I spent waaaay too much time yesterday, fretting about whether the power grid and all my electronics were going to fry because of the sunstorm on Tuesday, which was supposed to reach us and cause varying amount of havoc today (Thursday).

Now I am by no means what you would call a "Doomsday Prepper." I'm nowhere near that category, but having lost family members in natural disasters (Hurricane Camille in 1969) I believe in preparing to evacuate and that it never hurts to get ready for emergencies, even if they never come.

The possibility we might all be back to pre-elecrical times made me start to wonder? Do I have a skill that is necessary for survival? Is my job something that (when the s*&t hits the fan) I can use to get food and supplies for my family?

Smugly, I think it is. Even though paper would be scarce and printing presses hard to come by, I, as a writer am a storyteller. Storytellers have been necessary to a group's existence since Paleolithic times.

I think when the work is done and people gather, they will want entertainment and without movies, TV or video games. We writers will be the only game in town.
(Don't tell my IT manager husband*g*)

So what do you think? Does your job stand a chance after the apocalypse?