The one hour meltdown scenario was written by Robert Wayne Atkins, P.E. in August 2009.

It is one man's opinion of what could happen. I encourage you to visit Grandpappy's site and read the entire scenario of nearly 4,500 words.

One great site to find like minded groups of people interested in preparing for the best or worst of 2012 is MeetUp.com. Here are some groups you might be interested in...discussing everything from ascension and survivalism to yoga and the birth of the new financial system.

This series of videos is produced and hosted by Marshall Masters, a former CNN science feature field producer, this program offers a straightforward view of this coming human event. As the co-author and publisher of Planet X Forecast and 2012 Survival Guide, Marshall believes that 2012 will be a survivable, evolutionary event.

2012 is not just about doom and gloom and survival (but it could be). 2012 is also a time for enlightenment, the Golden Age and the Age of Aquarius (to name just a few).  Here are 20 of my favourite books that cover the survivalist movement, economic disaster and defence and enlightenment for ordinary to extraordinary people and everything in between.

Don't start buying emergency food stores until you read these important warnings. The quality and mix of what you buy now could be the difference between life and death in the event of a disaster.