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Subject: Sierra Dave Thanks for commenting

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Allen Currie

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Date Posted: 22:37:34 04/10/12 Tue

Dave
Yes, in 1993 when I started writing this, or actually started learning to write because the basic story hasn’t really changed all that much, this seemed like a reasonable trigger event. I had no idea that particularly the European bankers could be so obtuse. Silly of me. Nor did I think the US could possibly get this creative in their accounting. In their own way Greenspan and Bernanke are geniuses. Anyway It is only a trigger mechanism in a fictional setting and faintly possible. As you say, “Once the money is gone”. Every dollar a borrower spends today is two or more that cannot be spent tomorrow. Right now governments have bellied up to the bar, playing chug-a-lug with a glass in each hand and soon comes the vomit. Exactly when may be in doubt, but soon. I pray they have cast iron stomachs because I’m not anxious to see my predictions come true

As to holistic medicine I have a number of texts in my preps and my doctor is totally amazed at how well my diabetes is doing. I just quietly use a teaspoon of cinnamon daily, get lots of exercise, and have stopped using the pills, but that is not medically sound of course. Most of my preps involve buying me time (two+ years) so I don’t have to react in panic and make stupid mistakes. I will make enough without the panic. Grin. Besides, that is all that is likely to be available.

As to a printing press, I am forecasting Billions (With a B) of deaths. (See below re water related deaths.) In the small 1-300 person community envisaged in the novel, word of mouth will do a lot of that work. I don’t think there will be masses of people to communicate with. I forecast the fall of the USSR and happened to be subscribing to two English language Russian newspapers when it actually did go down. I was able to follow that fall quite closely. Got my experience vicariously, rather like book knowledge, which stops the reader from making some mistakes but not others.

Do feel free to spread the link around. My goal has been to give back to humanity for having lived in the best time and place mankind has ever known. If people have even thought of the possibility they won’t be so blindsided (the worst kind of blow) when events begin. I am really proud that the novel has prodded three people I know to begin some preps. That may or may not save them, but it increases the possibility they will survive exponentially. Any chatter you can generate on various forums, etc. will be greatly appreciated.

Allen

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