Don't have a signed copy but got my pre-order the other week, plenty to keep me entertained 👍 Edit: Just realised the chapters are colour coded as well. A lot of thought went into the book

Preparing for a Black Start does not make sense in a democracy, since the funds can be better deployed elsewhere. The chances of a total system collapse within any particular administration is very low, and can always be blamed on prior administrations anyway. Therefore, it makes no logical sense to invest in this emergency preparation

@@John_Smith_86 I hope this was sarcasm.

@@TechIOwn The illustrations are so great! And it was especially fun to read Grady's introduction, explaining how his UKposts channel and the book came to be! 😎✌🏼

@@glennpearson9348 Er... you don't understand politics?

That's exactly what it feels like !! Northern Maryland, after a "minor" but slow moving hurricane. My small old town of 10,000 , lost power for 2-3 days. But the electric pole for me and a cfew neighbors fell so we went without for almost a week until the pole was replaced. It was August which normally would be intolerable without AC, but the storm had cleared out the humidity thank god and we had power at my job, so I was able to recharge my cell there. |Fortunately, the town had its own water plant with emergency power , so I had water which is so much more important! Came home one night and the lights were on and AC had kicked on!! So happy !! It really makes you appreciate modern life. Lost about $150 of food though.

Three weeks of food and water is really great though! Really helps you through the most.

I remember that, too. I was only 10. My family evacuated to the Northshore, and our relatives' house was supplied by well water, so when they lost power, they also lost water. They thankfully had a generator, so we at least had AC and could watch TV. A few years later, we moved not far away from them. Then Ida happened last year. It felt like the sequel to Katrina, except without NOLA being flooded.

That 1st hot shower must have been wunderbar

I think grid failure would be way worse though, it'd be what you went through, except no help from outside.

Yes noone and definately not a lot of adults r smarter than you hahaha

The incredible rarity of events like this prove you to be absolutely wrong.

​@Scooter reminds me of the opposite of Sarah Connors speech MEN LIKE YOU BUILT THE ATOM BOMB

This is one way the world could end. That’s why I’m terrified of solar flares.

Isn’t it great … false security and dependency…….😊

Have you taken steps to be prepared if another disaster strikes your area again!

@@JoelGrant-ie4ly ABSOLUTELY!! 💯

Sounds like a really nice town! I lived in Florida and heard stories from locals where neighborhoods form heir own little watch groups to prevent looting when hurricanes take power out for a week or two.

Sounds like you were in a great town with fantastic neighbors. The little things like hot coffee in the mornings would be a big morale boost.

Thanks for sharing your story

most people R DEPENDENT on the "system"..

The system in its entirety is larger than we can even fathom. I own my home, without a mortgage but I fear I could still lose it in a total collapse to the county that would still demand the property taxes, regardless of what is happening in the world around us. Could you pay your bills without a banking system? How about feed yourself, your family, and your pets when grocery stores are empty? Could you defend yourself from your neighbors who may just become desperate enough to decide to take what little you have by force? A power outage is one thing, a prolonged collapse of the power grid is a whole other nightmare.

​@Shadow_Banned_Conservative I think if it gets that bad, the last thing the government would worry about would be property taxes...and we probably wouldn't give that a second thought. We own our property, and live in the mountains well away from major cities...we could last longer than most but I still would have to resort to desperate measures to ensure my families survival. Remember one thing...WSHF we are absolutely on our own. If you consider someone a threat in a situation, you are probably right and should take appropriate action.

@@smokerise I agree with you on taking care of your family, but government will not stop in the revenue collection department, if anything they'll be even more aggressive going after those of us who still have some means to pay or confiscate from. Sure, you may get a temporary reprieve from your taxes due today, but they will be tallying the total and coming for them tomorrow. The question is, will we be able to pay on that day if we've been financially wiped out?

@@Shadow_Banned_Conservativethis is why guns are so important. If they collapse the system and demand property tax you have to use other means to keep your property

A non-engineer friend worked for a large electrical utility became frightened when they learned how vulnerable the system really is with some critcal pieces not being replacable for months or even years.

Up in the Glen Ellen area in NorCal in October of 2017, the massive wildfires burned up big power lines in the area. The woke people running the State of California ordered the removal of diesel powered emergency water pumps at the Water District facility ''because they pollute our atmosphere''. They went to 100% electric pumping. As a result, one of my firefighter friends working that area sent me video of dead fire hydrants....no water at all. Their truck carried 400 gallons of water and it normally gets hooked up by a hose to the fire hydrant for almost unlimited water flow. He and his crew had to watch houses burn down and could do nothing about it. Water Districts very commonly had diesel emergency water pumps. Stupidity caused them to be removed.

I’m about to start as a Grid Operator myself!

What is scary is that people are that ignorant.

TV news anchor Ted Koppels non-fiction book "Lights Out" detailed this problem years ago...its real and it's a matter of time before it occurs again...the longer it last the worse things will get.

Hey at least he tried. Unfortunately, it looks like an entire powerplant would have to be destroyed and millions lose electricity before something will actually be done.

Almost surprised they didnt call him and accuse him of something. Thats usually what happens to people in the software world that report these kind of vulnerabilities.

@@stumpyplank6092 The profiteers? That could mean alot of things

@@JustinL614 it does mean a lot of things

@@SnifferSock Definitely. Most people are not the least bit concerned with these kinds of things until they happen.

First they say it will never happen. Then they say "It will never happen again". Well done for being humble enough to learn from the experience! I'll never understand the deliberate arrogance and foolishness of many people these days.

You learned a valuable lesson in a bad but less tan lethal situation. Good for you on changing directions and being better prepared next time.there will be a next time and your inlaws might be coming to you for help.

I’m sure that was just a test run. It will happen again, so keep prepping

Solar and a generator bro

It's called "live and learn". I live in a hurricane zone and I can tell you from experience: - At the first sign of a power outage lasting more than maybe 8 hours, take a shower / shave and clean up (you won't know when the next opportunity will be), and fill your bathtub with clean water to drink. - Put a few buckets outside to collect rain water for flushing toilets and washing stuff. - Take your cars out and gas them up. Also, fill two 5-gal jerry cans with gasoline. You can always use it later if nothing bad happens. - Always keep some canned foods in stock on your pantry. Just Beefaroni, Spaghetti-O's, Deviled ham or beef, you get the picture. Protein drinks like Ensure or Boost are also good, and they don't have to be refrigerated. These are foods that can be eaten cold if necessary, even if you don't like that sort of thing. Like my Mom would say, "If you were hungry, you'd eat it!" - Charge all cellphones and keep them charged. They are your first line of information and communication. Also, make sure you have a portable battery-powered AM/FM radio available. - Your gas or oil heating system will run off of a 12-volt battery. Look up how to connect one on UKposts. A/c; not so much. - Have a good first-aid kit in your house, always stocked. If you use something, replace it immediately as soon as you can. If you are on prescriptions, always make sure that you never have less than a 90-day supply on hand at ANY time. Make sure you explain to your doctor why you need this. If he's reasonable he'll comply with your needed Rx refill dates. - Always keep $1000 in fives and tens hidden somewhere in your house. If credit-card machines go down, how will you buy anything? - Have a few cheap battery-operated lanterns in your house that you can take room to room at night. And make sure you have the batteries! - If you can't afford the cost of a portable gasoline generator, and a switch into your house (less than $4000 installed by an electrician), buy a power invertor for your car for less than $100. At least it will give you a source of low emergency AC power if you should need it, and on the road. - Some might debate this, but I think it's always wise to have a small firearm available for self-defense. Criminals run wild in the dark. And the police will have their hands full as it is. - And most of all, HAVE AN ESCAPE PLAN. Friends or relatives that you can go to in a REAL social emergency until things pass. You can go 300 miles on a tank of gas; 600 miles if you can refuel along the way. That's a pretty big radius and will only take you one day to traverse. Your best bet is always to get out of the danger / disaster zone. These aren't "prepper" plans. They are just common sense in a disaster situation. If you do all this I think that you'd last longer than 90% of the population (outside of maybe, public shelters, which I never plan on going to again).

That is actually encouraging. As a fighter pilot, we do EP (Emergency Procedures) "tabletops" and "stand ups" and basically just walk through the problems too. An instructor will put you in a scenario and say "and you feel a vibration and get a Master Caution XYZ or whatever...you have the aircraft" and you ask questions to analyze the situation and take it to a logical conclusion. It is an incredibly effective way to prepare and it is encouraging to hear that our critical infrastructure providers are doing something similar! Thank you!

nova gang

Professional?

Used to do cipp, people really don't understand what they have delivered and removed and the entire process and people behind it.

It would be enough just to say what you work on, no need to point out all certificates etc, just sound cocky.

I was here for that! I have a homesteading mentality and had stored oak wood in my back yard for the fireplace (every time anyone in the neighborhood cut any trees, I got what was available with my chainsaw). I was able to share the wood with my neighbor. We shared food and cooked in our fireplaces or grills. I duct taped flattened boxes together to make a barrier around my fireplace, with room for my chair and cooking needs. It was cozy there. I kept my phone charged so I would have something to do if I got bored. I used the car for that. Ha! I have since bought a BIG generator! Big enough to share with my neighbors and keep our freezers and refrigerators going. May never need it, but I have it and I have stored enough food to last 2 years.

I apologize on the behalf of Canada, our weather got drunk and ended up in your yard, took us a little bit to find your house and bring it home.

We did fine during snowpocalyps. If you didn’t have a fireplace i bet that was terrible. Country folks fare much better than city folks and suburbanites. If there was no power for extended period thats a different ballgame. Propane runs out, marauders come in, now you’ve got Mad Max

@@RedRightHand652 didn’t hurt me any. It’s the people with their heads in the sand that had issues. While we don’t experience freezing that often on the Gulf Coast, it happens at least a couple times a decade and people should be ready.

It’s awful that they build houses without fireplaces now. Developers tell buyers “there’s no need for a fireplace in Texas.” I wanted a house with a fireplace but we couldn’t find one we could afford.

I happened to be there when it happened. It was a surreal experience, seeing lights gradually converted to darkness before your eyes within minutes. People were walking in the park with their smartphone torches, like fireflies in a forest. One could even see the light pollution in the sky, from the other districts with intact power. btw it was June 2022, not yet last year😂

exactly this ukposts.info/have/v-deo/a4qIdZWarm-l1Kc.html

I'm an electrician and frequently upgrade distribution systems on large apartment buildings and my god even with advanced notice all hell breaks loose when we cut the power to transfer onto a portable generator to preform work. "It's too noisy, can you turn it off. How long before we get power back (15minutes into an 8hour scheduled outage)" We were having mechanical issues with the 500Kva generator where it would only run for 2hrs before shutting down and people were throwing food off their balconies because it was spoiling and screaming while doing so.

@@Alexanderthegreat616 I have some friends that work for CLP, and we happened to be talking about this a few days ago - to me, the most worrying thing is that they have no idea what the initiating event was - they have determined it wasn't mechanical damage, overload or overvoltage, but nothing past that. Since there are 4 more of those cable bridges in other locations in HK, it makes we worry they might just decide to catch fire at some point..

That kind of lifestyle combined with a lack of disaster preparedness does not sound like a good blueprint for society. I live on the east coast of the US where big snow storms and hurricanes are a regular part of life. I've lived through multiple multi-day electrical outages to include a several day grid collapse. People were annoyed yes but panicked? Absolutely not.

Obviously I can only speak for myself, I didn't mind the blizzard or the blackouts. So don't let that bother you too much. Some of the best sleep I've ever had under a good pile of blankets!

I can only imagine the stress of trying to run a situation like that.

The unsung heroes, no doubt.

What are your comm channels for a restart? Surely it can't be cell phones.

@@trentvlak we have dedicated phone lines and back up phone lines along with cell phones. We also have a satellite phone system to stay in touch with ERCOT and neighboring utilities in case all phone lines and cell towers go down. If all of that fails we still have 2 way radio. Communication is a big part of what we do.

TOTALLY AGREE

I had a tree fall on my home in the 09 ice storm. I know that popping and cracking sound and it is very scary!

Thank you for your experience, you could be a writer.

i live in florida so we get hurricanes every so often for many years. as a result the power companies have learned how to deal with them better. one of the things they do is make sure there are no tree branches overhanging lines and for homes in general, people keep trees that will fall over away from homes. most of the trees that fall over were no meant to be here and have shallow root systems rather then ones that go deep into the earth. in other cases someone will buy a grown palm tree that just has a small root ball and prop it up, well they have no real amount of roots and naturally fall over no matter what you do. the ones that grew from a seedling however? they dont budge. though im not sure of the details, we used to have lines that would just go down in high winds, even during regular storms the lights would flicker, now the lines are strong enough to withstand a category 1 without issue and the power usually doesnt go out at all. So i do see similarities, im sure people there now get rid of trees that arnt in good condition and remove ones that are near their home. hopefully the power company takes better care of the lines by keeping trees trimmed or removed from near lines. during one really bad storm we went without power for somewhere around 6-8 weeks. followed again by another hurricane a week or so later for no power again for another week or two. definitely not fun but thankfully we had a generator and were able to run it long enough for a fridge and a small window box AC unit to keep it cold enough at night to sleep. People at that time still went around as normal for jobs and the like. lots of people eating out in the few places that had generators or had grills. for a number of weeks there were only 2 such places for a city of over 100,000 people. im not sure of the exact population since its been growing for years and this was probably 12-17 years ago.

I think I know which storm you are talking about. I drive OTR. I was hauling a load thru OKC during the late 2000's when a major ice storm hit. Was difficult to even see the road there was so much ice coming down. I was on I-40 around 1600. Was starting to ice up pretty good by then. When I reached OKC about 90 minutes later it was really bad. The last lights I saw were at a Wal-Mart. As I passed it up it's lights also blinked out. I couldn't even tell I was driving thru a city it was so dark and silent. I cracked my window and it was creepy how little sound there was. Was so dark I couldn't see more than a few feet beyond the truck. But I did manage to make it thru OKC. It was slow going and very dangerous. Definitely some white-knuckle driving! Up thru I-35 and out of the ice.....right into a snowstorm on I-70. That was a pretty rough weather event for a lot of people!

@@lukesmith4440 You are absolutely correct! It was honestly one of the fastest “turns of events” I’ve ever dealt with before. It was fairly warm outside…then the rain started to fall. Worse yet…the temperature also started dropping. Together it made for one of the fastest and one of the worst winter storms I’ve ever experienced. Things happened ever so quickly, and no one was truly prepared for it. How could you be ready for something such as that? The only other “event” that I feel comes anywhere close to it was the tornado that touched down in Joplin, Mo…which was basically in my backyard. I have photographs of the devastation left in the wake of that EF-5. It’s heartbreaking. Again, these situations show how fragile our society can be once the electricity we depend on has been stripped away from us. Thank you for sharing your experience of this incident with us. I am glad that you made it through it safely…as being an OTR driver tends to be incredibly stressful and difficult at the best of times.

I heard a guy say "pretend it's the 1800's. That's what might happen someday when you least expect it. Being prepped helps because it doesn't matter what's up...we will deal with it 👍👍

@@lisalee2885 It wouldn't be like the 1800's. it would be much worse because our infrastructure isn't built that way anymore. In the 1800's you'd still have a store to go to, and likely a farm yourself. You'd have horses for transportation. Etc.

@@lisalee2885 yeah but think of the number of people who wouldn’t even survive without toilet paper. A large percentage, likely a majority, would be totally and utterly lost

Im 48 and grew up poor in southern ohio. We used to hunt and farm alot of our food. We had power and tv but tv really didnt come until i was older except for the 3 channels we could pick up with rabbit ears. We had wood burner and kerosene heaters. I also had what would likely be worth a good sized house worth of arrow heads from that land. I wouldnt trade it for anything either. I can still cure hides not to mention farm and hunt. Even better, i can teach others to.

There’s no way in this world that today’s youth would be able to survive that way!

Interesting! Did you need the backup water just for drinking, for everyday hygiene, or for keeping the fire trucks full so you can fight fires?

@@brainwater I considered it for all of the above but the implementation would have depended on the well and how much we wanted to spend for storage. There was a lot of uncertainty in drilling a well since it was a built out suburban area with piped supply so there were virtually no other wells in the area. If there were a driller could better predict necessary depth (cost) and potential flow. We were at a high spot 400 feet above sea level so that was thought to be the worst case.

Actually running off the generators is important! So many places just fire it up and see if it will idle while disconnected every month and call it good. Power goes out a year later and - surprise! - your generator has a fault that prevents it from running your systems, and you get to find out now, when the generator repair techs are all booked out for a week instead of at a time of your choosing.

@@Phoen1x883 Correct. They won't do the job and last if they don't have a load. We even did an annual "load bank" run where they were put under max load and run for two or three hours. If my memory is correct eventually we switched that to every other year.

@@Phoen1x883 Just running idle on a diesel generator is a really bad idea. They will "wet stack" where they run so cold that the exhaust is below the boiling point of water. The rings will quickly plug with soot and then it goes downhill fast.

These are the conditions in which life-changing money is made by those who remain calm, patient, and take controlled risks. Volatility goes both ways. The bigger the red candles, the bigger the green ones.

Investing in stocks can be a wise decision, especially if you have a dependable trading system that can lead to successful outcomes. Personally, I've been working with a financial advisor for about a year now. Starting with less than $200K and I'm now just $19,000 away from making half a million in profit.

I think this is something I should do, but I've been stalling for a long time now. I don't really know which firm to work with; I feel they are all the same. Is there any chance you could recommend who you work with?

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She appears to be well-educated and well-read. I ran an online search on her name and came across her website; thank you for sharing.

Lost power for 10 days and was cutoff by flood in 96 in rural CA. Our pantry came through and our wood burner kept us warm. The city freaks out us rural folks make a cup of coffee and relax.

When we had the big ice storm here in Toronto some areas were without power for 6 days. People in apartments with no running water, no toilets, no elevators or lights. Older people living high up were trapped without those things. I'm glad I live in a house.

Apartments and buildings have far better thermal insulation to resist the cold , whereas single houses leak heat from all sides

I guess when you live in a backward country this is to be expected when you vote for communists ?

Cobourg was fine. Buckhorn took a long time to get fully restored.

yea, we had a small power outage here and that silence is deafening. I had to turn my laptop on and turn on a movie so I could go to sleep. I need the hum of the refrigerator or my tv to sleep.

Yup. Electricity makes sound, even when not going through a speaker. The sound a ceiling light fixture makes is so negligible until it's gone.

Only tangently related, but I wonder if that phenomenon is some kind of evolutionary/instinctual reaction. Imagine how a loud jungle/savannah environment quiets when a predator is about. Sudden silence of the din of usual bird/insect sounds triggering some kind of survival alertness instinct

the noise aboard navy ships is a constant roar. no noise means something very bad just happened to the power plant, as an emergency generator electrician that was more effective than an alarm clock for me. it literally took years for me to sleep at night after i retired.

@@AI_Overlord Nature is often extremely silent. It can be loud, sure, but frequently it's far quieter than our modern environment full of fans and compressors.

This was all presented to Congress, showing them the weakness in our electrical grid from an EMP, (ElectroMagneticPulse) years ago and they did nothing to protect the grid.

personally i'd build out UPS's from the networking part first cuz computers nowadays are nearly useless without a network connection

Hahaha, I can totally picture it 😆 Very well-written! 👍🏼

That's more normal than people think. And nobody plans for long-term. Many don't even maintain the UPS equipment they have not realizing that this is necessary. We can't do a real-life test of a major grid-down event so really we're only guessing what will need to be dealt with when it comes; like you've seen there's going to be many surprises, and not happy ones

@@P_RO_ Yeah. The real failure in planning is often that people do individual checklist items, such as "have backups of your software and data," but don't focus on _disaster recovery._ In IT I've seen plenty of situations where people had backups, but were unable to restore them after an event because they'd never even worked out how they would do it, much less tested a system for doing it.

@@Curt_Sampson That knowledge that the system has to work end-to-end is what made my personal HD backup be as simple as possible. It's just rsync, so if my HD fails (its the main failure mode I want to protect against) then once I have a re-installed OS, I just drag the files back over, because the backups aren't in some special compressed format, they're just regular files (and links when the files haven't changed between backups).

So glad you didn't melt the snow and drink it if you do that please use a good water filter the snow is toxic don't believe me have it tested

@Pepe Silvia starts twerkin

@Pepe Silvia no need to wait for the weather to get threatening, start living the lifestyle on your own volition

you always have to have Plan B. on every thing!

This is unacceptable. You're an American territory and should never have to experience this. I don't know the specifics of the politics but it's better to help you now instead of helping you after a crises.

@@teddybar66 Thank you. The fact that we are an American territory does not mean we should not go through this; no one should go through this and yet it happens every day all around the world. Our grid relies on coal and oil, which most people here agree need to be phased out, but the political situation in which we are beholden to the whims of the US Congress means we can’t make decisions about our own energy future. That is why I personally support the independence of Puerto Rico and breaking all ties with the United States. We are going in different directions as nations, and Puerto Rico is entitled to make its own way.

Oh my God!

186 days on the street in st croix. We still get outages weekly, new solar now short of 3 days of total cloud cover we can stay up. May not have ac all day but we can keep things going

@@teddybar66 PR is run by democrats

You sound like the Four Yorkshireman. :J ukposts.info/have/v-deo/rZVoq4NniHlmrXk.html

I'm 62 and I grew up in the S.F.Bay Area in the '60's, '70's and '80's. I never knew a time when we didn't have dependable electricity. Oh there were times when the power went out for a few minutes, but the scenario that Grady mentioned, people in the S.F.Bay Area know absolutely nothing about!

@@goysb4jays566. Wow, that’s dark, really almost anything is survivable with the right attitude, and remember the old saying; what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”.

@@tc25d Ahaha!! you sound like a typical spoiled fragile American

Just commented on Kentucky no 911 or anything friends mom her town no juice for over a month

So you get a gen and a diesel storage of 100-200L because of not then it's pointless.. because you have no power left to pump ⛽ at the station.. and if your talking a 6month -10year black out well your only buying time... Until everyone starts killing each other for resources.. no different from governments today

Some third world country? Nope. Amerika.

​@@two-sensethat would happen in any 1st world country

@@denverbasshead You must be american.

@@two-sense you don't think that would happen in London or Paris or Frankfurt? You're lying to yourself

@@denverbasshead Yeah......I was right.

Only after twelve hours? How long was a regular shift?

@@OptimusWombat We had the same thing essentially. time + 1/2 8-12 hours, double time after that in a single day. After 20 hours of OT in a pay period it was all 2x. Big paychecks with big taxes....sigh.

@@hosmerhomeboy Nice, You deserve it.

@@OptimusWombat Regular shifts were 12 hours. Hurricane duty lasted 2 or 3 days.

@@davidhomer78 bad food why that?

That's amazing.

What a waste to let those logs rot.

Not disaster related but relying on the govt related...I have pictures from the late 1800's of my Family and neighbors just BUILDING their own roads!! No Govt just area families and their draft horse teams with graders and everything needed to build a dirt road!! Same with dredging farm ponds or small lakes on their properties....they DID IT THEMSELVES!! Something we as a society have fallen TOO FAR away from!! Luckily I have learned some of those do it yourself skills from both sides of my Family but in a SHTF scenario where the power doesn't come back on for a very long time......I can tell you I'm glad I don't live in a major metropolitan area!! LOTS OF DEATH'S will occur!!

Amen

Hugo was devastating. I remember that. Our house only lost an attic fan. The one next to us had its roof ripped off. Flooding like nobody’s business.

Assuming youre growing all your food and dont require irrigation to do it...can produce all your own medications...and your $$ is cash and not digital.

@@melissareece8656 In a total society break down the biggest thing they'd need to worry about is looters. Cash wont mean a thing because everything would gravitate back to a barter system at best and total anarchy at worst. As for food, some prepers keep several years of non perishable food stored.

I worked at a 1,200 MW power station during the east coast blackout. That was weird. A massive 13 story building that was normally so loud that ear plugs are required that was now so incredibly quiet with nothing but the sound of pipes ticking and other items making slight groaning as they slowly cooled. A layer of smoke was from the roof all the way down to about 6 feet from the turbine deck. As we walked along with flashlights or lights on our hardhats the still layer of smoke would part and move along that night like an inverted wake from a boat. It was quite surreal.

For sure! -Ohio

The most practical alternative for the individual is to Just STOP Being A SLAVE The Grid altogether !!! Many people around the World have already chosen to Live Off The Grid as a part of the Minimalist Movement, which encourages people to grow their own food and to generate their own electricity. Kirsten Dirksen's UKposts channel has 100's of cases of people who have found ways of becoming Self Sufficient and Independent by learning How To Live Off The Grid !!! Of course, there are people like the Dummy Engineer who made this video who actually like being a Slave of Big Brother.

You will own nothing and be happy tho lol

Remember the green idiots want the power to from renewables only, so get used to not having much of it. lol.

@@jamescollins3647 nothing like a long outage to make the green idiots suddenly the local geniuses for having solar cells on the roof. now... if only someone had a water well

@@element5377 Or a well with a hand pump as well maybe?

We in the country west of Austin didn't experience what Austin city folks did.

Oh trust me guys like you that know your job are Hereos 👍👍

You story is fake. It doesn't make any sense and the data doesn't add up.

that is so true! anyone that can restore a single unit is worth praise.

I don't like to think negative...but your comment makes sense💯

Yes cuz u r lazy everyone is

​@@rettebzky888 not really. Stop being scared weenies.

Its all a set up for the worlds best apocalypse story

Most people have combi boilers these days, at least where I live. So no hot water tank at all.

That's just asking for legionella bacteria to take hold. Keep water very hot, or cold. Never let it settle in between for long.

@@alexsimmons1803 is there some additive you could put in the hot water tank in this scenario that would kill legionella and allow you to drink the water?

@@cnafyi No. You need to heat the water, preferable to at least 60°C for about an hour once every couple of days to be safe. Allowing water temps to sit at 20-45°C for a few days (which is what an unpowered hot water tank will do as it gradually loses heat) is asking for trouble. Legionella is deadly. In any case, if town water supply is cut off, a mains pressure hot water tank isn't going to deliver much water anyway, unless you undo the drain plug (and probably deal with scale and sludge at the bottom of the tank). We have 5000 litres of tank water we can use in a pinch. Normally for garden only, it can be boiled for potable application. I also have an off grid solar PV and battery storage system which has the capacity to keep us going, even in our Winter. Also a backup generator which can run on fuel we normally have for general property maintenance equipment, and even use fuel from a car tank if necessary.

@@alexsimmons1803 Technically you could also still use that water if you sterilize it with bleach (make sure you know the correct percent per volume, and only use bleach with zero additives!!!!) once you need that water. It's normally prevented using chlorine in water systems, and the water in the tank is probably chlorinated anyways, through that will evaporate quickly when exposed to air. And really the risk comes for aerosolized particles that you inhale, more than drinking. But in cold weather, I would drain any water into other containers for sure just to save the tank from damage. That's an expensive repair!

I had it explained like this if all the doctors in the world disappeared we would survive. If all the electricians and electrical engineers disappeared everything collapses.

Your friends were fools. I have been an electrical contractor for almost 20 years and even through the worst financial strain, we made money. I always advise young men to go to trades, if even only to learn a real skill and then drop it if it ain't for you. If that trade is electrical...you will NEVER be unemployed.

@@ananda_miaoyin i also give that advice, to young men And women

This is extremely false, and I think it’s funny how you think that society depends on electricity. Electricity has some uses, but it’s mostly just a fad and it will wear away and people will realize that we can live without electricity, we did it for thousands of years and we can do it for thousands more. Once people realize that they don’t need electricity as bad as society tells them to you and all your electrical engineers will go out of business once and for all.

My thoughts exactly when I became an electrician many years ago!

I used to design SCADA interfaces for substations and once even for a static VAR substation. We embrace the gravity portrayed shown here. Have been to the Miles City DC to DC interchange.

You're probably right, however after some people experience the misery of going through an event unprepared, they usually prep enough to make sure it never happens again.

Preppers are so conscience about future fails, they are prepared to live off grid long term with solar generators, water sources, ways to purify water, medicine, much food, etc.

It reinforces what we have to be grateful for, doesn't it!

Rodney, I remember this quite well. Going almost two weeks without power was eye opening. The first few days we didn’t have water because someone shut off our water supply too…so not fun at all. I have lived through both the Bama and Texas power outages and neither were fun. At least it wasn’t as cold during the 2011 outage. In 2021, our house was 46 degrees when the power came back on.

No. You haven't lived through a Real event like Grady is talking about. In a disaster, it's usually a local event. He is talking about a National event. No one is coming to bring you water and food because it's the same where they are at. Within two weeks armed gangs will be hunting you to take whatever you have left. You will be joining one of them just to survive.

Not even close to being the same scenario. There was food being brought in, bottled water etc etc. if “the grid” goes down, it will be complete and utter chaos, especially in the big cities. 😂 and then it will spread, fast. 😂

@@Gfysimpletons And the emojis are for what?

@@Gfysimpletons Based on a comment like that, it's safe to assume you've never experienced anything even remotely similar.

We had one in Hot Springs Arkansas in 2000

Is that in the north east? I remember a terrible ice storm around Ottawa, Canada either in 1997 or 1998. School bus wasn't going to come to pick me up and drive 1.5 hours for me to get to school.

LOL - he mentions in the video how a short time outage can be a fun sort of time. Two weeks??!! Lucky you were so well prepared! AND you had family over?? 😎 Definitely memories that will never be forgotten.......you lucky man..... 😘

@@cyclingzealot I lived in upstate New York between 97-98 and remember a huge ice storm without power for two weeks. I actually enjoyed it asa kid.

@@pookiesis1465 yeah! I’m from Arkansas too! Same one! Haha

thanks for the reference

Thanks for referencing that, I should look that up. Did the author consider the fact that pretty much any urbanite could pick up the basics of growing food and operating farming equipment in like 2 days max though? Not enough to do professionally of course, but just as a means to help out if farm equipment is inoperable during such times. Anyone can learn to dig up and collect potatoes, it's why it's been the goto job since humans began.

They couldn't ever grow enough food, not enough room

@@supernenechi This assumes they could find a book - actual printed-on-paper book - on gardening. Without power, there's no internet, and thus, no youtube. Plus, they won't have the seeds to even begin the process. (eg. the potatoes in my house are dehydrated.)

@@supernenechi That's kind of a funny remark. The potato part; they are a Nee World plant, so definitely not known, much less dug in early civilization. And then there's that Irish potato failure. They became dependent on a single crop, with terrible results.

Check to see what the voltage on the CPAP because you can run them off of a 12 volt battery in many cases.

I grew up often preparing for the power and water to cut out for up to a week. We were near the Florida coast and we were on well water, so during hurricanes the power often went out for up to a week, and we'd lose water when the power went out. I still don't take the city water for granted quite as much as other people.

Get a solar generator like a Jackery and a few solar panels. You should be able to power a CPAP indefinitely off grid with about $1000 worth of gear.

@@Kenriko Not saying its the original poster, but it is nutty to me to see people around me saying they cant afford certain preparedness items and then skirt away to a far off land. Same people that want to mooch when disaster strikes.

I never understood why so many in TX were complaining about lack of water when they were covered in deep snow.

I was close to panic from even 2 days where we had no wood heat, no food that didn't need to be heated, and almost no gas in the car. Laying in bed shivering and hungry with literally nothing to do for 20+ hours a day is...not feasible long term.

I'd be really worried that hordes of looters would come with weapons to my home if i was in your situation though.

@@ArrowRaider I live in rural Ohio, no worries about hordes of looters w/ weapons ;)

imagine ukraine. 50% of power generation has been destroyed by russia. no heat no power for months

and no water except hand pumps and bottled water.

How do generators turn the sky grey?

@@msmith323 air pollution

Not to mention water is required for powerplants to operate, such as cooling and steam generation.

@@dbclass4075 Rivers and lakes aren't dependent on the grid. And generating power creates enough in-situ power to drive all the ancillary loads, like cooling.

@@bcubed72 Power is required to operate the water gates, though.

@@dbclass4075 powerplants and other critical infra have their own back ups independent from civilian infra.

@@benjaminjernfors A comment above literally said that technicians had to use PERSONAL generators' to power a company owned headend. So WHILE they SHOULD be backed up, you can't always be sure...

Makes perfect sense. A diesel locomotive is basically just a giant power plant after all.

Would've been crazy if they realized it was politicians that created the mess and kept em shut down for a while and powered 'the people' instead but then people would've seen things continue to work and better without mind control and that's no good for the hidden hand to maintain a firm grip

Diesel doesn’t grow on trees. Quebecois don’t want pipelines but are happy to take delivery from authoritarian Middle East states. Makes perfect sense.

What kind of milling? If you don't mind my asking, that is. Certain kinds of mills (i.e. grain mills) would still be worth running so long as you have the resources that need milling. Flours can be cooked into a variety of simple breads fairly easily, even with rudimentary fires.

If it was East Texas, probably wood or paper.

Some commercial customers (and residential ones for that matter) are also just fortunate enough to share a feeder with critical utilities, and it’s not worth switching to partially shed the feeder for various reasons. So there were a lot of times people and companies experienced dramatically less time without power compared to others, and it would seem inexplicable unless you had an intimate knowledge of the interconnections you shared with critical infrastructure.

That's not true anymore. First off, there are 4 interconnections covering the US and Canada. The "Eastern" interconnection _was_ the largest machine in the world. India passed us by a few years back when they interconnected their entire system into one grid. China is set to pass them, once they interconnect their entire grid. It remains to be determined if the US will sync up. Intermittency in renewables can be fought with better interconnection, so it might happen. Then again, it might not because of the ever improving DC systems making large AC systems less desirable.

"Turning the grid back on isn't as easy as flicking a lightswitch." Made me think of Jurassic Park.

if powerplants, which generating the most, are destroyed, it not matters how interconnected you are. The solution is an decentralized small/mid scale power plants, including ones below surface and hidden in the mountains......with interconnection made underground as well. (double reservation for one power line at least).

@@s.i.m.c.a Also, distributed solar with local storage could make it so a power cut would hardly be noticed.

I'd love to hear more about that. Losing power at sea must be terrifying, especially steering.

What are some things you’d recommend ppl look out for and can do to be proactive

@@panmoncada7257 Be grateful about what you have. Don't vote democrat. Build a good and worthy relationship with your neighbours, and don't let politics ruin those relations.

@@manuelmendez980 so, all of that "humbling experience" has taught you about politics, huh! Oh, how I knew where this was going!

@@blabla-rg7ky well, try living 20 years in a socialist country in your own flesh, and It will teach you a thing or two about politics.

@@manuelmendez980 I've lived 30 in a communist country (I'm Romanian), so I know what it feels like, but I still don't associate catastrophes with politics)

You will own nothing and be happy.

@Ray of Light 62 - You're not a ray of light- you're a beacon of intelligence 👍 There's a saying among old poor southern farmers you might understand: "A man with a mule can afford a tractor, but a man with a tractor can't afford a mule". With a field to eat from the mule needs nothing else but a tractor always does.

NO picnic My bad.

How did u survive 3 weeks without water?

@@alm777 he said his family. Not him. Learn to read.

@@PolishBehemoth Learn how to write.Btw...him or them,not the point.Question still applies!!!How did they ,or anyone,survive without water?

They went out and found some dumbass

After a multi day backpacking trip, coming back to civilization can be overwhelming!

@@THX5000 I'm 76 now and spent my adult life hiking/backpacking - the #1 thing to me was that wonderful bed when I got home. The simplicity of BPing I think we'll help me if things go south.

My word, that last part makes it sound terrifying lol a few months ago we took our toddlers camping with friends. Our friends had 8 total kids (2 different families). Kids had a great time, even if it was freezing.

If y'all didn't kill whitey you wouldn't be having these issues

Yeah but I'd imagine crime significantly goes up for those 4-10 hour outages...

​@@evanpaluch6190In South Africa a rise in crime would need to be dramatic for anyone to notice.

keyword "yet"

We have been practicing for years for a total black out. Everything this guy talks about is already happening here. Stage 6 load shedding means no water. We already have had three Cholera outbreaks this year.

Don't worry, FEMA will come to our rescue. 😆😆😆

If you are smart, you have prepared, go home, pull all the drapes, set sentries (YES, you NEED TO DO THIS! cameras with notification software can work well) and wait. Most of the violence will not start until people run out of food in their homes, after that? Keep your weapons handy if you live in urban or suburban communities. good luck. Ps this IS coming, prepare NOW!)

@@Brian-pz3wh How you gonna have cameras with no electricity?

@@gatocles99 Use a camera that has a solar panel or a battery. And you can charge your phone and battery's with a portable solar panel charger.

@@Brian-pz3wh We are only 9 meals way from anarchy.... just sayin...

Generators and diesel. 👍 Analog Diesel stations. Analog Semi's. Analog radios. Redundancy.

@@GuacamoleyNacho no, not so much. I mean a wake up call as in the type of impacts these storms can have. We get strong tropical storms, but the intensity of them is growing. People are now talking about things like burying power lines, considering solar and battery, etc.

Prince Irving Island has been pounded by sever storms for decades and centuries. What we witnessed was incompetence. Pure and simple. And that's the nice way to say "ignorant".

Lies

It's unfortunate that the people who need a wake up call the most won't get it

Nice work i'd aim to try to have a 90 food supply with how wild things are getting.