In 1962, the United States dropped a 1.4 megaton thermonuclear weapon which detonated about 400 km over the Pacific Ocean. Starfish Prime was one of five tests aimed at testing the effects of nuclear weapons in high altitudes.
The EMP produced by this explosion damaged several electronic devices from Oahu, a Hawaiian island situated over 1,300 km away from the test site, shutting down telephone calls in several other Hawaiian islands. It also knocked out hundreds of streetlights while setting off many burglar alarms.
Suppose we were hit by an EMP of this magnitude today. In that case, the after-effects will be even more catastrophic, seeing as we live in a more modern society with tons of electrical appliances.
Rogue countries can wake up on the wrong side of the bed and decide to launch an EMP attack. Also, you should know that the detonation of a nuclear device isn’t the only cause of an EMP; natural occurrences like a massive solar flare can also be a culprit.
In 1859, the most intense geomagnetic storm called the Carrington event occurred and was associated with a very bright solar flare. An event like this today will knock out entire power grids and cause severe blackouts.
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As a prepper, you expect something like this to happen at some point. So, what are the must-have items that will come in handy in the event of an EMP?
Solar Panels
One thing that is bound to happen after an EMP hits is the lack of power.
The affected area will most likely be cut out from the power grid, or the power grid gets fried.
Solar panels may be your only source of power after an EMP attack.
Your ability to power up your home post EMP attack using solar energy makes it extremely valuable.
Cell Phones
Although the cell towers will be fried by an EMP, your cell phone will most likely survive an EMP attack so long as it wasn’t connected for charging when the EMP went off.
While communicating will be impossible with the phone due to dead cell towers, you may find several apps useful.
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Also, you can store vital information on it, which can be very helpful in survival situations.
However, this depends on you having solar panels to keep the phone charged as they won’t be affected by an EMP.
Gasoline
Gasoline is easily the most important fuel in today’s society. We use it to power our cars, generators, and other pieces of machinery.
An EMP attack won’t render most cars immobile, especially older vehicles with more simple motors. However, there will be a shortage of gas because gas pumps require electricity to run.
Pretty much any petroleum-based fuel will be scarce, implying that storing important fuels is a good idea.
Non-Electric Heater
Keeping warm after a blackout caused by an EMP attack is vital, especially during colder seasons. Living in an older home with a fireplace should combat this problem.
However, the design of most modern homes does not accommodate fireplaces as they do not have brick chimneys. This makes having a non-electric heater all the more valuable after an EMP hits.
Non-electric heater options include kerosene, propane, and natural gas heaters.
Clean Water
Lack of power due to an EMP attack translates to a lack of clean water for most modern homes.
You need clean water to cook, and this water comes from your tap, which is pumped using electricity.
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It doesn’t stop at that. There are several other uses of water in the house that, without electricity, things won’t operate as they should.
If you have a well on your property, that solves half the problem. However, you will need to treat the water for kitchen use.
Transportation
It’s easy to get in your car and drive to the destination of your choice. You can also take the bus, train or even a taxi. However, an EMP attack changes all of that.
As mentioned above, you will find that transportation wouldn’t come easy anymore because there will be a gas scarcity. This will limit your movement drastically.
Also, any means of transport you find may be too expensive due to the demand.
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Keep in mind that this is a long-term effect of a continuous blackout.
Flashlights
The power grid will most likely be affected by an EMP, so flashlights and other portable lighting devices will be extremely valuable, especially if you do not have solar panels.
Although the LEDs producing the light can be affected by an EMP, flashlights do not have any external connections, implying that the effects of the EMP can’t be transmitted to the flashlight.
Also, flashlights with aluminum cases are better as they provide a Faraday Cage, protecting the LED inside.
First Aid Kit
The modern society heavily depends on electricity, and an EMP attack affecting the power grid won’t only affect power in your homes.
It also leaves stores, supermarkets, and other essential services without electricity. This will likely cause panic.
A lot can happen within the first few moments of an EMP attack and could leave people injured. Unfortunately, you may not always have immediate access to a hospital in such situations.
The absence of quick health service makes a first aid kit a valuable survival item in the event of an EMP attack.
Batteries
You can’t overemphasize the importance of batteries in a survival situation caused by an EMP, as several appliances use them. Contrary to popular belief, batteries will survive an EMP attack.
This is due to the fact that the chemicals inside the battery can’t be affected by electromagnetic fields.
One this is certain – if we lose power as a result of an EMP attack, we will have to devise ways to survive it, and as you would know, it’s all about being prepared.
Canned Food
One of the most effective methods of preserving food at home is by canning it. As a prepper, you know that freezing your food means relying on electricity.
But without preservation, food will go bad too often, leading to waste. This makes canned foods extremely valuable as they can last for many years.
It will be good to stockpile these canned foods because supermarkets will probably be closed after such emergencies.
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No good Food No good Water No good Shelter and a hole hole lot of very very evil people.
If you live thru it, We will see the sickness of the human-race in its fullness of evil.
Such evil, as not seen by your eye’s…
GOD help us.
Seen it before and it’s nasty
Good to know the articles are still pumping out fluff
the only time anyone with any intelligence will kneel to a “Charlie Foxtrot” X-spurt is when they are searching your still warm corpse for useful items or information.
Your user ID is disgusting. Why would anyone want to kneel before you?
Pen, this idiot “Raven” has been a pariah on multiple prepper sites for several years. He is a disgruntled prior Army enlisted and some limited knowledge, is a member of an Elohim cult of fanatical zealots, makes false claims and accusations about other posters, and has even compromised the safety of his family and community by being stupid enough to post a lot of videos on YouTube and then spent many years antagonizing posters on several blogs. This would be similar to having new neighbors move in and the first thing you do is dump your trash in their yard and throw wet feces in their face – not a good way to make friends or garner support.
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I refer to him as the “Charlie Foxtrot” X-spurt, which is a combination of military jargon Charlie Foxtrot, which means “Cluster-Fuck” followed with X-spurt that another poster appropriately called him, hence this egotistical idiot has earned the title of “Charlie Foxtrot” X-spurt.
Kneel before those who control you
You seem kinda like a stuffed shirt…not much intelligent to say and very little to add to the current conversation. Perhaps you’d be more at home on the “tire changing” blog. .
Actually look forward to it as want to get on with… The BEST is yet to come. Market crashes for a SHORT time,dark,no internet,banks closed, then SHOW TIME. TRUMP back in 2022 yes TWENTY TWENTY TWO! Trump back to rebuild.Hope you have God’s money gold and silver. I watch Prophetess Julie Green and others. I am retired navy weapons division and former law enforcement. Lived in Japan,South Korea,Thailand,China, Vietnam,Cambodia 18 years straight.
Lol what crack you smoking. Thanks for the funniest thing I ever read on this page
Well then you can go back to sleep then . By the way a person will NEVER EVER be 100% prepared or have 100% security except via God. Five star General Douglas MacArthur knew it.
I’d love to let you know Trump isn’t coming back to save you….. wake the hell up. You got a front row seat to the end of this nation .
I guess O’l Ben foregot about our wonderfull CONSTITUTION and his OATH to protect & defend it. I too have taken that oath as an Air Force officer, & lived in some of the countries he did. So, I must speak out to those who have forgotten their lifelong duty to America.
Farmer: raven only does that after a bout of near-drowning the bottle. niio
red, I think this may help explain the screwed-up attitude of the “Charlie Foxtrot” X-spurt:
sov·er·eign cit·i·zen
[sovereign citizen]
NOUN
NORTH AMERICAN
a member of a political movement of people who oppose taxation, question the legitimacy of government, and believe that they are not subject to the law:
“sovereign citizens may not respect cops’ authority”
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a sovereign citizen is someone who believes that he or she is above all laws. The long answer is a bit more complex. Think about a law you don’t like. Any law, at any level of government. It can be a big law, like paying income taxes, or a tiny one, like licensing your pet Chihuahua with the county.
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The Sovereign Citizen Movement does not resemble a “traditional” cult as it lacks any centralized organizational structure but rather is a system of nationwide gurus and local leaders that develop individualized ideas of personal sovereignty and how it should be exercised.
So you rather be subjected to all the laws and regulations that have no interest or meaning to the population other than revenue collection and harassment. Wow how free you must be to live under the Tyrannical laws . Then again your boomer generation is a cuck for government 🙄.
raven, what laws are they? yes, there are laws, but name some from the USSR Wisconsin.
Red…so true. Look at the blue cities today. Almost like certain segments of the population are competing for the top spot. Fortunately, I live in a remote area not easily approached. One road in and out with a couple bottlenecks and easily covered from an elevated position. Issues are that I’m 74, wife at home with alzeimers… I can’t manage all the daytime tasks and stay awake all night on watch. Nearest good old boy neighbor will cover the front access but that’s one man with medical issues. Twenty years ago, I’d have been more confident…Today not so sure. I am convinced that things are going FUBAR this year and will get serious in 23. Pray it doesn’t, but be ready.
Farmer: Yeah, and when things look bad, expect the dnc to throw antifa under the bus, as they did the KKK in the 20s (but clung to them, as well). BLM obeys or antifa doesn’t have to share funding. all belong to nazis, and you know what hitler did to the brownshirts, after he no longer need them. some were executed and the rest put i the gestapo. When SHFT happens, dems will try to steal the nation but there are too many rebels in their own ranks. They’re collapsing in their own subhuman filth which means no government, not laws, and anarchy. This Don Quixote nazism is already tilting around the world and falling apart. niio
Time to consider adopting some older children that are about to age out of the system. You may find the help you need and do a good turn.
another EMP “humping” article >>> first time these mythical nuke terrorists get their hands on a device – it gets backpacked right thru the open Biden Mex border and set up in the DC Reflecting Pool >>> blows Biden right out of his pampers ….
both the Ruskies & Chinese will be using enhance EMPs along with a full out attack on the West – going after a disruption in military grade electronics – Why not? Cheap shot if it actually catches a single widely used electronic component on the weak side ….
classify the EMP SHTF as a sub-set of nuke prepping – once even one nuke goes off there’ll be more to follow and possibly escalating into a full exchange >>> it’s how you should be prepping – once you survive the real SHTF you can fantasize about being Jeremiah Johnson ……
More likely the first emp will be inflicted upon us by Deep State / CIA entities
Russia would attack us only if
USA persists in enlarging wwiii which was began with the U.K.Rothschilds through their fellow Khazarian terrorists
and the CCP is America’s Frankenstein Monster…
built up by FDR and
protected by every President from Nixon through Obama.
After they turn on us, it ultimately (prophesied) will be Russia that will restore the world to sanity.
Been saying all along that Russia is not the bad guy in all of this. But because of Ukrainian and U.S. propaganda, most Americans believe Putin is evil. Our own leaders are the evil ones because they’re so power and money greedy they’ll do anything to keep it all. Putin is trying to preserve the Russian culture and keep the west away and out of their business. He’s the last remaining hold out against the WEF one world government and population reduction. Sadly our own government bows to the globalists and Klaus Schwab. That’s why they hated Trump so much. It was never mean tweets, racism, etc. It was his America First policies and the fact that they were working very well. The people who hate him (non-government citizens) did so and continue to do so because they’ve bought in to the narrative created by the left and handed over to the mainstream media and social media to report as if they were facts.
Russia and China are both bad. Country’s who do want to destroy our nation. Ukraine is also bad but I agree its a ploy to get us involved.
Raven, Russia doesn’t want to destroy us as long as we keep our noses out of their shit! If the U.S. minded our own business and did not interfere, there would be no issue with them. But because we are imperialists, we can’t help ourselves.
You are on the beam. Good call. Always wondered what American Edgar Cayce meant by Russia will be America’s saviour. God is our saviour yet seems The Almighty Most High God may use Russia in some way to cut out the cancer. “So dam and Gomorrah twerking down our streets in front of children exposing their selves after doing their drag demonic story time etc. The baal worship and baby sacrifices have to stop.
The basics of preparing is for failure of the system and how I can best protect my family.
EMP destroying my electricity is bad but not the real risk in my opinion.
Economic failure seems high in the what’s for dinner list right now. Nothing like poverty and the fear of real hunger to get folks acting poorly. That’s called social failure aka Haiti and such. Nothing like failure of the system, collapsed banking, hunger and angry people to create “Ethnic Cleansing” aka Bosnia civil war.
Not looking good for our Republic. But that’s the plans of our “Leadership” we didn’t elect. Build back better starts with burn it all down.
Most of the rest of the world are QUITE Aware of the USA’s final trump card of massive nuclear destruction. Seems they only need to wait until the Traitors finish looting our country and turn it into a helpless socialist hellhole. They don’t need to nuke us.
I fully expect the District of Criminals to do the false flag emp or nuke attacks on our country as so to “Prove” Other folks hurt us so “All Patriotic AMERICANS Rally around the scum in DC”. As Obummers right hand man said, “Never let a disaster go to waste to promote our cause, if needed create that disaster”.
Worked pretty well in Vietnam, 9-11 Twin Towers attack dropping a third tower some city blocks away GOODBYE our Freedoms from the Patriot Act, Iraq (fake weapons of mass destruction anyone?) and others.
Killhouse rules apply. Read and get busy. Tempus fugit.
All you say is so, of course
However …do not forget Divine Providence.
Almighty God still is in control and
still awaiting a humble request for help and mercy from more of His wilfully and unlawfully independent creatures.
Amen!
With the open Southern Border will there be a cleansing of the illegal population by Americans. After the terrorist getaways do some destroying of American cities?
We got drag shows at kindergarten schools, students aren’t learning basic education.
Has the civilian population been feminized they will wimp out? BOHICA?
bob: As long as it’s not FUBAR. We’ve lived with BOHICA one generation after another. But, an EMP happens and both sides of the border will be gunning for mojados on their side. It happened before socialists wrecked Mexico, then stole the guns to force socialism on the nation. Most are sick of their kids being kidnapped to sell to slavers. People are arming, and that’s why it’s so hard to fun guns and ammo in Arizona. niio
Bob
What does BOHICA mean?
Peace,
MadFab
MadFab, BOHICA is urban slang for “Bend over! Here it comes again.”
raven: they’re called RINOs, not repubs. A2 is law and only liberals want it caged or castrated.
Lol the illusion that only libs want you disarmed
They keep pumping and hyping up the solar maximum. These NASA images of CME’s can be faked and the people will assume it’s the sun. The normie preppers will assume its cyberpolygon.
They are about to bring death and starvation to billions of people. Agenda 21 was the shot. Now, its agenda 2030. It’s not a matter of IF the grid goes…its when.
Frank: Makes sense. Every millionaire who can is buying a second citizenship in island nations and building compounds there. niio
The Supreme Court came through today rendering their decision to strike down New York’s Gun Law. Now watch the political chaos and total mayhem unfold as the evildoers go after the Court and try to do everything possible to continue to restrict our God Given Rights under the Constitution. We won. They lost. We won’t be denied any longer.
Or they’ll ignore it like they did Heller.
CC, problem with the dems is, they never saw the Constitution as a law they had to obey. to them, any law is a suggestion. Till we cure the donkey pox, America is in danger. niio
The fact you see it as democrats bad Republicans good,… we never find allow ourselves to see its all to divide us and keep us weak but hopefully your boomers generation dies off
raven, yes, you liberals are killing us as fast as you can. You’re next!
There are bad repubs and some, a very few, good dems. No one is perfect by god and you.
Here are the 15 Republican Senators who caved and bowed to Democrat demands:
Blunt
Burr
Capito
Cassidy
Collins
Cornyn
Ernst
Graham
McConnell
Murkowski
Portman
Romney
Tillis
Toomey
Young
15 GOP yeas on the gun bill:
Blunt
Burr
Capito
Cassidy
Collins
Cornyn
Ernst
Graham
McConnell
Murkowski
Portman
Romney
Tillis
Toomey
Young
The latest list of what just passed
The US Senate on Thursday evening voted 65-33 to approve the Safer Communities Act – a sweeping gun control legislation that includes “red flag” laws.
All senators who caucus with the Democrats voted “yay” – and 15 Republicans joined the Democrats and voted “yay.”
Senate votes 65–33 to approve the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the gun legislation negotiated by a bipartisan group of senators led by John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chris Murphy (D-CT)
See how an education would help, raven. Note that only liberals want to knock out 2A.
Believe we will find EMP’s to be the least of our survival problems. Long before they would be deployed by our enemies, they would be content to watch us self-destruct at the hands of lazy, naive, uninformed, robots, content to vote the “D” election after election, expecting a better result. Combine the votes of these fools with the perfected Democrat cheating and millions of illegals invading our country, with Democrat Party assistance, and the fall of democracy is inevitable! Nice to be a prepper, but how does one prepare in a democracy when the vote is lost?
America: If you believe in prophecy, understand that when SHTF occurs, the coasts and all major cities will be wiped out by terrorists invading us. Like I toll raven, vote because if you don’t, they can steal it and use it against you. niio
The Republicans will pose as saviors in 24. Then, theyll remove the mask and show us that klaus Schwab has “penetrated” them, as he puts it.
Desantis? Please. Another Yale ivy league prez? No thanks. This L and R paradigm is just a good cop bad cop routine. The repubs are gonna put the nail in americas coffin. Red wave of death coming for all. If the agenda is 95% depop by 2030, tell me, is tom cotton and MTG going to save us? Laughable.
Frank: Agree about desantis. He’s a moderate at best. But, I’ll vote for conservative repubs till they vote against me as the dnc did to all of us decades ago. Vote for a dem, you vote the party not the person. Don’t vote and they can steal your vote and use it anyway. niio
They been working against you for the last 100 years same bird different wings
Having a well on your property will do you no good whatsoever if it depends (as mine does!) on an electrical pump to bring up water.
Solar works well for that
You can still buy an old fashioned hand pump for wells. I got one for our sandpoint well for $150.
My well is 460 feet deep. Hand pump won’t work.
Farmer, I don’t know what the maximum static head for wind powered pumps are like the kind you see out on ranges for cattle, but if it can draw from that deep would a wind powered pump with the water then stored in a cistern, tank, or pond be feasible? My sister is on well water (90 feet) and researching both hand and wind pumps, and cisterns for storage.
research old fashioned hand pumps, worked for a couple hundred years for our ancestors. They even make stainless steel hand pumps now, as well as the cast iron versions.
Put a 3k gal black or dk green water tank on ur land w a drain spigot about 6” from bottom (where sand & ick settle). Fill w well water & use it often to water yard & plants so u must keep replenishing to keep that water drinkable (1xwk or 2wks). When power its out, hook up water hose & fill ur gal water container to bring in house. If u limit usage & it will last a LONG time. Get countertop filter pitcher to purify. U’ll also save ur well pump doing this.
get a solar powered pump – they are available and probably won’t be getting any cheaper.
A hand pump can be ordered from company like Lehman’s.
Get a had pump. Can get at tractor supply and else where. What do you think people used 50+ yrs ago. I gifted on to a friend a few not so many years back for when her power would go out. Living in the country an last to get power every time it came in handy.. suggest you get one while they are still affordable.
Ashley: if worse comes to worse, you can use a dipper, a long tube that fits in the casing and is lowered to the face, then winched back up. niio
Ashley, depending on how deep your well is, it is possible to use a hand pump. Our well is fairly shallow and we ran a pvc pipe down the well and have it fastened at the top. If we needed to, we have a hand pump set up to connect… viola’…. water. It takes a lot of priming and pumping, but it does work. Check out online options for the depth of your well.
Would solar generators work better for you with dehumidifiers and Seychelle water filtered bottles? Seychelle even filters out radiation and up to 90% of fluoride and iodine rich foods and or supplements to catch 22 any other fluoride. I like to keep extra solar generator and humidifiers triple covered in al all alluminum foil for back up in case of emp .
Well, we all know the scum that we have in DC so I am not going to waste my time telling you what you know.
Now this article that I just read telling us what we need to have for an EMP. For the most part it was good. But who can afford an older truck that has no electronics like the trucks today. I have looked, and a 73 Chevy 3/4 ton two wheel drive is costing anything from $5k, not in great shape, to $12k, very nice. Yeah, it would be nice to have BUT…. The rest is a no brainer, f canned food and such. Then there is the solar panels. The writer either is miss informed about solar or just wanted to fill your head with noncents. Solar is great but in order to generate power off grid, and that is exactly what you will be, you need a battery back – up with the proper inverter to charge those batteries. That means 6 solar batteries that run around $3k each. Then you need to faraday the inverter and batteries because the EMP that took out your grid will also fry your inverter and so on. To tell you the truth, I am not sure that would save your system.
We have a 1984 M-1009 which we’ve outfitted for SHTF. It’s easy to maintain, fairly good on fuel, VERY WELL BUILT, goes everywhere we’ve tried so far. We chose this over the M-1008 pick described here because it’s basically a improved Blazer with 4WD, a Diesel engine, but the transmission setup allows a faster speed than the M-1008 pickup, it already has a “camper top” and it’s very easy to load up with radios and all the gear needed. We are adding a roof top carrier to hold even more gear. We used it as a Volunteer Fire/Rescue vehicle so it has a full set of emergency gear, siren, light bar, country radios, HAM radios and will hold plenty more if needed. We highly recommend this for your SHTF needs. They are available in many areas.
Even with EMP proof vehicles used, where will the fuel be at when oil an gas supplies are basically gone? What happens if the pre-stationed fuel drops gets ransacked?
Will the SHTF vehicles be used as a one way trip to the bug out location?
How many mobs will try to take the fully fit vehicle away? There are so many 4WD roads that maybe ruined, washed out. May need to travel on the open roads.
Is there a backup plan in case the vehicle gets abandoned, going on foot?
The A-Team always had a backup plan A, B and C just in case.
Will the needed fuel stop be in friendly hands or not, what’s the plan?
If the SHTF is in dire sorts, the EMP vehicle will be a one way trip. No one really knows for sure the outcome. Many experts can do an educated guess to what will happen. It could just be luck of the draw to how we survive.
Overseas operators can tell us their experiences over there. But will those same circumstances or situation be the same for us here?
How many people are left alive to tell their survival stories of the Great Depression?
We can read all the survival books, learn skills. It will come down to our determination, the will to survive.
We maybe lucky, it will last a few weeks. Beyond that we go into uncharted territory. Kinda like the Lewis & Clark wilderness adventure. Will it be like the movie The Postman or worse in horrific conditions unimaginable to us?
Can’t touch one for under 10k now
Gramps, Thank you. We need someone with real experience to explain exactly what “will” happen to solar systems during an EMP. I, too, fear the battery and all associated electronics will need to be housed in a Faraday cage or they may end us as toast. Who on this board can speak with authority on this subject?
And on whose authority can we depend in guiding us toward the purchase of vehicles that will withstand an EMP attack? Is there one year that is the cut-off year or are there different years for the various auto manufacturers? Time to talk specifics.
Funny thing if the greens push their EV program an the grid goes down. Those vehicles will be useless too. There’s not enough charging units. Those also put a strain on the grid system, even a 5th grader could figure that out.
Still need oil an gas to run the solar, wind farms, like lube for wind mill gears to move. Should have planned for 40 years to ween off oil as transition to digital work life and depend on solar, wind slowly. Not the liberal transition way to green technology suddenly.
China is making out like a bandit manufacturing solar panels and wind mills, Unicorns too.
So all that money is paying to build new China aircraft carriers headed to the USA. After Bite Me gives up Taiwan to the Chinese military govt. EMP will be a low priority to us.
I have 2 older vehicles they are different years late 70’s and older. As for manufacture an year that varies. You may need to learn how to modify or junk yard piece together something from old rusty ones. But the truth is if your a city dweller I’d look for like minded people an live in a community together is your better chance of serving. With y’all working together on things. I once believed bugging out to my safe place was the best idea but alone in that safe place really may not be my wisest choice anymore. For several years now I’ve been saying no where to run no where to hide.
With LiDAR form sky or drones we can be found and so can our stash if someone was so willing. Those who shall not be named. My personal best recommendation learn all you can about as much as you can. Old ways of or grandparents and great grandparents if you are blessed to have them or other elders Natiive First Nation etc. Check out museums with old equipment for farming, manufacturing, even how to make light bulbs. Building kilns to blow glass. With out the light bulb your back to gas lites and really candles etc may still be the only light.
Knowing the wild foods that are so called weeds of today and how to use them may save your life.
I remember not so many years ago by a neighbor I was introduced to poke salad (weed) I help gather it. It has many uses. If you know how to process it. Not bad to eat once you process it right if you don’t it could kill you..
all being said and done you have to decide what is best for you an your family and the wisdom of some of the elders. Having many forms of food storage is important from drying, canning to freeze drying , have more then one way to keep your food and seeds. Depending on wild game really isn’t an option. When time comes their won’t be any. They will already hunted to extinction.
No one has real experience on what will happen during an EMP. The author of this article has no idea and neither do you or I. Everything is a guess.
Missouri: Yes, everything is a guess, but an educated one. https://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/the-third-reich-how-close-was-hitler-to-the-a-bomb-a-346293.html Ruegen Island, 1944, Germany tested their a-bombs. Phones went dead as far as Berlin. They tested again and the same thing happened. When they bombed the Crimea it happened there.
If the entire power grid went down, 80% of the population would die within 9-12 months. Without electricity you cannot pump gas. Without gas, food and fuel won’t be delivered. No water could be pumped. No refrigeration for food. No heat/air conditioning. Hospitals could not operate. Stores would be looted and closed. Every wild animal in the country would be poached and eaten. Good honest folks will be killing their neighbors for a can of beans. Some will be eating their neighbors. Best not to live in a big city. It’s going to be a slaughter. Adversity brings out the worst in even good people. Think this is fantasy? I do hope you’re right. But I am convinced you’re not.
Try to tell that to the people that survived very well with no electricity for thousands of years. Most would probably roll over belly laughing about that.
Benjamin, the high mortality rates of 80-90% refer to modern societies dependent on a continuous supply of electric power. Losing electrical power probably won’t be much of an issue to the rice paddy farmers throughout Asia, and dirt farmers from Mexico through South America, but for most people in North America, modern Europe, modern Asian countries like Japan, Singapore, and South Korea, parts of Russia, and even parts of China will have high mortality rates if the Electrical Grid is shut down for significant durations, like a year or more.
Benjamin: You know how to act post-SHTF. I know. Most of us may. But most people in the West can’t boil water. Deaths will be from drinking dirty water, spoiled food, rioting, gang warfare, arson, raids and these will kill more humans than the war to come, and, possibly, than all the wars that ever existed.
soros was selling off a lot of stock 2 years before he stole the election and buying metal. Before the election, he was buying stock in oil importers. The weather is out of whack thanks to over 50 volcanoes erupting now, and more are rumbling. the world is revolting against nazi politicians and time is running out. Keep God’s peace and He’ll keep you.
dz: Yes, the majority of peoples around the world know how to survive, but how many depend on American trade? Famines are starting and going to get worse. Wuhan is pumping up the volume on man-made plagues. Cuba infected birds, again, just before the northern migrations. Terrorists are burning crops around the world and killing livestock. niio
Once death and destruction hollows out the cities. The local an rural areas will be next. Then what?
Pets will be eaten first then if those people are desperate, may a human or two.
It won’t matter whether people are vegetarian or meat eaters they will all be hungry.
Just research recent history how people survived. The Donner party supposedly ate their fellow man. The South American airplane crash, think it was a soccer team. They supposedly ate their frozen travelers too.
Nothing is off the table in real survival, nothing.
bob: We already have packs of feral dogs running loose all over. Mexico, for one, loses a lot of people to them. Humans will eat their dead, but dogs will, too. Then come rats and plagues. Eurasian rats can eat almost anything and thrive. niio
God is still in charge, he has the plan. He is mightier than man’s stupid EMP conflicts.
People will freak out in shear terror of being unprepared.
Many will die, because they spend too much time on texting and smartphone apps. Keeping their focus on mindless nonsense, head looking down. A mugger’s ideal friend to approach the unaware victim.
Some EMP stuff we can plan, for some other related events maybe not. The unprepared will give up an die. We can not save the whole world, just our family an friends. Even some family members poo poo the EMP or being prepared in advance concept. They can be albatrosses to the preparedness plan we have implemented.
Be well and prosper, depend best on our skills learned for the future. The FEMA govt. will be the glorified savior to the rescue. Unprepared people will be like a drowning person you try to save. They will panic, try to climb on top of you to keep from drowning. You will waste your energy on them and potentially drown. Unless you knock them out to swim back to shore. Had that happen.
There EMP shield devices but the average can’t afford most of them to use. Cost to outfit a home can be expensive. Hopefully someone will come up with a less costly device to use, non-Chinese made.
Yup the Solar is limited useful without storage.
Yeah all those grid-tie solar systems on houses are useless when the grid is down. Definitely need a storage backup system too.
I am entitled to and stand firm in my belief that the market crashes this 2022. Most lights go out,no internet,silver soars and gold then with Peloser and Biden Magoo etc out of the way Trump back 2022 as he is a builder. Ovomit and his trash puppets gone. Ovomit years later will have to be dealt with but we don’t need to get about that. Major celebrations going on THIS YEAR 2022. If one has prepared well and follows Jesus a great time to be alive.
How is Trump coming back lol?
Look man the collapse is here and trumps bought you 4 years of peace to get ready. However, the majority of you rode the red wave and didn’t use the time to prepare. You filled your faces with boats and vacations.
guy, he’s making a HUGE difference across the country in the Fall Election – he ABSOLUTELY makes the difference in getting the correct candidate winning the primary ….
just watch the DNC attack on him next year when the 2024 campaign kicks in – he’ll be combining his own campaign with the Congress & Governor races again >>> don’t be surprised if the DNC gets desperate enough to try jailing Trump on some BS charges – his key people for sure ……
What is with the Raven character any way no kneeling happens here ..Worship The Most High God and him only. Too many ego trips in the world already. Where is Pharoah or any of them for that matter? Lol
Warrior Yes! niio
Benjamin: Please stop insulting Mr. Magoo. 🙂
Trump is returning. We know that or the raven-biden party wouldn’t be so desperate to wreck him. when he does, count only on 4 good years, then a possible crash if the leftist nazis of DC get their way. Obama wants to be caliph, but it won’t happen. He’s gay and only half white. Same with Harris being president. soros is inching her out because she’s almost half Taino and nazis hate American Indians, even an apple like her. Watch Erdogan of Turkey. soros wants him to become caliph. If that happens, the time of tribulation is at hand. niio
Yeah you know can’t fix current problems with fraudulent voters. I am sure if you vote harder. Then Trump or the unicorn will get in. Because your vote counts.
Trump not back until AFTER the crash and BOTH in 2022.
Lol the level of delusional retards that are on here make me laugh. You have to be a total knob to think Trump is going to save the day.
Let’s play the what happened in 2016 the Republicans fought Trump for two years and accomplished nothing.
Trump had massive faults like Regan. Anti gun and out of control spending.
All of which to include Obama and now Biden, will collapse the economy and dude have you seen a collapse of a nation before? It doesn’t go well and shit goes south fast,
But hey bank on your insane ideas because why prepare If government is going to save you.
raven: You liberals are all alike, a curse on the land and the people. Benjamin might be right, and wisdom says to listen to him. He’s prepping, not advertising what he has and where he lives. Trump keeps gaining ground. This is martyrdom and people recognize him as a martyr. Voters are coming out, even moderates and some liberals, and their votes count. It all starts at the grassroot level. More and more people are recognizing the dnc is America’s Nazi Party and are no longer afraid t say it. TYHAGITG.
For melody, farmer, DZ, and others interested in getting well water to the surface without electricity. Check into pump systems that have the pump cylinder at the bottom of the well. The piston part is moved by a sucker rod that extends to the surface and is powered by hand, pumpjack, windmill, ect. They were used for years on homesteads and pasture areas where electricity wasn’t available. Five hundred feet is a reasonable figure, I have pulled ones that were deeper than that to replace the leather cups. Be aware of the difference between these and ” pitcher pumps” that have the cylinder right near your hand. It can only suck water up less than 14 ft.
The whole theme here is that we need to be aware of the way people lived and the way things got done when the great plains were first being occupied by our parents grandparents, we may well be in a similar life style in our life time.
The hand pump I have works really well on our sandpoint well. Our well is only 12 feet down, and we tried out the pump when I received it to be sure it would work for us if we ever needed it. Worked great. Got it from this place: handpumps The ship international as well, and have more than one type of pump. Might be worth people having a peek at least.
melody I am happy you have a shallow Sandpoint well. Good job. I’ve pounded in a few sand points myself.
Do be aware it’s very easy to contaminate them so protect them. A shallow aquafer in sandy soil is almost a rainwater collection setup as little earth filtering occurs.
Thus, an oil spill or manure issue can easily soak into your aquafer.
Please filter that water, I hope you’ve already did a water test on it to see what current issues it has.
Domeliving, thank you, exactly the kind of information needed. I will pass this along to my sister.
Domeliving: Good SF name 🙂
Yes, dang, man, I forgot about that in a well. Very good advice, and my thanks. In AZ, conservatives and libs alike want to go solar ASAP. The state is converting anything with lights to solar and our village well is also. Passive solar is a given here. Dehydrators, hot water systems (they get run into a hot water tank), and some electric. niio
melody, you are right, and I am glad for you that you have a reliable source of water. Most of my post was aimed at people with deep wells. I am encouraging them to not give up there are ways to deal with a lot of things if we just look back to ” the good old days.”
Laws, yes! good article. I’m glad to see you said solar power will not be affected by an EMP so that would be safe. niio
As proven in the 2020 presidential race, an election can and will be controlled. The Democrat, since the 1960 election, has perfected cheating to an art form! Forget who or how many vote! It’s the COUNT that is important!
Americans demanded Pres. Jefferson sign a law demanding no more cheating in elections,. No more buying votes, stuffing ballot boxes and so on. Next elect, Jefferson’s opponent lost by miles. He obeyed the law but Jefferson didn’t. It started wit the democrat party the minute they were formed. niio
You can’t fix dumb but you can silence it… it’s called duct tape ( not sure I’d waste my precious resources on THAT ) I come to these survivalist sites to learn what I can on how to survive regardless of the reasons I need to! Sadly more often than not, i read a lot of garbage that has nothing to do surviving and everything to do with name calling unproductive critiques and possible situations that could be the cause for SHFT WHEN/ if SHTF happens why it happened will be irrelevant what will be relevant is if you spent the time before hand learning how to survive and sharing trading your survival techniques to better protect yourself and your family! Positive begets positive and negative begets negative there is no reason anyone of us needs to be a mean ugly name caller worry about yourself and those you care about putting out these finger pointing name calling non productive critiques is not helpful to anyone and will likely only get you the attention of others who when choosing their targets will choose those who have been a blight on their community and neighbours and families ! We are all in this together those who survive this will not be the looters or the violent offenders ( even if they eliminate the hood they will eventually kill each other off! And I certainly don’t want to be a part of a society that is kill or be killed! )
I’ve been an off grid survivalist for the majority of my adult life and I have never had to survive off those less powerful less intelligent or less prepared than I
Good preparing ( luck is just timing good or bad )
Mango: Crazy glue works. Yes, I do know 🙂 niio
Oh yeah because they wouldn’t love to take out the weak American military and push this country into into ground. Wake up evil exists and they want you destroyed. Why let this weak country regroup fix the military and regain the strength they once had.
It’s over dude believe it or not two sides can be wrong.
raven: if you told my last elder relative people in the military (you meant it’s leadership and should have said that) that dear little old nana would beat you with the closest blunt object, then carve her initials in your navel. And she was the nice one. A lot of us still tell out children as I was told and told all of mine, come home with your shield or on it.
The current military is so weak and pathetic it can’t even win a war. Not that we won anything in 70 years.
It’s becoming apparent that (1) you never served or (2) you never served honorably. Which is it? Inquiring minds want to know. And don’t be afraid to speak the truth.
Are you afraid of the truth….. it hurts to understand the entire, outdated equipment is all broke and we no longer have a technology advantage. The troops are broken non deployed fools and yes our country has lost every war after ww2
he never served honorably
raven: Now that you’re out of the military, will we stand a chance? Please show me what war Reagan lost, Bush I and Bush II, and Trump. But, you can’t. Yes, the military is going woke, and that’s a definite sign of loser. BUT midterms are coming and dems already lost many of their seats in Congress.
Mid terms lol sure voting isn’t secure but keep dreaming.
We lost Iraq Afghanistan Korea Nam…..
raven: we lost Vietnam? Then why is it in the top ten places for retired military to live? Last I heard, we’re still in Korea and Iraq, as well.
No voting is secure. It never was. But always, if you don’t vote, they use your vote anyway.
Yeah typically when your running away from the fight in helicopters bailing on the population that you promised to defend. It’s know as losing the war. It must be confusing to be your age and understand the failures of your generation to screw up so much of this country.
I honestly don’t care what traitors want to do for vacation in commie countries. By that logic Iraq had a popular resort too but enjoy that one.
raven, but YOU are the traitor. I had the opportunity to teach English in Vietnam. One of the selling points was that the nation is in rebellion against you liberals. Another was Vietnam vets are welcome with open arms by a people who respect their sacrifice. One more, Vietnam is the only one of 2 nations that allow US currency as legal tender. Can you name the other nation?
Farmerl, what? but this is fun. Assuming you are a farmer, dust off all those tools Dad got from Pappy. You may need them soon. Check out used windmills and put an alternator on it for electric. Car batteries were once the standard. My grandparents and greats all did it for their homes and barn. That way they could play the radio all the time. If you own harness, it may become gold soon. niio
well now X-spurt, you finally got something right, evil does exist, and you are a willing minion to it.
dz Twitter
So much for meaningful contribution to the subject at hand. How about getting back on topic?
Raven really misses the whole point .TRUMP does not save the day and more GOD gets ALL THE GLORY. Trump is an honorable son of God and will serve God with gladness great joy. Trump will be back 2022. Have you not read where God says he will not share his glory with another?
Considering the following the hand of Elohim has been removed from this nation. The United States needs to removed for the end to come and our nation deserves nothing
raven: but according to Gen. Washington (a prophet, BTW) you liberals will allow the US to be invaded and taken over but only for a short time. Prophets today are saying this is an act of mercy by Father God to save us from something much, much worse, the antichrist. God never gives up till the last breath is gone. He made rednecks and made us right for this time.
So funny just had to get back on at least one more time or may bust a gut laughing. Raven is so negative reminds me of the old cartoon that where ever he went the dark cloud followed overhead. He used to say like wowzie wow wow and grumble. Lol Was it Sliprock ?
May be you are listening to the wrong god bubs. My Most High God is not finished with America . Prophet Henry Gruver,Prophetess Julie Green and others I believe a whole lot more than wittle Raven. God will spare a remnant that still honor and follow Him. Outta here. Don’t have time to waste.
Those who fall back to the Torah. Laws given by Elohim and not, man’s laws or pagan laws
Hey dumbass X-spurt, you got your “title” wrong, it should read “kneel behind the bogus X-spurt and pump away while he performs oral on his boyfriend”, that would be a much more accurate depiction of your worthless Elohim cult existence.
Ck, Missouri Prepper, Red, Domeliving, Michael, Melody and others…. Thank you for your replies. I have read that about 1984 is the cut-off on cars that would be unaffected or less affected by an EMP because the electronics installed in later models would render them useless. I do not know this is a fact, however, and would like to learn from someone more knowledgeable than I. As far as solar panels go, I’ve not yet ventured into that realm but remain interested. Not so much if they can be wiped out during an EMP. Maybe safer to just have a couple on hand with all the batteries, and accessories and keep them in a Faraday cage? I know that sounds pointless as well as costly. Would like to use them for some addional lighting in my back yard.
And Domeliving thank you for bringing up the water well subject. I have the same issue of concern with a 225 ft. well currently powered with a 220 v. submerisble pump. I will certainly check further into the pump you recommended. My next closest water source is a pond located quite a ways downhill from my house. I’m not too anxious to think about the idea of drinking pond water even if it is filtered. My neighbor has 80 head of cattle who graze uphill from the pond. Again, thanks to all who offered up helpful advice.
The majority of cars will be fine.
Farmboy: Boil well any pond water. Man, bacteria galore from your SHTF beef supply LOL. A well dug 20 feet or so away from the pond will filter a lot of that out, BUT you still need to boil to get out the nitrogen. Do you have cattails? They’ll take much of that out and make good eating, too. niio
Red, Thanks for your reply. Don’t have any cattails but have lots of lillies. Interesting about digging a well near the pond. I can see how that could filter some of the water. It needs all the help it can get. The pond is fed solely by run-off. No fresh water spring.
I wonder if the “Charlie Foxtrot” X-spurt (Raven) wants people to kneel is because he is so small, he wants to be at an eye-to-eye level with the adults in the room and he cannot manage it on his own, just like any other toddler.
Paganism is the ancestral religion of the whole of humanity. This ancient religious outlook remains active throughout much of the world today, both in complex civilizations such as Japan and India, and in less complex tribal societies world-wide.
Pagan is an umbrella term for many practices. It is not a religion, but a worldview which includes many religions.
I use it for anything non Christian like catholics and ball worship
You mean like “football” or “basketball”?
“Charlie Foxtrot” X-spurt, stop trying to cover your deviant Elohim behavior, you know you have a fetish about worshiping other men’s balls, you even kept referring to my pair with all your posts about Deez Nut’s. What an ignorant fool you continue to be.
dz: According to anthropologists, paganism is a lot younger than believed. Monotheism is original. It likely came as a shock when someone published a paper on the Jews of Africa, tribe science originally called pagans. Same with mine, who are not Jews, LOL, no matter how Columbus believed it. We had symbols that represented one god, not each symbol showing a separate god. Most animism is actually monotheistic. niio
red, paganism goes back as far as Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, maybe farther
dz: there’s no proof they were pagan, either. Studies show that primitive cultures always revolve around monotheism and aspects of that god. 3 always is a scared number, as well. A great example is the many Maya cultures. Everything was based on 3, and all ‘gods’ were aspects of Old-Father, Eagle (mother), and their son. niio
I am a born again Christian, trusting Jesus solely to take me to heaven when I die. The only hope the USA has is a revival, coming back to God. I enjoy reading the articles and comments to get knowledge to help me survive better, so I can live longer and tell people bout Jesus.
HE is coming back …. soon. But I don not think he’ll be happy with what HE sees. HIS beautiful creation … earth and man has become a loathsome vestige of the perfect world. HE will clean it up. There will be much weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Benjamin,
It was Schleprock. From the Pebbles and Bam Bam spinoff from the Flintstones.
Why I can remember that and not what I had for lunch yesterday is a mystery. Lol
Peace,
MadFab
Just to set any Air force officers etc straight. My priorities are God,family and country. Former naval office during Carter and Reagan years. My newest daughters 9 and 12 come before my country. In my advanced years that is the way by God it goes.
Man, I’ve been reading these articles for a long time, but never bothered to read the comments… now I’m glad I don’t. Phew! Rational thinking isn’t a big part of a lot of commenters thought processes.
Yeah, but most today are not taught rational behavior. That’s learned at the end of a belt, or, if still stupid in your teens, Dad’s fist. We are, tho, hoping that diy vasectomy kit raven bought works. Very simple instructions: Place all 4 quarter sticks of dynamite between thighs, hold securely, and light fuse. Nah, I’m kidding. I want him to be blessed with a lot of kids so his hair turns white by the time he’s 35. God knows mine did 🙂 May your children be just like you! niio
Take a look at your Bible and other scriptural references. We are in the predicament we are in because of our sinful was. What is happening to our country, our liberties and freedoms have been forewarned. The only way out of this mess is to come back unto Christ. No one should bow down to anyone other than our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I realize this is not a forum for what I just said, however it is the truth. Do your homework. Ancient writings tells just what is happening. Sad, we as a people have ignored prophecy and warnings. Being prepared is a must, as it was with Joseph in Egypt however, you also need the Lord on your side. Do you have that most important ingredient in your backpack?
Rusty, very on spot with that. There’s a list about what happens to nations as they walk away from God. I point that out to Muslims in debates. As we get farther away, poverty becomes an issue. Plagues, and so on. Wars, unrest, invasion. The final one is destruction of a nation by invaders. Keep in the Holy Spirit and obey. niio
Most likely, those solar panels will not survive an EMP if it is close to your state.
Will burn out the over voltage protection, I suspect.
what is nioo?