[Kartographer]

I understand that a few FReepers have a grudge with Mike Adams, but I thing over all this article is a fair assessment of the recent VA/DC power outage.

[Kartographer]

Preppers’ PING!

[nascarnation]

Don’t know who the guy is, but most of what he wrote makes sense.

Without electricity, heap big trouble Kemosabe.

I suspect the reason it didn’t turn really ugly in DC is because the LEO presence there is massive.

In Cleveland, Detroit, or Chicago it likely would have been pretty out of control.

[Tzimisce]

#11 - our government doesn’t care about the suffering of the little people

[grumpygresh]

Any recommendations for generators?

[PapaBear3625]

#11: If you switched your phone to fiber-optic service, your landline phone will only work for a few hours after power goes out. A decade ago, the phone system supplied its own power over the phone line. Now, with fiber, it relies on a rechargeable battery in your basement, which will only last a few hours.

[Kartographer]

"#3) Most people are simply not prepared and therefore worsen any crisis."



Do be that guy! Don't be the guy standing on the bridge waiting for FEMA to bring him a bottle of water, an MRE and a warm blanket so as to provide the Network Anchors their background ‘Money Shot’.

I am not saying that you have to prep for Mad Max/Book of Eli, but things can easily breakdown for 30 to 60 days during which basic supplies, goods and services stop, banking stops (No checks No Credit Cards, No Debit Cards so on...) now how many people do you think are ready for such?

And between those not ready and those who have always had the ‘gubberment’ hand them everything what do you think the reaction will be?

Their reaction I think can be summed up in one of my favorite quotes:

Quark: Let me tell you something about Hew-mons, Nephew. They’re a wonderful, friendly people, as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those same friendly, intelligent, wonderful people... will become as nasty and as violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon. You don’t believe me? Look at those faces. Look in their eyes. ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’: The Siege of AR-558 (#7.8)” (1998)

For those who are just starting or are old hands at prepping you may find my Preparedness Manual helpfull. You can download it at: http://tomeaker.com/kart/Preparedness1j.pdf

NOTE! THIS IS A FREE DOWNLOAD. I DO NOT MAKE ONE CENT OFF MY PREPAREDNESS MANUAL!

For those of you who haven’t started already it’s time to prepare almost past time maybe. You needed to be stocking up on food guns, ammo, basic household supplies like soap, papergoods, cleaning supplies, good sturdy clothes including extra socks, underwear and extra shoes and boots, a extra couple changes of oil and filters for your car, tools, things you buy everyday start buying two and put one up.

As the LDS say “When the emergency is upon us the time for preparedness has past.”

Or as the bible says: A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it. NIV Proverbs 22:3

Lastly this for the doubters and the scoffers.

“There is no greater disaster than to underestimate danger. Underestimation can be fatal.”

[Paladin2]

It's always a BIG deal when calamity hits DC or NYC. Not so much in flyover country where folks seem to get hit more often and are more prepared to cope, on average.

Of course the media hand wringing alone is enough to make eschew living anywhere close to either place.

[Paladin2]

It's always a BIG deal when calamity hits DC or NYC. Not so much in flyover country where folks seem to get hit more often and are more prepared to cope, on average.

Of course the media hand wringing alone is enough to make me eschew living anywhere close to either place.

[discostu]

#11 things don’t really collapse

Really, things have gone pretty smooth in there. Civilization has a lot of inertia.

[COBOL2Java]

#11: If you owned this car, you were screwed!

[Secret Agent Man]

11. GOD is in 100% control of “Mother Nature.”

[Steely Tom]

Modern cities are built on systems that have little redundancy

Redundancy costs money and doesn't vote.

The dollars that might have gone for redundancy are desperately needed to buy votes to keep incumbent politicians safely in their jobs.

[conservativesister]

Congressman Bartlett held a seminar about the terrorists trying to attack the power grid and bringing it down.
1-When it goes down it will probably be out 10-14 days.
2-The local grocery stores have supplies for the community for 3 days.
3-If the semi’s can’t get fuel for re-stocking there is no food in your community.
4-Have a 30 day supply of water and a 15 day supply of food minimum.

[familyop]

Gloom and doom? See the opportunities in disaster scenarios.

For example, see the foreclosures against government employed/pensioned NIMBYs after the bond collapse in our near future. They turn into zombies, attacking neighbors with ever more illogical false accusations, vandalizing properties of others, etc. Don’t know why. Anyway,...

Build a fence sufficient to keep zombies in a large lot (yes, in). Build the rendering plant for processing products from formerly government-supported zombies. Viola! Entrepreneurial initiative that pays off!

And don’t forget the other example: suburban livestock.

;-)

[UCANSEE2]

TEN THINGS WE WILL DO in response to the DC POWER OUTAGE.

1. Nothing
2. Nothing
3. Nothing
4. Nothing
5. Nothing
6. Nothing
7. Nothing
8. Nothing
9. Nothing
10. Nothing

BUT, a vast amount of money will be spent doing Nothing.

[Boiling point]

All freepers should read a book called One Second After. It is a great disaster novel about an EMP attack and was very well researched.

[Political Junkie Too]

11. If our nation's leader can't even deal with a little hot weather in their own town, why are we expecting them to manage the health care system nationally?

-PJ

[Vermont Lt]

I went through the snowstorm in new England last October/November. We went about ten days without power.

We learned our lesson.

We got a generator large enough for the house. We always have extra fuel. Every week I change out 1 five gallon contain into the truck and get it filled with new gas. Never more than four weeks old.

We always had plenty of food. But now we have radios, batteries, and extra lights.

Sometimes you learn easy, sometimes hard.

[VeniVidiVici]

Cell towers in FL now have generators. Might be something to look into for your local communities.

[Old Sarge]

Gotta agree with you, Kart. Adams gave us a decent report. I particularly read his analysis of the digital infrastructure.