My Books
Sam Penny: Memphis 7.9 (revised): Book 1 of The 7.9 Scenario
A novel telling what happens when -- NOT IF -- a giant 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes the New Madrid Fault under the Mississippi River, just as it did Dec 16, 1811.Sam Penny: Broken River: Book 2 of The 7.9 Scenario
A novel telling what happens to the Mississippi River when a giant 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes the New Madrid Fault, just as it did Dec 11, 1811.Sam Penny: Was a Time When
A Novel That Asks, "What Happens WHEN, Not IF, Resource Depletion, Population Pressures, and Climate Change Push The World of Our Grandchildren Into a Great Collapse?"- Sam Penny: Phoenix of Memphis: Book 3 of the 7.9 Scenario
A collection of short stories telling of recovery efforts in and around Memphis after the 7.9 Magnitude earthquake on the New Madrid Fault.
My Websites
- Website - Was a Time When Book
Details about the book Was A Time When, the story of the next 85 years in the USA. - Website - First TwoPennyTravels WebBlog
Weblog of Traveling Tales of RVers Sam and Alice Penny, begun in 1998. - Website - The 7.9 Scenario Books
Memphis 7.9 and Broken River: What Happens to the central USA when the New Madrid Fault ruptures again like in 1811-12? - Website - Prudent RVer Guidelines
A Guide for RVers: Always be far-sighted, thrifty, wise, frugal, vigilant, & wary - Blog - Was A Time When
Searching for a better understanding of the future world of our grand-children as resource depletion, climate change, and population over-shoot lead to the Great Collapse of our civilization. - Blog - Recent TwoPennyTravels
These are more recent notes on our travels as full-time RVers. - Blog - The 7.9 Scenario
The basis for the development of The 7.9 Scenario, with research and references - Blog - Phoenix of Memphis
Short stories about the recovery plans and attempts of Memphis after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake. - Blog - Memphis 7.9 Synopsis
A synopsis of the book Memphis 7.9 (revised) telling how a present-day 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes the New Madrid Fault and destroys Memphis. - Blog - LEDs and Other RV Tools
Use LEDs and other RV tools to be far-sighted, thrifty, wise, frugal, vigilant, & wary - Blog - Broken River Synopsis
A synopsis of the book Broken River that tells how a present-day 7.9 magnitude earthquake destroys the Mississippi River and other waterways of the central United States. - Blog - 3 Cats Stalking
Thoughts on the catastrophies stalking the earth: resource depletion, climate change, and population overshoot. Includes my Musings
Contact
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- Website: http://www.prudentrver.com
One-Line Bio
We are 1998 retirees who search for ways to survive the future and tell others what we find
Biography
Sam and Alice Penny retired in 1998 from the electronics industry in the San Francisco Bay area. We sold all our property and set forth in a 34' fifth-wheel trailer pulled by a 3/4-ton Dodge diesel pickup to see the United States.
Along the way we came to realize that the key was to learn how to survive on a minimum level of resources. We enjoyed boondocking in the desert and getting along on a shoe-string. We looked into solar and power and water management.
Two novels, Memphis 7.9 and Broken River, came out of our experience, interest in seismology, and wanting people to understand what it would take to live in the middle of a catastrophy.
We worked on getting a good solar power system together. And then we found LightBlasters LEDs that met our requirements for lighting in our RV. We became dealers and started doing shows around the country to sell these products.
At least it has been an excuse to keep moving, traveling to new areas and cities we had not seen. We will keep it up, at least for the time being.
Interests
RV, Travel, Prudent, Sustainable, resource depletion, climate change, over-population, Boondock, Science, LED, Solar, Technology
