Editing The Post-Apocalyptic Roadmap/Iowa (section)

==Kalona, Amana, and Surrounding Areas==
Two years have passed since the lord's judgement fell upon mankind.  But by divine providence, we the god-fearing  righteous have endured.  While all society crumbled, the wisdom of our forefathers was tested and proven.  

-Excerpt from Mennonite sermon on the second anniversary of the reckoning

The circumstances of the Mennonite Miracle were unique to that locale and seldom observed further east.  The presence of a large, distributed Amish population combined with adequate breeding stock of horses and livestock, and sufficient local-grid wind generation to keep grain elevators and water pumping operation meant that the immediate danger was constrained to human competition rather than than systemic collapse.  But often overlooked was the parallel presence of the Amana Colonies.  At first glance, the Amanas should have succumbed to collapse like all other small towns.  But the existence of the Amana Society and it's collectivist system of land utilization provided a structure that could readily adapt to Amish methods once it became clear that survival would require such solutions.  

-Excerpt from "After the Fall", approximately 80 years post-incident