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5 reasons why you shouldn’t count on a generator when T-SHTF.
Generators are great for short term power outages. They are relatively cheap and can be sourced from most home improvement stores. If the grid goes down for a few days after a major storm generators...
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The EMP threat, Microwave Ovens and Faraday Cages.
If you’ve read the book One Second After by William R. Forstchen you know all too well just how devastating an EMP attack would be if carried out on the continental United States. Mass chaos, horrific...
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7 actions to take immediately following an EMP strike
The threat of an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) strike on this country is a very well documented one, I have written about the threat in the past and have used information from the EMP Commission report...
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Prepper WAKE UP CALL!
Two weeks ago a massive solar flare, one capable of causing widespread disaster and sending many of us back to the stone age, barely missed our planet. How many of you knew about this event before...
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When The Lights Go Out
There’s been lots of chatter lately about a long term grid down crisis which could hit the US. This chatter hasn’t been relegated exclusively to alternative news sites, it’s obvious the topic has...
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3 Critical Steps to Maintaining Your Generator
By Clayton. When it comes to survival, it’s no secret that energy is the name of the game. In the most basic sense, you need calories (a unit of energy) in order to live; in a more complicated...
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Comical Example of Just How Unprepared People Are
My mom used to always say: “if you are diligent in the little things you will be diligent in the big things.” Maybe I’m paraphrasing a bit but you’ll have to excuse my poor memory, my mom is also one...
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Assessing Your Off-Grid Power Needs
Realistically, most of us are not ready to take the plunge of going off grid where power is concerned. We don’t know how to live without it, we use too much of it, and we don’t have any idea what is...
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Power Outage: Managing Watt Usage With CFL / LED Bulbs
In my home we have been transitioning from incandescent bulbs to CFL and LED bulbs, as it stands now we are about 50% complete. While we could do it all at one shot these suckers are expensive!...
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What I Just Learned About My “Backup” Landline
Like many of you I try to have redundancy built into many of my systems / preps. Take communication for example, my primary unit would be my cell phone with the alternate course of action being the...
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National Research Council: Electric Power Grid ‘Inherently Vulnerable’ to...
I recently wrote about the vulnerabilities of our national power grid and referred to it as our nation’s Achilles’ Heel. Personally I feel this is one of the largest threats that we face as a nation,...
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