Those of us who watch over the grid take the responsibility with the utmost seriousness and pride. We understand people can, and have, died during extended outages. Brandon would be playing in my sandbox under this scenario and it just so happens I don’t play well with others. Without giving away too much on a public board, I’d just like to say rest assured there are eyes on 24/7/365 and personnel placed strategically throughout the system.
Reject dirty unreliable “green” energy and advocate for nuclear.
Glad you are there, but my career was spent learning how vulnerable your critical infrastructure really is. We have known how to collapse it for decades and it isn't difficult.
Prepare people. Know what to do with all that frozen food when your power goes down.
As a former Nuclear Reactor Plant Operator, safest, cleanest and most reliable energy when managed and operated correctly.
Only personnel I trust with that are the Nuclear Engineering departments of the US Navy. Been accident free since Nautilus.
UNDERWAY ON NUCLEAR POWER!!!
After living through Irma several years ago, we have added a couple of solar generators to our preps. We have a big gas generator that will run the whole house (and a/c!), but with Irma, there was no fuel! All the gas stations were either out completely or if they got refueled, there were lines for miles (literally). We would get up at 4 am and start hitting the stations near the interstate hoping someone got refueled over night.
We live in FL and have experienced many storms and have lost power many times, we are usually out for about a week when a hurricane rolls through. But Irma was different, all of south FL evacuated north eating up all our resources and after the storm, they came back through going home, so we had major shortages for days before and days after it hit land. That on top of record breaking flooding in my area, shutting down almost all the roads near our river... I-75 was within hours of being shut down, that would have been a huge blow.
I say all of this because of the fuel prices today and possible shortages. It is going to be very painful if not impossible for average Americans to afford to run generators if there are blackouts (along with fuel shortages). It is a really scary feeling when you have no.power and a generator sitting there little or no fuel to run it.
Solar / batteries are expensive and really won't run a whole lot for very long. But I know with what I got, I can run my well and keep a couple freezers going. I hope you all are taking steps to make sure your families will be safe and fed if they do pull some (more) shenanigans thos summer.
Those of us who watch over the grid take the responsibility with the utmost seriousness and pride. We understand people can, and have, died during extended outages. Brandon would be playing in my sandbox under this scenario and it just so happens I don’t play well with others. Without giving away too much on a public board, I’d just like to say rest assured there are eyes on 24/7/365 and personnel placed strategically throughout the system.
Reject dirty unreliable “green” energy and advocate for nuclear.
God speed, Fren.
Glad you are there, but my career was spent learning how vulnerable your critical infrastructure really is. We have known how to collapse it for decades and it isn't difficult.
Prepare people. Know what to do with all that frozen food when your power goes down.
Blessings to you and your frens.
As a former Nuclear Reactor Plant Operator, safest, cleanest and most reliable energy when managed and operated correctly. Only personnel I trust with that are the Nuclear Engineering departments of the US Navy. Been accident free since Nautilus. UNDERWAY ON NUCLEAR POWER!!!
canning meat is ridiculously easy.
Buy large bags of salt and some you will be able to can if you have the materials. Then there is the perpetual stew method.
If we lose power, I'm firing up the grill and eating steaks until I explode.
We do have natural gas and propane, and I have been looking into a small solar system, just enough to power our refrigerator and charge our devices.
Replace Brandon with Rockefeller Family, and then you know who the energy and power czars really are.
After living through Irma several years ago, we have added a couple of solar generators to our preps. We have a big gas generator that will run the whole house (and a/c!), but with Irma, there was no fuel! All the gas stations were either out completely or if they got refueled, there were lines for miles (literally). We would get up at 4 am and start hitting the stations near the interstate hoping someone got refueled over night.
We live in FL and have experienced many storms and have lost power many times, we are usually out for about a week when a hurricane rolls through. But Irma was different, all of south FL evacuated north eating up all our resources and after the storm, they came back through going home, so we had major shortages for days before and days after it hit land. That on top of record breaking flooding in my area, shutting down almost all the roads near our river... I-75 was within hours of being shut down, that would have been a huge blow.
I say all of this because of the fuel prices today and possible shortages. It is going to be very painful if not impossible for average Americans to afford to run generators if there are blackouts (along with fuel shortages). It is a really scary feeling when you have no.power and a generator sitting there little or no fuel to run it.
Solar / batteries are expensive and really won't run a whole lot for very long. But I know with what I got, I can run my well and keep a couple freezers going. I hope you all are taking steps to make sure your families will be safe and fed if they do pull some (more) shenanigans thos summer.
Tjey may not like it when we learn how to live without them.
Gonna save this post!
You need to learn how to research and/or quit being so damn lazy. Kek.
I was able to find these and other articles with just the information contained in the first part of that sentence-
"A couple actually took an entire bank of america bank branch"
Bank of America in Florida Foreclosed On by Angry Homeowner
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/bank-america-florida-foreclosed-angry-homeowner-bofa/story?id=13775638
Archived link - https://archive.ph/s1aVi
Homeowner Forecloses on Bank of America
https://business.time.com/2011/06/06/homeowner-forecloses-on-bank-of-america-yes-you-heard-that-right/
Archived link - https://archive.ph/MPy2D
Edit - Thanks for confirming you're lazy with the downvote. Kek.
Smart!