Good article and quite inspiring. I am one of those who I am afraid will suffer when the collapse comes. We live down in San Diego where the summer rains are non-existent (and sometimes lacking in the winter). We have started a small garden (20 ft.sq.) in the front yard with tomatoes, hot peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, and sweet potatoes. We have thoughts of expanding the garden but I worry about cutoff of water supply. If the power goes out for more than a couple of days, so does the supply of water, and I can't collect enough rain water to last the summer. Wifey won't accept chickens in the back yard yet, but I'm working on that.