Can you tell me a bit more about this book that excerpt came from? I am interested in checking it out. Google search of the title was all over the place.

Nobody in the Coastal States that are affected by multiple hurricanes year after year pointed and laughed when the Northeast got slammed by Sandy. I am from Mississippi and we have lived the through the devastation of a hurricane multiple times. We can understand how bad a hurricane can be when a city and population…

Sure maybe it was just some ambitious lower level thieves that didn't realize their "payday" was radioactive... What worries me more is if whoever hijacked this truck knew what was being transported and had the equipment and knowledge to safely handle it/contain it themselves. I am going to be following this story as…

My thoughts exactly, a small nuclear blast taking place 40 feet above you would likely shake you up a bit.