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“Grid Jihad”: What If You Had a Week to Prep for the End of the World?
SHTF Plan ^ | 9/4/14 | Daisy Luther

Posted on 09/04/2014 6:21:37 PM PDT by Kartographer

Pry provided details of recent attacks on electricity systems and said that ISIS could easily team with Mexican drug cartels to ravage America.

He told Secrets, for example, that the Knights Templar drug gang blacked out the electric grid of the Mexican state of Michoacan in 2013 to provide cover for killing those fighting the drug trade.

“The Knights Templars and other criminal gangs in Mexico will do anything for money, and ISIS, the richest terrorist organization in history, has hundreds of millions of dollars at its disposal,” said Pry.

“ISIS could hire one of the Mexican cartels, or one of their criminal gangs already in the U.S., or activate jihadist terror cells already in the U.S., and inflict a multi-state blackout immediately, within days or weeks. Perhaps even a nationwide blackout,” Pry explained to Secrets.

“I am not saying it is likely they will do so. But given the capabilities and objectives of ISIS and our obvious vulnerabilities, it would be foolish to ignore the threat to the grid, to regard the threat as unlikely. Our planning should be based on imminent asymmetrical threats, and not assume that another 9/11 large-scale attack is years away,” he added.

The Texas Department of Public Safety recently said they believe there is evidence that ISIS plans an attack. (source)

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: emp; grid; powergrid; preparedness; preppers; shtf; survival
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To: JRandomFreeper

If the wood is wet, even a road flare won’t do. Learned that the hard way a couple times.


201 posted on 09/05/2014 9:18:25 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Solve problems, don't bitch about them.)
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To: greeneyes

And prep time. You can get self-sufficient in almost any scenario, but it takes upwards of a year to work out details, process logistics, and wait for food to grow. This thread’s scenario is “you’ve got one week”; get that shovel & box of seeds, yes, but don’t forget the 200 pounds of ready-to-use flour, yeast, and bottles of vitamin supplements to hold you thru until harvest.

BTW: 50 lbs of flour is $14 at Costco. Just checked yesterday. Far from ideal, but makes for a very easy, cheap, and effective disaster prep item.


202 posted on 09/05/2014 9:33:06 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Solve problems, don't bitch about them.)
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To: Lazamataz

Yeah, you are. Haven’t forgotten about you, I just cannot come up with anything positive to say. I keep thinking about how to extract you from that location, but by the time we get a “go” on extraction, 400 & 85 will be killing zones rolling NE on all 8 lanes each.

Consider this thread your last comfortable warning. You’ve gotta be somewhere other than inside the perimeter.


203 posted on 09/05/2014 9:42:20 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Solve problems, don't bitch about them.)
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To: Lazamataz; JRandomFreeper; Travis McGee
I don't buy your 90% die off.

Neither do I.

It'll be 100%.

It'll be 120%.

204 posted on 09/05/2014 10:14:49 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

I bid 150%.


205 posted on 09/05/2014 10:15:59 AM PDT by Lazamataz (First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.)
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To: Lazamataz

Well you’re screwed, but the real question is whether you need a marinade or just bbq sauce.


206 posted on 09/05/2014 10:18:09 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: ctdonath2

Ever made hard tack? Flour, water, and salt and you have a filling if not so nutritional meal.


207 posted on 09/05/2014 10:20:16 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

I want Blairs After Death sauce.


208 posted on 09/05/2014 10:20:26 AM PDT by Lazamataz (First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.)
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To: ctdonath2

I have the year covered, I am more concerned with holding on to it and personal safety. I wonder if I can stand the loneliness in a safe room?


209 posted on 09/05/2014 10:23:57 AM PDT by 3D-JOY
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To: Lazamataz

I always laugh a your “slogan”. Is a sarcasm label needed?

My clothes and vest are ready to evacuate for 24-48 hours.
I can grab the back pack for a 3-4 day survival.
My Next pack, on wheels, is for a week or more and contains shelter.

I prefer to shelter in place so have a “go back” pack in order to get home across the river if the causeways are closed.

I do not know what more I can do, right now. A more secure safe room is a plan.


210 posted on 09/05/2014 10:39:42 AM PDT by 3D-JOY
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To: driftdiver

Better than that is “no-knead bread”: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/dining/081mrex.html?_r=0

Same ingredients, plus either purchased yeast or using sourdough starter (which is little more than wet flour left out for a few days). Makes really good bread.


211 posted on 09/05/2014 10:45:27 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Solve problems, don't bitch about them.)
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To: Titan Magroyne

Thanks for the links!


212 posted on 09/05/2014 10:47:36 AM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: Travis McGee
“It won't matter which fuse hits the gunpowder first, she's gonna blow sky-high if and when the grid goes down.”

It was 1998, when I thought about “no power” and what that would mean to my/and family, existence. Transportation would cease meaning NO TRUCKS. I spent a day writing down what I wouldn't have, starting with getting out of bed in the morning and lasting until I went to bed at night.

I have spent every year since then perfecting ways to live for a long time, over a year, with approximately the same living standard I have now. As new/better methods came about through the years to produce something I had to have, I updated to that method. I generally have three ways to accomplish a necessity. I sort of went overboard on ways to cook and ended up with seven ways. I hope I never have to use any of these preps.

You know we paid for the best prepared place in the world - and it's for for Muslim Obama and family. Don't know about you, but I think I'm as important as he is, so I used my own money to prepare a place for me/family.

213 posted on 09/05/2014 11:00:35 AM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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To: ctdonath2

I like hard tack for travel purposes but definately not for other uses.


214 posted on 09/05/2014 11:02:45 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Lazamataz

I’ve heard that causes ebola style diarrhea. Perhaps I’ve heard wrong.


215 posted on 09/05/2014 11:05:22 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: ctdonath2

scenario is “you’ve got one week”; get that shovel & box of seeds, yes, but don’t forget the 200 pounds of ready-to-use flour, yeast, and bottles of vitamin supplements to hold you thru until harvest.

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There’s nothing you mentioned that I would need to rush out and get. Doesn’t mean I don’t need to get more stuff, just that I have a pretty good start.

Any good prep plan should have some thought as to how to replensih supplies in case of a long term situation leading to shortages of bare necessities.

That is a pretty good deal on flour. Flour, salt, leavening, sugar, and oil can give you a lot of goodies to go with the beans and rice.


216 posted on 09/05/2014 11:51:34 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Chickensoup
Do y ou have a link to some sort of description to this?

No, I thought it made sense so I tried it and it worked.

217 posted on 09/05/2014 2:43:44 PM PDT by Octar
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To: roofgoat
Your well is about as deep as my well now. I used to have a 42' deep well when I lived on the eastcoast. I could bring up a volume of good water with a pitcher pump. Now at a little over 400' I am going to try a homemade well bucket. Spent a couple of hours today rounding up parts (didn't have what I needed in the first town, so I had to go to another town).
218 posted on 09/05/2014 2:46:02 PM PDT by SisterK
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To: Lazamataz

You’re fine Laz. You will be just fine - there are still plenty of chocolates and silk stockings on the open market.


219 posted on 09/05/2014 2:48:36 PM PDT by SisterK
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To: Mortrey

I appreciate that.

He’s all that’s getting us through this.

But, I’m only doing what I’m supposed to do, and they did for me when I couldn’t do for myself.


220 posted on 09/05/2014 8:31:29 PM PDT by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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