Prep club is like fight club.
This is from a friend who is a very reliable source on such issues, and he is a Freeper. Here is what he got from another reliable source:
”I have reliable sources saying to prepare for a full shutdown of the US govt for 2 weeks minimum very soon.Also to prepare for rolling blackouts. Energy companies today had a conference call with Trump about the grid not being able to handle the shutdown and to prepare for rolling blackouts to ease the burden.”
My friend’s analysis of why the blackouts are purportedly coming focuses on airborne transmission of CoVid-19 and nuclear power plants.
”This shouldn't be an issue, we're not even into peak cooling season (summer) and factories will be idled as a quarantine/supply chain side effects.However, I went looking into it based on the following data that American medical tests showed COVID-19 is an airborne pathogen.
[snip his data review]
Power control rooms are by definition close contact for an airborne pathogen. Power companies have been cutting the control staffs for the grid and power generation plants past the bone for decades. Infection and quarantine issues mean the availability of those control room staff is going to be shit.
You can pencil whip a lot of power plant stuff, especially natural gas ones.
But you can't pencil whip nukes. About a quarter of our juice, and most base load power, comes from them. If not enough people are available to properly staff them, they'll have to shut down under NRC regulations.”
LOL...exactly what I tell hubby and my kids :-)