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Start prepping! Electric grid ‘prime target’ of terrorists, ‘profound threat,’ says DHS
Washington Examiner ^

Posted on 12/10/2018 5:46:39 PM PST by TigerClaws

In a new DHS report that warns that the electric grid is the “prime target” of terrorists, Americans are being urged prepare for the up to six months without electricity, transportation, fuel, money and healthcare.

“People no longer keep enough essentials within their homes, reducing their ability to sustain themselves during an extended, prolonged outage. We need to improve individual preparedness,” said a just-published report to President Trump.

“There needs to be more individual accountability for preparedness,” adds the report, “Surviving a Catastrophic Power Outage,” from the President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council and published by the Department of Homeland Security. What if Democrats don't nominate a crazy person in 2020? Watch Full Screen to Skip Ads

It looked at the potential of a power outage of up to six months and recommended Americans have enough supplies on hand for a minimum 14 days, a standard for some prepper organizations.

“Build a Culture of Preparedness includes objectives to incentivize investments that reduce risk, including pre-disaster mitigation; closing the insurance gap; helping people prepare for disasters; and better learn from past disasters, improve continuously, and innovate,” said a key recommendation.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: electricgrid; emp; grid; prepper; preppers
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To: chrisser

We imported a 2 cyl diesel from China a while back. Customs would not allow it into the country. They told us to send it back to China or destroy it.

I asked what would it take to destroy it? A. Drill holes in the crankcase. I chose that option and they released it. I was happy.


21 posted on 12/10/2018 6:19:31 PM PST by Captain7seas (UNexit. Make America Great Again!)
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To: TigerClaws
In a new DHS report that warns that the electric grid is the “prime target” of terrorists, Americans are being urged prepare for the up to six months without electricity, transportation, fuel, money and healthcare.

Or sanitation...city people are screwed.

22 posted on 12/10/2018 6:19:56 PM PST by D Rider
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To: TADSLOS

Make that ‘PrepPING’.


23 posted on 12/10/2018 6:22:36 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: Karoo

Couldn’t pass the new diesel emissions requirements. You can only import them if they’re certified as being antiques.

There’s a guy in Canada who imports them there (apparently the Canadians don’t have the same standards). He turns them into “air compressors” that are then importable to the U.S., and then sells a conversion kit separately to turn it back into a diesel. That makes the importation legal, but the use is still illegal.


24 posted on 12/10/2018 6:25:47 PM PST by chrisser
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To: chrisser

More versatile than a Lister

http://www.mikebrownsolutions.com/mbsteam.htm


25 posted on 12/10/2018 6:26:31 PM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: P.O.E.

Jack, listen, tell me, ah... when did you first become, well, develop this theory.


26 posted on 12/10/2018 6:30:54 PM PST by D Rider
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To: TigerClaws

What do I do with all this duct tape and plastic sheeting left over from 2003 when the Bush admin told me to cover my house to protect against terrorist attacks?


27 posted on 12/10/2018 6:40:51 PM PST by moovova
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To: Trump.Deplorable

One EMP over California, another over DC and all imported terrorists won’t matter.


28 posted on 12/10/2018 6:43:32 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Twitter is Trump's laser pointer and the DemocRats are all cats.)
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To: Redcitizen

They’ve been saying this EMP crap for decades
As a physics guy
I say bull Shiite !


29 posted on 12/10/2018 6:45:24 PM PST by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: Pollster1

Where’s the booze. ?


30 posted on 12/10/2018 6:46:13 PM PST by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: TigerClaws

I am more concerned with my own tyrannical terror government of deep state and leftists more than terrorists at this point. If SHTF were to happen, it would be ugly no matter the prepping.


31 posted on 12/10/2018 6:55:46 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: moovova
What do I do with all this duct tape and plastic sheeting left over from 2003 when the Bush admin told me to cover my house to protect against terrorist attacks?

Patch your roof.

32 posted on 12/10/2018 6:55:49 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: TigerClaws; All
I just posted the executive summary of this plan and the link to the full 94 page report.
33 posted on 12/10/2018 6:56:58 PM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: TigerClaws

Oatmeal. Cheap, lasts forever if you keep it dry.


34 posted on 12/10/2018 7:01:18 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

>One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible
>I always wondered what that would look like.

Choice phrase in book:

Emergency, Emergency, everybody to get from street


35 posted on 12/10/2018 7:55:34 PM PST by nevadapatriot
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To: TigerClaws

36 posted on 12/10/2018 8:00:21 PM PST by LucyT
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
I always wondered what that would look like.

крошечный


37 posted on 12/10/2018 8:12:54 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Leave the job, leave the clearance. It should be the same rule for the Swamp as for everyone else.)
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To: Captain7seas

I’ll speculate that the customs people just handed You a Kit containing the Drill Bit, correct Tap and Threaded Plugs with Sealing Washers.

What a load of BS!!!


38 posted on 12/10/2018 8:23:55 PM PST by mabarker1 (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: TigerClaws
In a new DHS report that warns that the electric grid is the “prime target” of terrorists

We couldn’t get that lucky. No Facebook, Twitter, or broadcast media? Killing our electrical grid would be the Globalist/Islamist/Deep State/NPC’s worst nightmare.

39 posted on 12/10/2018 8:33:03 PM PST by papertyger (Trump, A president so great, that Democrats who said they would leave America if he won, stayed!)
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To: Truthoverpower

Ok so you are a “Physics Guy”...

With all due respect, I am wondering what credentials do you have regarding power grids, transformers, etc. to say “bull Shiite”??

Just wondering because a smart Physics guy should note that article mentioned NOTHING about EMPs. The article posted seemed to be focused on terrorists hacking the power grid.

You don’t think a power grid hack is possible?

BTW, what is wrong with being prepared so you don’t have to depend on government or neighbors in event of an emergency?

I live in a fairly well-off suburban community of 150,000. I contacted my town’s emergency management director a couple years ago regarding disaster preparedness teams. He said it is not a matter of if, it is a matter of when a disaster will hit, so it is good to be prepared...


40 posted on 12/10/2018 8:50:57 PM PST by Freedom56v2 (#KATE'SWALL Build it Now)
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