Maybe a blimp flies over at a certain time every couple of days and drops a pallet load of dehydrated milk, peanut butter, and government cheese on their little encampment.

Yeah, this book should be on every post-apocalyptic writer's desk and dogeared to shit.  Walking Dead, Revolution, et al consistently gloss over some serious issues that rise up when civilization loses the battle for a bit.

Yeah, this book should be on every post-apocalyptic writer's desk and dogeared to shit.  Walking Dead, Revolution, et al consistently gloss over some serious issues that rise up when civilization loses the battle for a bit.

Embarrassing enough to completely lose emotional control over a missing flask, but in the process, Lemmon betrays the father-in-law who was struggling to help and trust him, he reveals that his drinking isn’t about a simple sip here or there to take the edge off, and he selfishly abandons his wife, who was also pretty…

Embarrassing enough to completely lose emotional control over a missing flask, but in the process, Lemmon betrays the father-in-law who was struggling to help and trust him, he reveals that his drinking isn’t about a simple sip here or there to take the edge off, and he selfishly abandons his wife, who was also pretty…

The overall set design and costuming look worse than the cinematography, I think.

The overall set design and costuming look worse than the cinematography, I think.

considering all the other gigantic holes in the plot, I'm less concerned about how the iPhone remembered the date and still had an 11% charge.

considering all the other gigantic holes in the plot, I'm less concerned about how the iPhone remembered the date and still had an 11% charge.

They not only expanded the story from whatever suburb they were in to Chicago to Pontiac, MI (300 miles) to wherever they are now in just three episodes (and found everyone they wanted to find extraordinarily easily), but we already know the power went out for a reason, that it still exists, and that it can be turned…

They not only expanded the story from whatever suburb they were in to Chicago to Pontiac, MI (300 miles) to wherever they are now in just three episodes (and found everyone they wanted to find extraordinarily easily), but we already know the power went out for a reason, that it still exists, and that it can be turned…

The Simpsons episode where Bart goes to the future and meets the future and now blind Ned Flanders ("I never should have had that trendy laser surgery. It was great at first but, you know, at the ten-year mark your eyes fall out.")

The Simpsons episode where Bart goes to the future and meets the future and now blind Ned Flanders ("I never should have had that trendy laser surgery. It was great at first but, you know, at the ten-year mark your eyes fall out.")

The SO said that she looked like a Klingon because her acting range is largely limited to wrinkling her forehead.

The SO said that she looked like a Klingon because her acting range is largely limited to wrinkling her forehead.

I made it halfway through the second episode until Chatniss started moaning about her brother.

I made it halfway through the second episode until Chatniss started moaning about her brother.

Hey, she was really upset about slavery in the previous episode - which is kind of weird because she came of age in a chaotic, brutal, post-industrial world and no memories of a kinder gentler, civilized society.

Hey, she was really upset about slavery in the previous episode - which is kind of weird because she came of age in a chaotic, brutal, post-industrial world and no memories of a kinder gentler, civilized society.

You know how many active coal mines are still in operation?  There are exposed coal veins everywhere. And if there are enough slaves to tow helicopters through the woods, there are enough to wield some pick-axes and wheel barrows.  Yes, the production rates will go down, but if there is only 10% of the population…