's probably not going to happen in my lifetime but would most likely happen within the next 30 or so years and we should train the children to think ahead and be prepared. Anyway, that's what I'm trying to do. As for convincing anyone else about the possibility of civil collapse or terrorist attacks, I am giving up. They just don't care. I'll just do my best to stockpile stuff and stay connected to the community for support. What more can I do?"

"One of the things that we must do to survive this kind of catastrophy is relearn much of what our grandparents and greatgrandparents knew. "Money" will be pretty much useless, and we will be unlikely to have the convenience of a functioning grocery store--so we will need to revert to some extent to the hunter-gather lifestyle. How many of our "city" folk know how to process meat, or for that matter, milk a cow? I am a mountain child, and have held close to the old lifestyle--meaning that as long as I have a gun, knife, fishing pole, and a roof, I can survive. Many people shop for each day. My family has always had as much as 3 months of frozen food, six months of dry goods, and the knowledge to live off the land. It is a different mind set."

"I agree. With the economy the way it is and with (often) both parents working (sometimes two jobs) just to be able to get by, there usually isn't much time to teach our children how to hunt, fish, trap, or even grow things, or survive without the modern conveniences. (Heaven forbid they should do without their little I-pods, have to walk everywhere, etc.) The kids today are also into "fashion" not "function" when it comes to their clothing as well. (Yes, I was guilty of that also as a kid) Too many of us are unprepared for "emergencies". Minor or major. Sad."