Neil Strauss and his new book.

Last week I bought a book on Amazon after seeing it mentioned on a blog somewhere, I can't remember where exactly. When I got home from NC on Sunday it was sitting in the mailbox. I found this book fascinating, and I finished it today at lunch. Its called Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life, by Neil Strauss.

It basically chronicles Neil's quest for self sufficiency, and ability to survive without the government. He starts by trying to get a second passport from another country so he can have a place to run to if America goes through some kind of Armageddon. From there he learns how to become a survivalist so he can live off the land if need be. This leads to all kinds of different training from how to handle a gun, to being certified as an EMT and first responder in disasters.

Anyways, it was great, and it inspired me to see what kind of training I can get around here, from the citizen police academy to first responder and search and rescue training.