No one knows why it happened, why some disappeared and others didn't all that is known is that almost everyone we loved , liked, loathed,and lusted after is gone...no bodies nothing.<br/><br/>Everything else remained the same.<br/><br/>The earths population is 50000 and at this particular point in time its exactly that, by days end 130 babies will be born 17 people will die.<br/><br/>The largest gathering of humanity on the planet is in the south of France 3622 people , the largest township in America is in Southern California, 387 people representing almost 1 in 5 of every man ,woman and child living in what used to be the continental United States.<br/><br/>The population of IOWA is 4, within a year that will change.<br/><br/>In a world where thousands have yet to see anyone, in the six years forty two days since the disappearance the four people now living in IOWA found each other very quickly,  all within 36 hours. The ladies found each other within the first two hours and then found the young boy the following day and except for a single plane on the distant horizon a little under three years ago have neither seen nor heard from any other person ever since.<br/><br/>A month after coming together on the outskirts of New York the four found a farm in Iowa , admittedly by chance , but this farm turned out to be perfect for their needs and they make it work...they have power thanks to the sun and wind, they have gas thanks a nearby gas station fully supplied mere hours before the disappearance the farm was full maintained to start with and thanks to a lot of hard work the group grow wheat and corn , have a variety of farm animals and several greenhouses on top of that they have building stacked with raided goods from nearby malls and distribution points.<br/><br/>Its not been easy there have been error , lots of them, but in six years the group has made it work, the learning curve is no longer steep.<br/><br/><br/>Just to the west of Red Oak Iowa near the Nebraska border<br/><br/>Complex A<br/>(http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/34/11/341134_2ba1b38d.jpg)<br/><br/>Complex B<br/>(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jJTGlJbPFFM/TdELxRAJlUI/AAAAAAAAAAw/diXIyDl0360/s1600/farm%2Bbuildings%2B27-6-10%2B030ms.jpg)<br/><br/>Farm house<br/>(http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-10/elizabeth-locke-virginia-farm-article/_jcr_content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_image.size.elizabeth-locke-virginia-farm-h670.jpg)<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>