https://spectator.org/white-house-fbi-officials-warn-of-impending-russian-cyberattacks-on-the-u-s/
What's your plan if the grid is down?
A few thoughts, not in order of importance:
1. First thing to [don't] do when the power goes off is open your fridge or freezer. It stays cold longer with the door shut.
Next, gas won't pump, and not water either in some places. Credit card readers won't read, grocery stores will close. What is the plan? I am accumulating some of the pieces, not fully in place. I'm not ready.
2. More food! More water. Putting dry food in coolers to protect from rodents. I have to deal with the fact that canned foods can't be allowed to freeze.
3. ammo/security
4. I like what Crafty mentioned, the 'tri-fuel generator'.
A gas furnace typically requires 800 watts electricity for the fan and other electronics or it won't work at all. You can't count on batteries for that, not when you need to run everything else off of them, not in a region where no heat means die. I've noticed (so far) that when the grid is down, piped natural gas still works, you need to be able to convert that into electricity.
5. Plus should have a big propane tank for backup. Refrigerator/freezer can be propane, or switchable like RVs. A/C? I don't know, not a big deal here. It takes a lot of solar to run a small amount of a/c in the daytime only in a hot region. Need to build a shelter that is cool naturally, or escape extreme heat or cold or drought hopefully with a more than fueled vehicle and a plan.
6. How about a year or more's worth of firewood and wood burning stove?
7. Enough gasoline for me to drive to a more sustainable property a few states away.
Next step with the tri-fuel generator is to get three of them so you're already set up when the inevitable happens.
