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Solar Storms Present Danger Of BLACKOUTS For Major East Coast Cities
Solar Storms Present Danger Of BLACKOUTS For Major East Coast Cities The largest solar storm in recent history struck in 1859 and the auroras could be seen across the globe. But a solar storm of that magnitude today would cause devastating blackouts in major cities on the East Coast of the United States. An upcoming report […]
Puerto Rico: Hurricane destroyed wind, solar. Plus five months on, 15% still blacked out.
Puerto Rico: Hurricane destroyed wind, solar. Plus five months on, 15% still blacked out. In South Australia, when the lights went out, Olympic Dam took two entire weeks to get operational again. Spare a thought for those in Puerto Rico. Right now, five months later, and one in 6 still don’t have electricity. That’s five […]
Chaz Peling: Backup Power Solutions
Chaz Peling: Backup Power Solutions Be prepared if the lights suddenly go out Over the past month, the Americas have sustained extensive damage from 3 major Atlantic hurricanes and 2 major earthquakes in Mexico. In terms of destroyed houses and businesses, ruined cars, and lost lives, it has been an extremely costly couple of weeks. […]
FEMA Is Preparing For A Solar Storm That Would Take Out The Grid
FEMA Is Preparing For A Solar Storm That Would Take Out The Grid FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Administration) is planning for a massive solar storm that would be so strong, it would take down the power grid. Noting that the rare, yet “high-consequence” scenario has “the potential for catastrophic impact on our nation and FEMA’s […]
Prepping With Herbs – Tips For Better Health Now And After The Grid Goes Down
Prepping With Herbs – Tips For Better Health Now And After The Grid Goes Down My wife and I have for some time been researching and attempting to approach the issue of medicine in our preparedness. There are several websites that are dedicated to grid down medicine from a preparedness mindset. The information and instruction […]
These People Were Prepared During Snow Storm Jonas, But They Died Because of This Mistake
These People Were Prepared During Snow Storm Jonas, But They Died Because of This Mistake Lessons from the massive snow storm Jonas, where at least 48 people have been reported killed, are important to take away here for future prepping in our quickly declining and increasingly vulnerable society. The use of martial law to shut […]
Preparedness Tip: Cooking Without Power, Part 1
Preparedness Tip: Cooking Without Power, Part 1 Thanks to a reliable power grid Americans aren’t used to the “lights going out” often, but when they do many are surprised to also lose their cooking means—stovetop elements, ovens, microwaves, toasters, and coffeemakers. Everything Americans use on a daily basis for food preparation needs a plug. Even […]
How to Prep for a Summer Power Outage
How to Prep for a Summer Power Outage Sometimes people think that a sumer power outage is easier to deal with than a winter one. After all, in the summer, you don’t have to worry about freezing to death, which is a very real threat during a long-lasting winter outage. However, a summer power outage […]
Former CIA Director: We’re Not Doing Nearly Enough To Protect Against The EMP Threat
Former CIA Director: We’re Not Doing Nearly Enough To Protect Against The EMP Threat It’s a BIG risk. And we’re doing little about it. On Monday we covered the release of an open letter written to President Obama, issued by a committee of notable political, security and defense experts — which includes past and present members of […]
Is There Something Behind the Power Outage in Washington DC?
Is There Something Behind the Power Outage in Washington DC? The April 7th, 2015 power outage in Washington DC is curious to say the least. Virtually instantaneously, the government declare it was not a terrorist attack. After all, how could that possibly be when the NSA guards the country. If there was an attack on […]
