In an “off-grid” moment, your ability to improvise is critical to your survival.
If the situation is long-term enough, being able to improvise becomes a necessity and that means having backups to the tools and utilities we all depend on that require electricity.
For example, what would you drill with if your electric or battery powered drill is inoperable? How would you cut wood for a fire if your chainsaw runs out of fuel? What fuel would you use to start a fire when your butane lighters run dry?
The reality is that everyone should plan on a longer-term off-grid or survival moment and that means we should also have alternatives in place before the survival situation emerges.
On the next page we show a video that highlights several common-sense, practical items you should have on hand for when / if that longer-term survival moment arrives.
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Some may think I am nuts but if the power goes done and u don’t have a plan u will get hungry fast.
I don’t plan on building houses when the grid goes down. There are better and more light weight things to have. Flint,550 cord,hand sharpener or file,multi tool,steel wool,cotton balls,Chapstick,fishing line and hooks, small first aid kit with staple gun, hatchet,water filter or tablets,and guns and ammo. Let’s face it most won’t have a clue what to do if $#%&!@* hits the fan.
Big difference between bugging out and bugging in, and your gear load out expands with your available space and capacity.
If I’m just working with a pack, I can run with a tarp and a canteen cup, but if I’m able to run in my truck I would take the 4 season tent, wood burning stove and cast iron Dutch oven, if I have to use a moterized bicycle the load out changes again. Alternatively if you’re setting up a hidden location you can bury your tools for later use, a 5 gallon bucket sealed with dry packs can hold a lot more than food and buried in the woods will last longer than your marriage.
Yep, have a plan and contingencys. Start with a savings account and then get a proper bugout bag, then start working up from there.
If power grids go down will you be able to get money from a bank?
Not trying to be smart $#%&!@*. I legitimately don’t know.
Prepping is about more than 80 tetwowki or grid down scenario, there is little point to having a year supply of food if you will be evicted from your property and left with no place to store it within 3 months of losing your job. Furthermore while a worldwide economic crisis, comet strike, or nuclear war possibilities, by far more likely is a local disaster or regional disaster. If your house gets burned down by rioters, a flush bank account will be of more use to you than a bug out bag in the long run.
As for your question regarding the grid down scenario, my answer is it depends, how extensive is the damage? How long will the grid stay down? Under a theoretical EMT scenario, the grid would likely stay down for many months however getting financial ins$#%&!@*utions back in action and distributing cash and handling paychecks would be a very high priority for the government under those cir$#%&!@*stances.