# What apocalyptic shows would you watch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 15, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-apocalyptic-shows-would-you-watch/376570 "2006-10-15T22:22:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-apocalyptic-shows-would-you-watch/376570/41 "2006-11-02T03:24:42Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] **SenorBeef** , the novel _Warday_, which I mentioned above in post #31, includes several short “interviews” with people who were involved in WW3 or its aftermath, including a top Defense Department executive who was aboard Air Force One when the President decided to use the launch codes. It’s chilling. Might be the kind of thing you’re interested in. [/QUOTE] Does that novel start out with a description of how they had to find antique fire trucks that used different types of engines and such because of the EMP to try to control the fires? I remember reading something like that, which I think had that title, back in middle school. Actually, just the first hundred pages or so. I don’t recall if/why I stopped. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-apocalyptic-shows-would-you-watch/376570/42 "2006-11-02T05:55:45Z")
[QUOTE=SenorBeef] Does that novel start out with a description of how they had to find antique fire trucks that used different types of engines and such because of the EMP to try to control the fires? I remember reading something like that, which I think had that title, back in middle school. Actually, just the first hundred pages or so. I don’t recall if/why I stopped. [/QUOTE] Hmmm. I don’t remember anything about antique fire trucks. Could be, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-apocalyptic-shows-would-you-watch/376570.md?page=2)