Posted on 02/10/2015 2:25:33 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
Faraday garage. Make the garage into a cage with rebar, like if it was going to all be a concrete shell. Will work better than a tinfoil hat.
We can be on the road in about an hour. We can live reasonable for about a week off-grid today. It's not perfect, but I think it will serve us well in a pinch.
I have water filters today, but may look into buying a Berkey unit and using the fresh water holding tank as storage. I also have some other mods I would like to do to make it more self sufficient in an off-grid situation.
Consider:
Homemade Berkey Water Filter
http://www.survival-spot.com/survival-blog/homemade-berkey-water-filter/
Thanks!
2 with a 500HP turbo diesel, but the fuel tank is pretty big.
Until you go outside and another blast hits.
Oooh, that just went on my Christmas wish list!
You’ve got about a 60% understanding.
The real truth is that we don’t know what will make it through an EMP, and what will not.
We do know power generation/transmission infrastructure will be impacted significantly. The big core transformers (the ones that need trains and cranes to move them) are likely to mostly survive for a variety of highly technical reasons.
You’re wrong about rebar and underground garages, again for a variety of highly technical reasons.
Plenty of solid state tech will survive - but “it depends”
EMP is comprised of E1, E2, and E3.
You’re right, chaos would rule, as in any disaster situation.
” Make the garage into a cage with rebar, like if it was going to all be a concrete shell. Will work better than a tinfoil hat.”
rebar Won’t work. Go much finer mesh - or foil....lol.
My bug-out vehicle can go cross-country, through water, over fences and other obstacles, and is grass-fueled. No need to stick to roads. Very practical.
Thanks for the ping.
Ha! When I started reading about the Durango, I looked to see who posted it. I KNEW it was you! lol!
That VW with camper has to be one of the ‘coolest’ things I’ve seen! ........Loved my ‘68 Bug and ‘72 Super Bug!
True. Also Zombie BAIT!
And another plus: it shares that 318 V-8 with the old military Dodge M880 4x4 pickups, used until the Diesel CUCVEEs and Humvee came into use, then mostly sold off. But they still turn up in some DRMO auctions, and at reasonable prices [not a bigtime WWII collector's item, nor a Vietnam-era piece] from some surplus vehicle dealers. And they're 24-volt electrical, making for compatability with military and some aircraft radios.
I am rather surprised that efforts have not been made to prepare for this in the USA.
In Israel, they put in a 10 year plan to make sure the grid could survive, emergency and service vehicles work, hospitals would work, key computer systems (defense, but also banking) would survive, etc. Even homes have some level of defense if made after a certain time.
“As an RV owner, I couldn’t imagine a worse nightmare than trying to drive/tow an RV when the SHTF.”
They are a pain enough to maneuver about even in good conditions.
“About a decade or so back, I wound up at the national storytelling festival in TN a few times.”
What is that? I just moved to East Tennessee, and on the way saw a sign about a storytelling center or building or something.
Get an old hearse. People tend to leave those things alone.
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