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Summary: the nuts and bolts of it all
Review: a full rundown of life when things go south . dont get be left in the dark with out it
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Summary: In-depth, hard-core information!
Review: A no-holds-barred preparation guide with lots of information I've never seen anywhere else! I especially like his chapter on independent energy (40 pages!) and raising animals for food. The barter chapter was great, too. A must in anybody's Y2K library!
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Summary: Still Relevant Today
Review: Even though it is already the year 2000, you can still get a lot of great information out of this book. I'm trying to catch up with the guy who has read "dozens" of Y2K books. See below... If nothing else, it is good for a laugh.
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Summary: Still Relevant Today
Review: Even though it is already the year 2000, you can still get a lot of great information out of this book. I'm trying to catch up with the guy who has read "dozens" of Y2K books. See below... If nothing else, it is good for a laugh.
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Summary: Gold mine of YK bug info
Review: I already went through Y2K bug type disaster in Armenia, when USSR crushed, borders were blocked by Turkish and Azerbaijan started war with us. We got no energy, no food, no water, no gas and no money for long 5 years ( 1990 - 1995 ), so I drive from experience in this review... Although, this book mostly US oriented, but may and should be used anywhere since it points you to strategic and vital info for your survival. Just gold mine of Y2K bug info.
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Summary: Competent and well written book about Y2K. Get your now !
Review: I'm surprised to be the 1st to write a review about this fantastic book. Mine was purchased in 1998, prior the availability in Amazon. This book is full of excelent, priceless info. The author is the best american writer I know, "Boston T. Party": the style is direct, concise & very clear. The more complete and direct book about Y2K I know (have several). And yes, it's best to prepare to Y2K. For your knowledge, one big south american country claimed in the newspapers that is Y2K compliant, but the only known action (also openly published) was to store more water and diesel fuel (for 48 hrs) in his central processing compound...There are chances that there will be BIG trouble down south. Brazil's banking system and eletric grid are heavily computerized. Don't forget to get the other titles - all indispensable - by the same author (Boston on Guns & Courage, BulletProof Privacy, You & the Police) ALL available (cheap!) at AMAZON (it's a pleasure to order from AMAZON). Good Luck !
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Summary: The King of all Y2K books, and I've read dozens!
Review: Most Y2K books seem to have been written by computer types or first-time authors. Boston on Surviving Y2K is Boston T. Party's sixth book, and he is truly a master at non-fiction. Author of Good-Bye April 15th!, You & The Police!, Bulletproof Privacy, Hologram of Liberty, and Boston on Guns & Courage--nobody writes with a style combing such clarity, information, and humor. All his books are a joy to read, especially this one, which makes all other Y2K books look like pamphlets. My favorite chapters include Weapons, Food, Health, Energy (these 40 pages were worth the price of the book to me!), Money, Barter, Raising Animals for Food (by guest author Amelia Porter--excellent!!), If I Were A Looter, and Rules For Y2K. While I like a few other Y2K books, if I had to rely on only one, it would be Boston on Surviving Y2K.
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Summary: Boston T. Party hits another Home Run!
Review: Whew! I am working my way through BTP's works like Sherman marched to the sea, and he keeps getting better. (See my other BTP reviews!) Why would I heartily recommend a Y2K book when we all know Y2K was a complete farce, because this book is absolutely not limited to, and really not applicable anyway, to some kind of post-Y2K Def Con 4 meltdown scenario. This, however, is a book first and foremost about the how-to's of living independantly and being disaster proof. It is also a shopping manual. It is also a ground up survival manual. In detail: the how to of independant living is Boston's breakdown of just want it would take to keep human beings alive and flourishing if the supermarkets stopped stocking the shelves. You obviously need food and water, but the intricacies of providing those commodities for yourself in ample supply so as to not make yourself a refugee are covered by Boston and a farming friend of Boston in chapters covering planting of some crops, and the raising of animals for food. The best animals and crops are discussed by Boston, along with what the animals need, fencing, pens, animal feed, butchering, and tractors and water supply and even the desireable and undesirable traits of different animals. Unless you the reader are a farmer and butcher combined you know nothing about these topics. I am a city kid, and I never realized what it would really take to supply a family of 4 with food and water on your own. This book gives you a distilled roadmap of how to go about setting this up for yourself. From tractors, equipment, etc., all of it is covered. Although this book cant tell you everything, it is more than enough for you to sketch out most of what you would need to do for yourself. The chapter on energy generation, the generators and real efficient appliances is worth double the price of the book alone. This is an area I have studied on my own to some extent and frankly, I never really learned anything about it until I read Boston's book chapter on the topic. I know what different currents are, and Boston rated various gas and diesel generators in terms of cost and efficiency. Boston even goes into the storage of gasoline and diesel. Solar and wind power is covered. It runs the whole gamut and will cover the type of climate and conditions in your area. Boston covers RV'ing, and living in those types of arrangements. It really is amazing how creative people can be, and how guys 'think outside of the box' and come up with all types of ways to beat the power company, the water company, the rotten corporations, high cost of hotels, etc! Then all these aspects are drawn together and placed into the context of plausible scenarios for disasters and civil disruptions. Tips like, crafts and skills to have if society is forced to go simpler for a time, why and how you should mask the fact that you have generators, and other nice tidy setups when your neighbors stuff is all 'out' and various chapters on problems one faces in disasters. All in all, this is another bang up Boston book, but I think it suffers from having Y2K in the title. Frankly, Boston should expand all the topics in the book, add a few more, and then retitle the work "Boston on Independant living". Hope to see it soon!
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Summary: Boston T. Party hits another Home Run!
Review: Whew! I am working my way through BTP's works like Sherman marched to the sea, and he keeps getting better. (See my other BTP reviews!) Why would I heartily recommend a Y2K book when we all know Y2K was a complete farce, because this book is absolutely not limited to, and really not applicable anyway, to some kind of post-Y2K Def Con 4 meltdown scenario. This, however, is a book first and foremost about the how-to's of living independantly and being disaster proof. It is also a shopping manual. It is also a ground up survival manual. In detail: the how to of independant living is Boston's breakdown of just want it would take to keep human beings alive and flourishing if the supermarkets stopped stocking the shelves. You obviously need food and water, but the intricacies of providing those commodities for yourself in ample supply so as to not make yourself a refugee are covered by Boston and a farming friend of Boston in chapters covering planting of some crops, and the raising of animals for food. The best animals and crops are discussed by Boston, along with what the animals need, fencing, pens, animal feed, butchering, and tractors and water supply and even the desireable and undesirable traits of different animals. Unless you the reader are a farmer and butcher combined you know nothing about these topics. I am a city kid, and I never realized what it would really take to supply a family of 4 with food and water on your own. This book gives you a distilled roadmap of how to go about setting this up for yourself. From tractors, equipment, etc., all of it is covered. Although this book cant tell you everything, it is more than enough for you to sketch out most of what you would need to do for yourself. The chapter on energy generation, the generators and real efficient appliances is worth double the price of the book alone. This is an area I have studied on my own to some extent and frankly, I never really learned anything about it until I read Boston's book chapter on the topic. I know what different currents are, and Boston rated various gas and diesel generators in terms of cost and efficiency. Boston even goes into the storage of gasoline and diesel. Solar and wind power is covered. It runs the whole gamut and will cover the type of climate and conditions in your area. Boston covers RV'ing, and living in those types of arrangements. It really is amazing how creative people can be, and how guys 'think outside of the box' and come up with all types of ways to beat the power company, the water company, the rotten corporations, high cost of hotels, etc! Then all these aspects are drawn together and placed into the context of plausible scenarios for disasters and civil disruptions. Tips like, crafts and skills to have if society is forced to go simpler for a time, why and how you should mask the fact that you have generators, and other nice tidy setups when your neighbors stuff is all 'out' and various chapters on problems one faces in disasters. All in all, this is another bang up Boston book, but I think it suffers from having Y2K in the title. Frankly, Boston should expand all the topics in the book, add a few more, and then retitle the work "Boston on Independant living". Hope to see it soon!
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