I love stories that take place during or after a nuclear war, this story could have been 10 times longer. The characters lack all common sense to the point of stupidity, this becomes aggravating during the story. If there are neighborhoods in this country that are made up of people that lack all awareness and common sense then our country is worse off than I have thought. Are there honestly large groups of homeowners in large neighborhoods where maybe one person owns a gun and all the people believe that our government is going come to their rescue in a nation wide disaster.
Anyway, with more thought, details, and character development this could have been an awesome book.