Jericho
Jericho
Jericho is a television show from 2006. The story is about a small town in Kansas that goes through the trials and tribulations of living in America after a series of nuclear attacks have erased several US cities including D.C. We just started watching it again for the third time. It is certainly one of my all time favorite shows. It is a TV show and not particularly accurate from a prepper’s view. I watch it more for the entertainment value than for the preparedness content. The latter is minimal but it can get the prepper creative juices flowing. The character development and the story line is fantastic. It is very palatable for non-preppers and can be a great bridge to get conversations started with reluctant friends and family.
In the first episode of the first season, Jericho is near enough to see the mushroom cloud that destroys Denver. The loss of electrical infrastructure in Denver causes a cascading failure of the grid. From there, the situation deteriorates rapidly. The town’s people of Jericho begin to hoard gas within hours of the attack. Law enforcement is stretched to the limit and we see the early stages of civil break down.
The second episode deals with the fallout from Denver as it moves over the town. The town leaders work frantically to get people into a safe location to ride out the fallout. Later episodes deal with many realistic situation even if they are stylized for TV. We see the two Green brothers risk their lives in the next town over to try to obtain antibiotics for their dying father. We see representatives from the town trade with other towns through barter networks. We see the town that has to fight off a rouge private security firm that has run out of legitimate employment options and turned to piracy.
As bad as things are in Jericho, we constantly hear stories of the horrors in other towns and cities. FEMA camps are poorly run and seldom have adequate provisions to meet the needs of the occupants. The US Government fractures into six different regional governments who struggle for power.
If you have never seen “Jericho” give it a shot. Your local library may have all the seasons on DVD. It is also available on Netflix or you can purchase it from Amazon through the link below. I can’t imagine a prepper that would not at least find it entertaining.
Happy Prepping!
