An EMP, or electromagnetic pulse attack, would be among the most devastating and long lasting disasters that could ever happen.
That’s because an EMP attack (or solar flare from the sun) would knock out all electronic equipment over a large swath area.
Depending on the intensity of the blast, all communications and electronic equipment, including the power grid, most cars, electronic devices such as laptops or phones, and kitchen appliances, would be completely knocked out.
In essence, an EMP attack would throw us back to the Stone Age. Furthermore, it would take years before anything remotely resembling a recovery ‘back to normal’ could be made.
A great deal has been written about what you should do following an EMP attack to stay live, both in the short term and over the long term. But far less has been written about what you should not do after an EMP attack strikes.
We’re here to change that today.
Here is what not to do after an EMP attack has struck:
Eat Food Out Of Your Stockpile First
Always eat the perishable food in your refrigerator, freezer, and pantry before you start eating food out of your stockpile.
You don’t want your food in the fridge or pantry to go to waste and you also want your stockpile to last for as long as possible.
However, if you find yourself in a situation where you still have an abundance of food left in your freezer and the power goes out, here is exactly what steps to take to prevent spoilage and make the most out of your frozen food supply.
Wait Until The Last Minute To Make A Final Store Run
When an EMP attack occurs, it will only be a matter of hours at best before cities and towns within the radius of blast descend into complete and utter chaos.
Most cars won’t be working and many that were driving will crash into one another, some people will start to attack one another out of confusion and desperation, and stores will start to close up.
That’s why if you want to make a final store run, you need to do so immediately after the EMP has gone off, and even then, you’ll want to be extremely wary.
Since credit card processing machines will not be working, you’ll need to use cash. This is why it’s important to have a healthy stockpile of emergency cash in your home at all times.
Run right down to the nearest grocery store or supermarket and start buying as many items as you possibly can, because it will be the last time you can do so for months if not years.
The people working at the grocery store will be very confused about what’s going on and will likely close up shop early, never to reopen again until marauders and looters later break through when complete societal breakdown occurs later.
Let The Water In Your Home’s Pipes Go To Waste
When an EMP goes off, one of the worst mistakes you could make is to not collect as much water in your sinks and tubs as you can.
That’s because it won’t take long for the water pumps to stop working and for the only water left to be in the pipes.
As soon as the EMP happens, plug up the drains to your tubs and sinks and run them until the water stops running. You’ll collect a fair amount of water for drinking and cleaning purposes that will become immensely valuable later.
Not Try To Get In Touch With Your Loved Ones
Most ‘traditional’ forms of communication like internet and cell service will be knocked out in an EMP attack.
This is why it’s smart to learn this easy and inexpensive way to turn your CB car radio into a powerful transmitter capable of emitting and receiving communications from hundreds of miles away.
Make sure that each friend or family member within your ‘circle of trust’ is equipped with these devices before the blast goes off.
Announce To The World That You Have A Stockpile Of Supplies At Home
Hopefully, you’re not guilty of doing this already.
As a prepper, it is of utmost importance to exercise extreme caution and discretion when it comes to sharing information about your preps, as you should only confide in and disclose such details to individuals you deeply trust.
After an EMP attack has occurred, don’t go around to people you know or your neighbors informing them about the stockpile of food and supplies you have back at home.
You’d be surprised at how fast people you thought of as being your ‘friends’ turn on you if you don’t share with them.
Leave Your Home Undefended
Most suburban homes are not very defensible and are very easy for a determined burglar to break into.
Related: Places To Avoid: Where Looters Will Strike First When SHTF
That’s why ideally, you’ve already made adjustments to your home to make it more defensible, such as replacing all doors leading outside with steel doors, all hinges with heavy duty hinges, and all windows with more durable acrylic glass windows.
After an EMP attack has occurred, the defense of your home will turn into one of your biggest priorities.
Once the grocery stores and supermarkets have been looted and ransacked, marauders will turn to suburban homes to break into for food and supplies and this will become an ongoing threat you have to contend with.
Bug Out Of Town
You may think that the smart move after an EMP attack has gone off is to bug out of town.
While it is true that most cities and urban centers will become hotspots of danger as society starts to break down, your chances of survival out on the open road aren’t much greater.
For one thing, if the blast from an EMP is strong enough, most vehicles will be knocked out, so there’s a good chance you would have to travel on foot.
This means you and your family will be vulnerable out in the open, moving slowly, and wouldn’t be able to carry much with you. And do you even know where to go?
In most circumstances, it will be much safer for you to dig in at your house where your stockpile of supplies already are.
The only times you should attempt a bug out are if any of these conditions are met:
- It simply becomes too dangerous for you to stay where you are.
- You have a predetermined bug out location in mind where you can rendezvous with friends and family members and have multiple routes of getting there.
It’s also vitally important for your bug out location to meet some prerequisites to ensure it’s suitable for a long term bug out location.
When it comes to surviving an EMP attack, one essential item stands out as indispensable: the EMP Cloth. It protects your crucial devices and equipment from the destructive effects of electromagnetic pulses, ensuring that vital communication, power generation, and navigation capabilities remain intact.
An EMP attack will be truly devastating, but not doing the above mistakes will greatly increase your odds of survival.
Depending on the intensity and scope of the blast, an EMP attack or solar flare could last for months or years. Either way, it’s critical to be prepared.
As the old saying does, pray for the best but prepare for the worst.
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funny how these EMP “specialist” never seem to connect EMP to a NUKE BLAST >>>
only one thing you do after a nuke attack on the country – pull out your prep plan binder with the mushroom on the cover – break that open in the basement while you protect your azz against follow-up blasts and the fallout ….
you shouldn’t need to think about half the stuff that’s mentioned – most are basic preps and even more basic prep planning …..
if it is nuke then most will not matter
I don’t understand why they always leave out the most important things to stockpile like whiskey reefer and cigarettes. ???
If it is ONLY an EMP or massive solar event, then above article is right on track. However, it is Very likely that an EMP attack on the USA would be followed up by massive retaliation by us and even if that wasn’t nuclear, would likely trigger a nuclear attack by other powers looking to finish us off, so to speak. In that scenario the above article will be only of marginal use. No matter how prepped you are or how well you survive the EMP, it’s gonna be a dark time for us.
Yup, that EMP maybe phase one followed by the open southern border invasion.
How of those getaways are military, spy or agents assembling on foreign owned, American farmlands. Are waiting for their marching orders?
There were past reports that FBI knew of terrorist cells and there training camps inside of America. Like Tim McV. bombing had help.
Many previous articles are being erased or archived to hard to get vaults.
EMP would be from the USA Rothschild-directed CIA:
they have even been announcing as much…
Bullets will still work on looters.
I’d certainly like to know what the 6 dumbazzes (down voters) think they should do after the missiles start hitting – if they actually think you’ll be climbing in the Truckster and go fucking shopping >>> God help U and anyone else depending on you ….
Am more concerned about militarized waves of illegals…60 million more are planned
China wants our land…they just want to kill every man woman and child
Not destroy their future fertile fields of grains
They’ll be knocking at your door ala Twilight Zone, The Shelter.
They’ll be knocking at your door ala Twilight Zone, The Shelter
They’ll be knocking at your door ala Twilight Zone, The Shelter
The last thing I’m on to do is go to the stores. I’m going to button up, sit tight and pray.
I would be going to the supermarket , because others will be watching and if they see me trying to buy food? They will not come asking in a couple of weeks , because they will know I didn’t have much to start with.. Right!
EMP damage and a ground level nuke are two different events. EMP damage can happen from a high altitude nuke like 30-50000 feet and nobody will feel a shock or heat wave or anything – if you’re inside, you probably won’t even know it happened. But it will knock out large areas of civilization by shutting down the grid and much of our technology. Chaos, crime, and hunger will likely follow for millions of uninjured people. Weigh that against ground level nuclear bomb annihilation and instant death that is limited to a couple of miles radius with radiation poisoning up to 10-20 miles. The truth is most stuff outside the 2 mile zone will still work, and 90%+ of the radiation will deactivate in 48-72 hours. Ill choose the ground level nuke and pray that I’m outside of the two mile radius, hunker down in a building with taped windows and doors and start checking for radiation fallout in 2 days (put a white sheet of paper or a white plate out side and see if it collects dust or ash – that is your radiation fallout). I would be outside the 3rd day if the paper stays clear, probably looking for water if I’m not at home.
Theres a lot of misinformation especially in Hollywood movies about nukes but if you persist and keep reading you’ll get the correct version. The narrative that the ground wont grow anything for years and you should stay inside a concrete building for weeks or months (even years!) is BS (or propaganda to keep us locked up?).
What Claude says about EMPs is spot on. Don’t confuse that event with a ground level nuke.
Am most concerned about the shutdown of indoor plumbing
I live in a blue city …and
will not long survive
the lack of ongoing, flowing, clean-enough water
Ask a prepper hasn’t had a serious article in months
There are many new people that need this information.
I usually love askaprepper articles, but this is all common sense and if someone is this dumb then there is no hope for them.
What happened to the old posting gang, like left coast chuck and others?
We got newer Trolls that twist the info, just go to some other website instead.
You are correct. McVeigh and company had help. Read “Triple Cross” by Peter Lance. Award winning investigative journalist.
Covid took them
Not in a cheerful mood today, are you, Sport?
EMP intensity is likely to be worse in a high altitude, essentially orbital height, than from a heavy fallout producing near ground burst. If you did not see the flash, your first hint would probably be your electronics shutting down…
AI is coming to the rescue, the next agent of misinformation.
Musk says beware of AI while also funding the project too.
Previous info on EMP’s, was that stuff really accurate in the public domain?
What don’t we know about the EMP subject the govt maybe hiding?
The real answer for us is when it actually happens, then we’ll know for sure.
A prepper can do so much for the SHTF and TEOTWAWKI, we can’t 100% self-sufficient
in preps. We will do the best we can with current knowledge at hand.
So, counting on your people for REALLY information about EMPs.
If you google it there is so much junk out there. You read one site and the one right below it contradicts it. Where can I find correct information not from, I read a 30yr old book once that said this or that? Current real information from someone who really knows their stuff.
Can someone point me to the real info?
Clayton – Life after Doomsday
Trust in GOD and your gut instincts to make the right decisions.
YES, i can! Go to empshield.com. They have an entire library of us government commissioned studies for download.
Cresson H. Kearny , Nuclear war survival skills , ISBN 978-1-63450-297-9
Most of what the military uses comes from Cresson’s teachings.
It has very good instructions …. I have been researching this sort of thing since the ” Cuban missle crisis”!
EMP is not high on the list, really.
We got Biden making hundreds of thousands of gun owners a felons shortly. As some of the AR-15 parts will be declared illegal. Biden is the Trojan Horse of our #1&2 adversaries implementing hell on us.
So unconfirmed info that Fox’s Tucker Carlson’s parents worked for the CIA. Be interested in what others may have heard about this. It would change our perception of certain news sources.
As far as EMP is, experts base their opinions on previous tests done. During govt testing projects and from historic war documentation.
What we do know is the EV’s will not work any better then gas powered vehicles would.
So prepping has many paradigm paths, it’s not just for food sources.
What other preppers prepping for? Just one scenario of food shortage or a combination. Maybe it’s for Biblical signs we are going to see of Revelations?
Now is the time to evaluate what our preps are for.
Seeing the posts above, I will hold off posting any EMP information. However, for the last post about what people are preparing for, here is my list:
My Thoughts On:
Considerations For Prep Planning
By Jerry D Young
As for what I prepare for, I prepare less by type of disaster than I do by basic human needs. The basic needs are pretty much the same, no matter what the disaster. As I meet my goals for the basics I do specific things for specific disasters. There really are not that many individual elements that are not appropriate for several sets of circumstances. My ultimate goal is to be as self-sufficient for as long of a period as it is practical to be in modern society.
I know quite a few people disparage ‘scenario planning’ to various degrees. I do understand their reasoning, up to a point. I believe, however, that what many object to in terms of scenario planning is that so many people that are prone to it only plan for a very limited group of scenarios, with no consideration for any others.
What scenario planning I do is to fill out my general and Basic Human Needs preps with items that may be required for pretty specific circumstances. If one never considers some of the scenarios that can happen there is no way to know if you are prepared for it until too late.
Some situations simply require certain types of training, specific items, and an understanding of how that particular situation can influence everything else. So, while I make certain to not prepare for only a few scenarios, I do consider a huge number of scenarios in order to be ready for not only my general concerns, but for any other given scenario, to the best of my ability.
Besides, even if a person does concentrate on just a few scenarios (NOT a good idea in my opinion.), those preps invariably become a major part of being prepared for several other sets of circumstances. It is simply a matter of approach. Knowing that there will be overlap does make it easier to prepare for many more things than just what a given scenario requires.
Below is a list of the things I consider when I am making preps, in alphabetical order. The dangers in some of them relate directly to people’s belief in them, as much as the actual event. Some things do not have to happen to be a danger. The mere belief can be enough to set people on a destructive path.
(No. I am not ready for all of them yet. And yes, some of them simply call for having your affairs in order.)
Everything is just my opinion.
1) A New Evil Charismatic Leader (Hitler /Stalin /Mao style)
2) A New Messiah
3) A new Persian Empire
4) AI assisted tyranny
5) AI corruption of society /human interactions
6) Abolishment /unconstitutional rewrite of the US constitution
7) Active shooter at public venue /business
8) Active shooter at school /college campus
9) Addictive Entertainment
10) Advanced technology disaster
11) Agenda 21/Agenda 2030
12) Airplane crash
13) Anarchy
14) Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, viruses, fungi
15) Armageddon
16) Atmospheric River storm/severe flooding
17) Automotive accident
18) Avalanche
19) Aztlan /Reconquista Uprising
20) Bank closure /failure /mandated bank holiday
21) Bath Salt drug zombies
22) Becoming a refugee
23) Becoming lost in the megalopolis
24) Becoming lost in the wilderness
25) Bee Colony Collapse Disorder (fungi /pesticide /parasites) crop pollination failures
26) Biblical flood
27) Biblical plagues
28) Biological war /attack
29) Black hole appearance
30) Blizzard
31) Boat wreck /shipwreck
32) Brownout
33) Carrington Event /Massive solar flare
34) Celestial object impact /near miss
35) Central US major tectonic /volcanic activity
36) Chemical war /attack
37) Civil war
38) Civilian Disarmament
39) Cloning of dangerous plants /animals
40) Cloning of humans
41) Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)
42) Communication restrictions
43) Corporate /industrial flight from the US
44) Crime wave
45) Criminal Coup of the government
46) Crop failures
47) Dam failure /collapse
48) Dangerous wildlife confrontation
49) Dark matter /anti-matter incident
50) Declining drinking water aquifer levels
51) Destruction /loss of the middle class
52) DHS takeover
53) Draconian police powers /actions
54) Drinking water aquifer contamination /poisoning
55) Drought
56) Dustbowl
57) Earth Core Cooling
58) Earth orbit shift
59) Earthquake
60) Eco-system collapse
61) Electrical Blackout
62) Electro Magnetic Pulse attack (EMP attack)
63) Electro Magnetic Pulse from coronal mass ejection or other solar activity
64) Encroachment of drinking water aquifers by seawater
65) Environmental disaster
66) Epidemic, natural
67) Epidemic, human-made
68) Ethnic war
69) Evidence of extraterrestrials
70) Exodus of important skill holders from the US
71) Exodus of the wealthy /rich from the US
72) Extraterrestrial biological contamination
73) Federal police force w /broad powers circumventing civilian protections
74) Firestorm
75) Flash mob violence /criminal event
76) Flash flood
77) Floods, general
78) Food shortages /price increases
79) Forest fire /wildfire
80) Fuel shortages /price increases
81) Fungal infections of food staples crops
82) Gamma-ray burst from neutron star collision
83) Global cooling /Ice Age
84) Global nuclear war
85) Global warming
86) Gold /PM recall
87) Gold /PM restrictions
88) Government Tyranny
89) Grand Alignment induced tectonic activity
90) Great Lakes drainage event (to the Ohio River due to tectonic activity)
91) Ground surface tilt /rise /subsidence from tectonics /magma movement
92) Gulf Stream shutdown /subsidence
93) Hail
94) HAZMAT incident
95) Heatwave
96) Home gardening restrictions
97) Home invasion
98) Hostage situation
99) Hostile extraterrestrials
100) House /apartment /building fire
101) Hurricane
102) Hypercane
103) Ice Storm
104) Infrastructure collapse /failures
105) Invasion of the US
106) Invasive plant and animal species
107) JIT delivery systems breakdowns /failure
108) Kidnapped
109) Lahar
110) Landslide /mudslide
111) Limited nuclear war /attack
112) Limnic eruption
113) Local major accident (aircraft /auto /rail /building)
114) Local major crime
115) Local /regional gun grab
116) Lockdown at school /college campus
117) Lockdown at work /business
118) Loss of job
119) Magnetic pole shift
120) Major conventional war
121) Major economic depression
122) Major nuclear power plant incident
123) Major Tax Rate increases
124) Martial Law
125) Massive tectonic activity
126) Massive /rapid increase in the poverty level /numbers
127) Maunder Minimum type low sunspot cycle triggered ice age
128) Medical emergency
129) Mega Quake (New Madrid seismic zone, Cascadia subduction zone)
130) Mega Tsunami (La Palma, West Antarctic Ice Sheet)
131) Mega Volcano (Yellowstone Caldera, etc.)
132) Methane Hydrate release
133) Mississippi River bed change
134) Miyake Event
135) National bankruptcy /default
136) Nationwide /global economic breakdown
137) Nemesis-induced Oort Cloud meteorite rain
138) New colonial activity (France /Spain /Portugal /Italy /Germany /Japan /China /Russia /Great Britain /Brazil /Venezuela)
139) New, more restrictive assault weapons ban
140) New World Order (NWO)
141) Out-of-control bio-genetics /bio-technology
142) Out-of-control Nano-technology /robotics
143) Overpopulation
144) Ozone layer depletion
145) Pandemic /Syndemic pandemic
146) Partical accelerator accident /runaway /Hadron collider /Cern
147) Peaceful extraterrestrials
148) Peak oil
149) Personal financial breakdown
150) Personal /family catastrophic illness
151) Personal impact crimes
152) Pestilence
153) Political unrest /backlash
154) Pyroclastic flow
155) Racial war
156) Rainforest deforestation
157) Rampant inflation
158) Rapid Population Decline
159) Refugees
160) Regional climate change
161) Released /escaped dangerous zoo /circus animals
162) Religious war
163) Resource war
164) Rogue Military Activity
165) Rotational pole shift
166) Runaway GM food plant failure /cross contamination
167) Safe deposit box (non-bank) restrictions /closures
168) Sand /dust storms /Haboob
169) Sea level drop
170) Sea level rise
171) Second coming of Jesus
172) Seceding of one or more states from the US
173) Sentient computer(s) take over
174) Severe Lightning
175) Sheriffs lose arrest rights /authority
176) Shipwrecked /marooned
177) Shortages of goods and services for a variety of reasons
178) Sinkholes
179) Slow rise flood
180) Social break down
181) Solar radiation increase /decrease
182) State bankruptcy /default
183) Strikes /boycotts /embargoes /price controls
184) Sub-atomic particle research accident
185) Sudden regional major population shift
186) Supernova (Betelguise is closest likely – ~100,000 years)
187) Super-storm
188) Tailings pond dam failure /collapse
189) Terrorism of all types
190) The Anti-Christ
191) Tornado
192) Total gun ban /confiscation
193) Train wreck
194) Travel restrictions
195) Tsunami
196) UN Small Arms Treaty
197) UN /One World Government
198) US civilian coup
199) US military coup
200) US revolution
201) Utilities failures
202) Vehicle breakdown /stranded
203) Volcano
204) Water shortages
205) Water system contamination /poisoning
206) Wealth redistribution (by currency exchange /tax rates)
207) Weapons restrictions
208) Weather Modification attack
209) Widespread civil unrest /riots
210) Wild animal rampage
211) World Population dramatic increase
212) Zombies /vampires /werewolves /other supernatural dangers (Just kidding! Sort of. The mere belief in can be/cause a disaster.)
It has been obvious to me for a long time that there is another whole list of potential disasters that, while some are mentioned in the above list as primary events to prepare for, there are some things that will not likely occur, or even be possible before a major disaster occurs and/or we wind up in a PAW (Post Apocalyptic World) situation. The things listed below are not only possible but rather likely in many different scenarios.
1) Millions of abandoned pets eating food supplies needed by humans, and possibly attacking humans
2) Hundreds of thousands of swimming pools, especially in urban and suburban areas left with water in them that will breed billions of mosquitoes that could carry diseases
3) Abandoned nuclear power plants that were not safely shut down manually or automatically at the outset of the disaster that could eventually have radioactive materials escape and contaminate a locality, and possibly a larger area.
4) Abandoned dangerous chemicals (including chemical and/or biological warfare materials), the containers of which could be damaged, releasing the chemicals into residential areas, or contaminating areas to a very dangerous degree. Could be from damaged /deteriorating /flooded research facilities; manufacturing plants, transport vehicles, end-user plants, farms and farm supply facilities (in case of dangerous farm chemicals), or military storage sites.
5) Abandoned toxic/flammable waste dumps that could release their contents into the environment
6) Landfills that could catch fire and burn uncontrollably, releasing hazardous smoke, even radioactive smoke in some cases
7) Oil and gas pipelines, that once they are without constant maintenance will deteriorate and begin leaking their contents into the environment
8) Explosion risk from heavy explosive gasses in low areas and buildings (propane, methane, etc.)
9) While I do not believe Nuclear Winter will occur due to fires started by nuclear weapons, in the absence of highly trained and well-equipped firefighters, there is almost a certainty that there will be huge forest fires that will burn out of control, often in the very areas where preppers set up their facilities
10) Areas with closely spaced residential, commercial, and industrial buildings could easily be destroyed on a very large scale without benefit of modern firefighting capabilities
11) Raw sewage released from damaged /deteriorating /flooded treatment facilities /collection pipe system
12) Water and food sources contaminated by any of the above
13) Human food (plant and animal) mutated into dangerous/unhealthy types by any of the above
14) Major risks from those in society that will see the disappearance of the legal system, from local cops to the Supreme Court, as the chance to get back at anyone and everyone, every business, and everyone and everything that represents something they feel has mistreated them.
15) High risk of physical danger going into damaged /deteriorating /flooded buildings /structures /locations that have high-value salvage materials /goods
16) High risk of physical danger using damaged /deteriorating /missing /flooded highway hazard crossings (bridges /overpasses/etc.) to avoid going around
17) Release of dangerous animals/pets from public zoos /private zoos /homes
18) The development of the ever-popular MZB (Mutant Zombie Bikers) (no offense to real bikers) and other raiding-type groups
19) The spread of aggressive religious groups
20) Anarchy (for a while)
21) Loss of animal /plant /human habitats due to local contaminates
22) Loss of animal /plant /human habitats due to changes in weather
There are some additional ‘disasters’ that affect only one or two people, or a very small group. Some are relatively minor when talking about major disasters that can affect millions of people.
However, when one or more of these things happens to an individual or a family, it is just as large of a disaster to them, as a major disaster is to a large number of people.
These are things that can happen to almost anyone, anytime. Unless a person is aware that they can happen, maintains good situational awareness, and is prepared to deal with them by having the education and training, and in some instances, the right tools and supplies they can turn into very serious events. The following is a list of these types of various dangers:
1) Food Poisoning
2) Choking, Suffocation & Strangulation
3) CO/CO2 Poisoning (Home/Car)
4) Falling (Stairs, Ice, Tripping, Being pushed/bumped, etc.)
5) Falling Objects
6) Street Fights
7) Physical Abuse & Rape
8) Bee, Wasp, & Scorpion Stings
9) Snake, Spider, & Tick Bites
10) Animal Attacks (Exotics, Dogs, Cats, Birds, Reptiles, Sharks & Other Sea Life)
11) Pet Attacks (Dogs, Cats, Birds, Reptiles)
12) Weather-extreme Dangers (Sun Burn, Heat Exhaustion/Stroke, Hypothermia)
13) Fainting
14) Drowning
15) Personal Crimes (Pickpocketing, Robbery, Purse Snatching, Auto Theft, Road Rage, Physical Assault, Firearm Assault, Attempted Murder, etc.)
16) Mental Health Issues (Attempted Suicide, Severe Depression, Violent Mental Patients, Seizures)
17) Personal Accidents (Kitchen/Bath, Home, Farm, Ranch, Falls, Electrical Shock, Electrocution, etc.)
18) Kidnappings (Self, Children, Friends, Business Partners, etc.)
19) Overly aggressive/abusive authority figures (Police, Government office clerks, Security personnel, Government field operatives, etc.)
20) Blacking out (Drunk, Medication overdose, Medication problem, Physical impact, etc.)
21) Firearm AD (Accidental Discharge)
22) Lightning Strike impact or near miss
23) Vehicular Accidents and Breakdowns (Personal vehicles, Boats/Boating, Personal Aircraft, Motorcycles, Bicycles, Scooters, etc.)
24) Road Rage Event
Just my opinion.
I think a lot on your list has already happened, like #45 on the first list
Believe #45, we have that now with the open source ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ crime family.
Don’t forget to add American citizen’s placed on multiple databases too.
About 40 or 50 on Jerry’s list have already happened. As long winded as he is, he sounds like a demonicrat politician!
WOW, that was sure some kinda list!!!! and things we really arent even considering…..but here’s the thing, we can prepare as much as we want or can, but IMO these days, dont think we’re really gonna stand much of a chance in any scenario…..we are doomed any way you look at it, and things in the Bible have and are coming to pass….so we can try to prepare, think positive and go on with our lives as we can, but if our country or even another one gets hit somehow/some way, then we’re gonners anyway…so best thing is just go on with our lives and just not worry about it…..
It’s a great list; for the unprepared paranoid liberal who believes govt is their god. That bigger govt will save them. The church of environmentalism is their religion. The minions are all the un-American groups they follow. Antif**ka, B*m, alternative lifestyles and so on.
GOD is the Supreme leader and is laughing at America that has lost her moral compass.
The traditional religious organizations will turn on their own followers. Better off trusting the Bible or plain trust in GOD.
Remember the old saying of they came for them. I did nothing ……. then they came for me and no one was left to help me.
All of your ramblings tell me that you obviously have way too much time on your hands. Everything you wasted time typing on this thread could have been summed up with MY philosophy…”Be Prepared!” I was never a Boy Scout, like a lot of Presidents, but I have always adhered to their Motto. All 212 of your “occurrences” can be covered by “Be Prepared.” When shit happens, no matter WHAT “shit” happens, the preparations are basically the same. I would have to build a bunker complex that would house 200 people, food and water to last 200 years for them, and enough arms to equip a division, have generators, and sufficient fuel, to run non stop for 2 years, and a medical facility to take care of any needs.
Read the novel, One Second After, by author William R. Forstchen. It is as real as thought can portray of an EMP attack.
I came to the comments to say this too.
Funny thing, even if we have paper books, how many of those can we carry on a bugout?
And downloaded to a thumb drive, will there be access to the info out in the sticks?
There are plenty free download sites on the internet. Old book stores around too.
Maybe get the stuff and practice the info to download the experience into practical camping/survival knowledge.
If you have any vacation camping experience, you are 1/2 way there. Just find the gaps your not family with. Ask a family member, relative or neighbor you know who has some of that knowledge and learn.
The survival websites are also in the business to make money on info. Some are extreme fear mongers selling hope to newbies. It’s too bad many high schools got rid of home economics and shop classes.
Many of the homestead topics were common knowledge before the internet, smartphone and social media made people dumb.
If you have a solar charger for your cell phone, you can keep vital info on there. As long as it’s downloaded, it will still be there. If you keep both in a faraday cage. I use an older phone for this.
A thumb drive would probably stand a better chance than using a solar power on a smartphone for info. The thumb drive can be hooked into other devices.
Think it was mentioned before, there’s no edit button to correct our spelling errors.
What I want to know is, if the power to my home was shut down, would it still affect all the appliances in my home? Would it still follow the lines in whether on or off?
one of of the pre-EMP hit preps you want in your playbook is pulling your electrical meter >>> yes indeed they’ll be one hell of a surge on the powerlines – probably melt down pole transformers alll over heck – pulling the meter limits that surge to the lines leading to your home and the meter box on the side of the house – definitely limits that possible fire to the outside …..
Good idea, but check with a certified electrician.
The meter is high volts and amps. There is a procedure to unhook the meter device. If willy-nilly pull the meter with out proper procedure, you may fry or worse.
The EMP Shield is a very good device. But most people can’t afford those high priced devices.
Does someone know of similar devices thereabouts to purchase?
Non-CCP slave labor made devices.
There should be a main disconnect on the outside of your house. There is also a main breaker in your breaker panel. Turning these OFF will be safer than “pulling” your meter. When you open your breaker box the big breaker at the top is the main breaker for the whole house. Most are 200 Amp breakers.
Best to ask a certified electrician. All those homes with grid-tie solar panel systems will be useless. You need a battery storage to work. Grid-tie will not supply juice to the whole house. And buy non-smart appliances, smart appliances send info to the utility companies.
Best ask an electrician for your specific questions. The internet is full of misinformation that can get your situation ending in burning down the home.
Janet, are you serious? If the grid goes down there is NO transmission of electric current through ANY lines. Your appliances would ALL stop working. When you flip the switch down on the ceiling lights do they stay on?
Curiousity got the best of me. If you can still eat the food in the freezer is good. What about the food that has been growing in my garden or on the trees. Would it in some way affect them? Really need to know about shutting off my electricity through my main breaker (outside of the house) I have electric bikes, just i case too. Can wrap the battery up in aluminum really fast. My electric generator would be the other piece that I would definitely find a safe place for, like my metal garbage can.
Nuclear bombs are not the only source of an EMP. Massive solar flares can have the same effect. The 1859 Carrington Event disrupted things worldwide for a few days. At that time the only worldwide use of electricity was the telegraph. Now in today’s world…
try CME >>> totally different discussion entirely
If it’s a nuclear EMP, it will be followed by a retaliatory nuclear response, followed by a return nuclear reply, followed by a worldwide panic, eliciting a worldwide nuclear fiesta. Yep. “Once and done” isn’t going to be likely. Best advice? Don’t be wandering around anywhere in the open, for any reason, until about two weeks after the first few seconds of an EMP. Oh, and nuclear war won’t care if you feel like being rebellious about it.
He mentioned driving after EMP, most modern vehicles with computers will not work the EMP will fry them so no driving unless you have an older car or truck that does not use one that would put it in the 50’s or 60’s or if you bought surplus military vehicle with EMP protection!
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A Coronal Mass Ejection has a much higher percent likelihood; like 10% each year; in fact, one CME that went away from the Earth happened this Feb 2023. IF that had been Earth facing, it would have been bigger than the Carrington Event in 1859. The Carrington Event melted the transatlantic cables due to induction. EMP? That’s small potatoes. Our own Sun is what will take us back to the dark ages, so you’d better prep now, because it’s coming. Check out Suspicious Observers on youtube for the actual science behind it. If you aren’t prepping your brain, you will always think this natural phenomena that hits us was something another country did, when in fact, it was the Sun. This will be worldwide; and it will be 90% fatal to most since they are not prepared in any way, mentally, emotionally or physically.
It don’t matter what we call it, the American grid system has not been updated. Since when N. Tesla helped design the American grid system.
America will depend on enemies to manufacture our replacement transformers.
The electrical grid will be vulnerable to several terror cell attacks from the Open Southern Border.
Are you forgetting the “balloons” that travels across the US? What a very easy and sneaky way to deploy an EMP. The Country responsible for those balloons now know that they can get into our airspace with little resistance and put the emp in the ideal location. It doesn’t take a lot of imagination to see that that could have easily been a trial run. I agree that being on the road in any form will be most dangerous. IF you have a functioning vehicle then people will surely attempt to take it from you with extreme violence if needed. If you don’t have a solid base of stored food and water you will need to go out faster and more often then if you just prepped with the basics, it doesn’t take much to store rice and other foods. ALSO if you have a form of electricity you NEED to cover all your windows completely so NO light shines to the outside because that is a beacon to those looking for supplies and food. Many will be looting stores for food and water but if you are out and have access to some form of transportation then you need to gather gas for your grill so you can cook all the perishable food possible. Again the smell of food will attract those hungry people so getting the main cooking done ASAP and using the grill for warming things up later is best. Also having a ventless propane heater will be a big help if it is in colder weather. Many people forget about stocking up on the propane but in my opinion it is vital for survival. The main thing is keep a low profile and try to not look like you have what others want.
Thanks for information if USA IS SHUT DOWN, AND ATTACKED!
Sorry, but a common CB radio will NOT transmit hundreds of miles away (without repeaters.)
A simplex CB radio signal is dependent on:
1. signal strength
2. antenna height
3. line-of-sight (unobstructed)
4. curvature of the earth (about 35 miles)
In IDEAL conditions, you might get a 20-25 mile communication signal by CB radio. (That’s assuming your radio and the transmitting/receiving station also survived the EMP attack.)
A better option is an affordable HAM radio setup that is EMP protected. Basic equipment and licensing are not that expensive. (However, the same above limitations apply.)
Just my 2 cents…..
Just an observation: my dishwasher is a waterproof metal box that is grounded. An ideal Faraday boxas long as the water supply is secured. And to answer the query about city residents and access to water, think about rivers, creeks ponds and filters.
During the 1940’s ; thousands of Americans joined an ANTIFA group. It still exists today. It’s named the U.S. ARMED FORCES.
If an E.M.P. blast is caused by a nuclear missile strike; Not many people are going to survive.