I love to read but when I get involved in a book, I start feeling that I’m living in a similar situation.

The books which I find do this to me most are post-apocalyptic sci-fi tales.

Post-apocalyptic stories are generally about some form of invasion or destructive situation which has taken down the power grid and folks have to live in a totally different environment.

As I get into this type of book, I find myself preparing for a situation where we’d have to exist on what we have on-hand. I stock up. I become frugal. It’s silly but it feels necessary.

I’m reading one now, “Cyber Storm.” In it the internet has been taken down. I haven’t completed the story, but it’s drawing me in and I’m thinking about where I’d be if everything on-line failed. Banking, shopping, gas pumps, etc. would not be available.

Have you ever tried to shop at a store when their computers aren’t running? CVS closed when this situation occurred. Their internet connection failed. Credit cards couldn’t be accepted, prescription files were not accessible. They closed their doors.

Imagine if this happened everywhere. It sure gives you something to think about.