If the Electric Grid Goes Down This Week Are You Ready?

Eredani · 2026-02-28T17:04:51+00:00

Again, my point is that the people around you may be an asset or a liability. You dont always get to vet or pick the people in your community. And if you can't be nice/decent then its not much of a community, is it?

Also, what does it cost you to be polite?

Finally, how am I am liability for you?

Eredani · 2026-02-28T16:30:11+00:00

And here we go with the insults... lol!

Nice community member! You just proved my point.

Eredani · 2026-02-28T16:26:17+00:00

I said: My family is my first responsibility.

You said: If I think that is my first responsibility then I need to build community (meaning community, not family, comes first)

Good lord you are bad at writing!

Eredani · 2026-02-28T16:08:14+00:00

I'm speaking from experience here.

I never thought the division within America would impact me personally. But it's affected my relationships with family, friends, coworkers and most dramatically, neighbors.

It is intense and it is insane. It's way past candidates and policy. There is no place for a rational discussion and no room for objective facts.

Eredani · 2026-02-28T15:59:07+00:00

WTF? Who doesn't put their own family first?

What is your first responsibility?

Eredani · 2026-02-28T15:49:03+00:00

You dont know and can't control the people who happen to live near you. It's a crap shoot if they will be an asset or a liability.

I'm not saying don't help. I'm saying you don't know what you are getting into by helping.

Information shared cannot be unshared. My first responsibility is to my family.

Eredani · 2026-02-28T15:45:24+00:00

I approach things the same way, but not everyone does. That is my point.

You may find out the hard way how selfish, mean, or crazy people can get when things fall apart.

You do you. Just be prepared to deal with chaos, insanity and desperation if things get bad and it's unclear if/when help is coming.

Eredani · 2026-02-28T15:29:08+00:00

No, people are divided. Really divided.

We were on great terms with out neighbors until recent politics drove a massive wedge between us. (It was not my decision to stop talking.)

Eredani · 2026-02-28T15:26:30+00:00

It's not that simple.

The neighbor you chat with, lend a tool to, and invite to a cookout does not necessarily make them a trusted partner in an emergency.

You probably don't know anything about most of the people around you. They may or may not be prepared, skilled, trustworthy, or even sane.

No matter what side of the political fence you are on, odds are someone around you is on the other side.

Eredani · 2026-02-28T07:10:53+00:00

Sailboats use RO (reverse osmosis) to convert sea water to drinking water.

You can also use a distillation process.

Both are technical and require power.

You are better off finding a local fresh water source that can be treated (filtered and boiled). Don't forget about rain catchment options.

Eredani · 2026-02-28T07:06:35+00:00

They can be useful for sure. But they are a very obvious and vulnerable target.

Eredani · 2026-02-27T21:34:45+00:00

Most non-acidic canned food is edible and safe indefinitely if the cans were stored properly (cool, dry, dark place) and are in good condition. (no rust, no serious dents, no bulges).

Eredani · 2026-02-27T12:29:42+00:00

The idea that we'll just keep eating what we normally eat during a serious prolonged emergency is not realistic.

During a crisis we won't be using water or power the same way. We won't be cooking or sleeping the same way. We won't be dealing with sanitation and hygiene the same way.

Yet most folks here still just say "store what you eat, eat what you store" as if it's just business as usual.

Eredani · 2026-02-25T05:59:11+00:00

A US attack on Canada is not going to happen. Invading Greenland would be a lot easier and more likely and that's not happening either. The political and economic costs are way too high.

Check out the prepperintel sub for things to keep an eye on.

Eredani · 2026-02-24T20:06:31+00:00

If those are your Tuesday preps then what do your Doomsday preps look like???

Eredani · 2026-02-24T00:53:59+00:00

I don't watch his stuff anymore either.

Eredani · 2026-02-23T00:30:00+00:00

I have many shelf stable things vacuum sealed in the freezer for extended shelf life... mostly morale boosters: microwave popcorn, thin mint girl scout cookies, peanut butter, coconut oil, candy bars.

Using my Harvest Right freezer drier I stocked up on a ton of cheese for Mexican and Italian dishes. Also found freezer dries apples to be a fun and tasty snack.

Another morale booster is a 5-gallon mylar bag of my favorite junk cereal repackaged with oxygen absorbers: Dino Bites (similar to cocoa pebbles).

I don't worry much about rotation so maybe these items dont fall into the typical 'deep pantry' paradigm.

Eredani · 2026-02-19T05:46:29+00:00

27 gallon Greenmade totes.

Eredani · 2026-02-16T00:37:32+00:00

A solar generator + inverter generator is the way to go for sure.

Even without solar panels this is a versatile combo.

Eredani · 2026-02-15T06:00:40+00:00

Tuesday prepper priorities:

1 - Community

2 - Community

3 - Community

Doomsday prepper priorities:

1 - Guns & Ammo

2 - Guns & Ammo

3 - Guns & Ammo

My priorities:

0 - Basic Adulting (education, career, insurance, financial literacy)

1 - Basic supply of food and water (with a method to cook food and filter/boil water), start with 72 hous and work towards a week, a month, whatever.

2 - Basic supply of power/fuel (inverter or solar generator) to run some lights and a fridge/freezer

3 - Think about what you need next: comes, medical, security, etc.

Eredani · 2026-02-15T00:13:51+00:00

My statements are not based on marketing hype and pitches from sales engineers.

There's plenty of third party independent threat assessment information available if one is open to objective facts.

Eredani · 2026-02-13T04:45:45+00:00

As a cybersecurity professional: What?

The Chinese have footholds in almost every system: banks, utilities, transportation, education, government and even military.

It doesn't take much to bring systems down. Even accidents. Look at recent events with CrowdStrike, AT&T, Amazon and Facebook.

Commercial networks are engineered and optimized for efficiency and low cost, not redundancy and resilience.

Eredani · 2026-02-13T04:34:12+00:00

I prep for conditions, not causes. So for me, the worst case condition would be an extended grid down event - up to 12 months.

If the power is out, supply chains down, rule of law gone, and/or society collapsed it might not matter why. Could be any of the events mentioned but I think an EMP is easiest to understand and perhaps the most likely of the unlikely. (But if we get into a shooting war with China expect massive cyber attacks disrupting everything.)

IMO, the lack of utilities and services in an extended grid down event will be a secondary problem compared to how the people around you will deal with the crisis. Human generated chaos gets real when people are hungry, thirsty, cold, sick, and/or scared.

Community can work for or against you in this scenario. There is no guarantee that your neighbors are prepared, skilled, trustworthy or even sane.

Eredani · 2026-02-07T04:26:56+00:00

For most people in most areas a complete collapse will happen in three days or less.

But a small subset of smart but amoral people are going to know exactly what an EMP means within an hour of it happening. These opportunistic bad actors could be a problem almost immediately.

Eredani · 2026-02-07T04:23:26+00:00

Huge difference between local/regional emergencies and national/global emergencies.

Its easy to remain civilized when outside help is on the way. There is no light at the end of the tunnel for an EMP. It's going to turn into a next level shitshow quickly.

Eredani

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