By Mac Slavo – SHTFplan.com What would happen if the government was so broke that it couldn’t even afford to maintain the basics – including keeping the electricity on? That’s essentially what’s happened in debt-ridden and poorly-managed Puerto Rico, where a fire took hold at a power plant, and left more than 3 million people…
Image source: Flickr By Daniel Jennings – Off The Grid News Three days’ worth of food and supplies is insufficient for your family’s survival, the federal government has finally acknowledged in what one expert is calling a landmark shift in emergency preparation. The White House’s new plan was released last year as part of its…
By Daniel Barker – Natural News (NaturalNews) The U.S. is vulnerable to cyber attacks from China and other countries capable of shutting down the power grid and disabling vital infrastructure, according to Admiral Michael Rogers, head of both the National Security Agency and the U.S. Cyber Command. Rogers recently warned the House Intelligence Committee: “We’re…
Image source: bard.edu By Daniel Jennings – Off The Grid News A widely feared nightmare scenario has finally occurred, although in another country — hackers were able to cause a widespread power failure in the Ukraine by infecting utilities’ computers with malware. Half of the homes in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of the Ukraine lost electricity…
By Off The Grid News Staff A former CIA director and former executive director of the EMP Task Force are charging that the Obama administration is failing to protect America from a potential power grid-crippling solar storm, choosing instead to conduct more studies on a potential disaster that could kill 90 percent of the population.…
By Mahatma Muhjesbude – SurvivoPedia By now, we all know about the potential catastrophic dangers of the high electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) from terrorists or WWIII, and likely solar flare events. Some preppers take it seriously and plan for it by taking certain measures and precautions to protect their equipment and electrical necessities. The rest of us…
By J. D. Heyes – Natural News (NaturalNews) A special unit of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army is dedicated to waging cyber warfare against the United States should the two nations become embroiled in a conventional conflict, with the goal of knocking out American infrastructure that is vital to the nation’s survival. Director of National…
By Daniel Barker – Natural News (NaturalNews) One morning in September, 1859, British astronomer Richard Carrington sat in his private observatory, drawing pictures of sunspots using a telescope which projected an image of the sun onto a screen. As he drew and observed, there suddenly appeared a brilliant flash of white light on the surface…
By Chris Ruiz – The Bug Out Bag Guide Imagine yourself and your family, forced from your home in the dead of winter, with nothing more than the few supplies you were able to carry amongst yourselves. Then imagine being shuttered into a community center with thousands of other families, displaced from their homes as…
By Daniel Jennings – Off The Grid News The power grid upon which Americans depend for nearly every aspect of life is attacked once every four days, an investigative report from the nation’s largest newspaper chain revealed. Gannett and USA Today reporters analyzed federal energy records and found that a cyber or physical attack takes…
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