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I know a lot of preppers talk about backup power as being crucial (specifically Lithium batteries) and it is, but they’re not perfect. Sometimes bad things happen no matter what precautions we take. And sometimes it’s the product/technology itself. Considering that most of what’s available for purchase (e.g., solar power stations, server rack batteries, portable […]

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I think we sometimes picture long-term survival too much like an action movie, where everyone is in their thirties, hunting wild board only minutes before fending off marauders. Then they chop some firewood, roast that pig over a spit, toss the bones to their trusty canine companion, and do it all over again the next […]

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Most people who prepare for emergencies own some sort of bug-out bag. Maybe it lives in a closet, the trunk, or next to the front door. Mine would be no different in that respect and has certainly seen all three spots at some point in the past. But owning a bag doesn’t mean you have […]

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I got to wondering: what happens to America’s nuclear plants if the grid stays down long enough that emergency diesel fuel runs out? I’m not talking about a normal blackout lasting a few hours. I’m thinking about a major grid failure lasting days or weeks, with fuel deliveries disrupted, roads blocked, communications failing, and replacement […]

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In January 1978, a blizzard buried much of Michigan. I was in college then, living in a co-op house with a bunch of other students, and somewhere in the middle of that storm the power went out. That was the moment we stopped knowing anything. There was no television, no radio plugged into the wall, […]

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