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Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP)

Here is something that has not been discussed here or in the American News Media.

A Electromagnetic Pulse that can take out all of the US electrical grid and all electronic devices.

The way it works is to detonate a couple of Nuclear warheads in the upper atmosphere above the USA. The EMP will proceed down as a big wave frying anything electrical that is not protected.

That means America's power grid is fried. Cell phones are fried, computers, laptops and tablets fried. Automobiles and all other forms of transportation fried. Ships parked in docks or rivers fried.

This country has done nothing to protect itself from a EMP pulse. The only protection is the US military and its installations.

North Korea is building those ICBM's and testing them by launching across the Pacific. They ain't interested in hitting any targets, they just want those rockets to enter US airspace and detonate. Similar to what happened in that "Red Dawn" reboot movie.

We can also get hit with a EMP pulse from a Solar Flare.

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EMP Bags
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Faraday Cage

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FedEx Truck Converted To A Tiny Home

Watch this video in full. You gonna go “WOW” when he shows what is in it.

This is what I was pointing out in the “Housing Bubble” thread.

You gotta think outside the box with this current home market.

He brings in a lot of good points on this type of living.

 
Yeah I was more reminiscing on my mom's jam preserves lol.

Some things can't be youtubed.


It was more about missing my mom :crying:

but yeah. When I get a single family house with a garage I may get into preserving food with salt or making canned preserves...I have a condo now, don't have the space.
You might want to start now, beforehand.
Youtube: "leadfarmer73" and "Homestead heart"
They both do canning videos
 
The Super Rich Secret Doomsday Bunkers
While The Rest Of Us Die…

Some of the richest people in Silicon Valley are building bunkers, preparing for a breakdown in civilization that they caused

 
Civil Unrest | Practical Disaster | SHTF Preparedness

Part 1



Natural Disasters | Practical Disaster/SHTF Preparedness

Part 2



Long Term Civil Unrest | Practical Disaster/SHTF Preparedness

Part 3

 
Secret Bunkers

With what’s going on with the current weather with 100+ heat happening thru-out the Northern Hemisphere.

Don’t be surprised when the Rich, Famous and Powerful all of a sudden disappear when SHTF and the rest of us become burnt ashes.

Billionaire bunkers: How the world’s wealthiest are paying to escape reality

By Eric Spitznagel
September 24, 2022


When civilization collapses, J.C. Cole will be ready.

He’s founded Safe Haven Farms, a maximum security compound to ride out the next pandemic or climate-change disaster. And those who can afford to join him will also have a shot at survival, he promises. But the price tag isn’t cheap.

A $3 million investment in his startup isn’t just about getting admission. Members “also get a stake in a potentially profitable network of local farm franchises that could reduce the probability of a catastrophic event in the first place,” writes Douglas Rushkoff in his new book, ”Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires” (W.W. Norton).

Cole, 66, has two farms in development, one outside Princeton and the second somewhere in the Poconos, which he envisions as “a network of secret, totally self-sufficient residential farm communities for millionaires, guarded by Navy SEALs armed to the teeth,” writes Rushkoff.

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Google co-founder Larry Page gained New Zealand residency in 2021. The country has become an escape hotspot for those looking to plan ahead in the event of disaster.

The developer, who says he’s not independently wealthy but “did well in real estate,” won’t share the exact locations of either farm, at least not to outsiders, nor will he pose for photos — as his concerns about security and the end of the world rides high.

“The majority of Americans do not have an insurance policy by their choice,” Cole told The Post. “If/when the supply chain collapses, these people will not have food. A certain percentage of them will break the law and do whatever possible to get food. Therefore we want to remain ‘not findable.’ ”

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This underground bunker offers all the amenities of a 5-star hotel, and is made by Oppidum, a supplier of fortified underground residences.

Cole is far from alone. The world’s richest are increasingly “insulating themselves from the very real and present danger of climate change, rising sea levels, mass migrations, global pandemics, nativist panic, and resource depletion,” writes Rushkoff.

And while many billionaires have claimed that their interests are in saving the world—sometimes they even get into pissing matches on social media about who is more benevolent — Rushkoff argues that the ultimate goal of the super-rich is to protect themselves.

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An Oppidum bunker designed by French architect Marc Prigent.

For the wealthy and privileged, writes Rushkoff, the future of technology is about “only one thing: escape from the rest of us.”

And they’re escaping in style. Texas-based Rising S Company sells luxury bunkers that run up to $9.6 million for the ”Aristocrat” model — which comes with a private bowling alley, swimming pool, “bullet-resistant” doors and a “motor cave exit,” so you can sneak out for errands like Batman.

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Peter Thiel reportedly made a deal with entrepreneur Sam Altman to escape via private jet to Thiel’s New Zealand compound at the first sign of societal collapse.

California-based company Vivos sells luxury underground apartments, converted from Cold War missile silos and storage facilities into “miniature Club Med resorts,” writes Rushkoff.

Ultra-elite shelters like The Oppidum in the Czech Republic—billed as “the largest billionaire bunker in the world”—include amenities like simulated natural sunlight, a wine vault, and a place to hide all your stuff that’s “impregnable” to hostile outsiders.

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The Oppidum hideaway in the Czech Republic has it all, including huge garages where residents can store their luxury vehicles.

“You’ve worked hard over many years, taken risks, seized opportunities, made your vision a reality,” the company’s website tells its billionaire customers. “Your reward is the means to acquire and curate all the beautiful, rare and precious objects you desire.”

Luxury yachts large enough to be a billionaire Noah’s Ark are seeing huge surges in sales— 887 superyachts were sold globally in 2021, a 77% increase from the previous year — and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, 58, even commissioned a smaller companion yacht for his main superyacht, as a separate space to store his helicopter.

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Jeff Bezos commissioned a smaller companion yacht to his main super yacht, as a place to store his helicopter.

New Zealand has become a prime destination for billionaires seeking doomsday refuge, from Google co-founder Larry Page, 49, to Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sam Altman, 37, who let it slip in a 2016 interview that he and PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel had a mutual agreement to escape to Thiel’s New Zealand compound via private jet at the first sign of society’s collapse. (Thiel’s owned the property since 2011 but hadn’t made the news public.)

But the billionaire bunker, whether on land, sea or someday (ostensibly) on another planet entirely, is at best a temporary fix, “less a viable strategy for apocalypse than a metaphor for this disconnected approach to life,” writes Rushkoff. “Like a hiding toddler who thinks holding their hands over their eyes can prevent them from being seen,” the billionaires who rely on a safe haven from the outside “are in for a surprise.”

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This superyacht owned by Roman Abramovich is one way to ride out an apocalypse.

Thiel discovered this recently when the 54-year-old entrepreneur — worth an estimated $7.4 billion — learned that his plans to build a 477-acre “doomsday” home overlooking Lake Wānaka in New Zealand was being blocked by environmental groups.

Even the preexisting bunkers offer only nominal protection, and the probability of one of them “actually protecting its occupants from the reality of, well, reality, is very slim,” writes Rushkoff. Whatever threat they’re trying to escape — toxic clouds, plague and radiation — it all has a way of “spreading and seeping through the most well-thought-out barricades.”

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The Oppidum in the Czech Republic claims to be the world’s largest bunker for billionaires, boasting simulated sunlight to ease the underground drudgery, “impregnable” storage space and a wine vault.

Cancer-causing microplastics “are as plentiful in the polar ice as they are in the typical European town,” Rushkoff continues. “There is no escape.”

But survival may not be their only rationale for disappearing. The “seasteading” movement — a “Minecraft-meets-Waterworld future,” Rushkoff writes, in which the wealthy live in independent, free-floating cities — is not just about “aquapreneurs” escaping the dry-land apocalypse. It’s also about creating a new ultra-libertarian civilization free from taxes, anti-monopoly regulations, and meddling politicians.

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Set on a former US Army base, Vivos xPoint consists of 575 private military-built bunkers — some equipped with pool tables.

As the Seasteading Institute website explains, “We’ve had the agricultural revolution, the commercial and industrial revolutions, but why not a governance revolution? Enter the sea.”

If they can’t find sanctuary for their bodies, they can still outsmart the end of the world by having their minds preserved. Silicon Valley tech billionaire Altman paid $10,000 to startup company Nectome just to be on the waiting list to have his brain uploaded to a computer.

Who joins Altman (or has already joined him) remains to be seen. This past July, Dogecoin creator Shibetoshi Nakamoto asked his followers on Twitter if they’d ever “upload your brain to the cloud,” and Elon Musk, 51, cryptically responded, “Already did it.“

Before coming to the United States, Cole spent 18 years in Eastern Europe, serving as a former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia in Northern Europe. He witnessed firsthand the collapse of the Soviet Union, and he insists we should be learning from the Soviets’ mistakes.

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The Vivos xPoint complex seen from ground level. The former US Army base is the size of a small city.

“I am deeply concerned with what I see happening in Europe, especially with energy and food,” he said. “That can easily happen here.”

His biggest concern isn’t a violent confrontation with the armed mob on the other side of the fence. It’s “the woman at the end of the driveway holding a baby and asking for food. I don’t want to be in that moral dilemma,” he told Rushkoff.

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“xPoint: The point in time at which only the prepared will survive,” proclaims the Vivos xPoint company website, which advertises bunker showrooms like this one.

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“The mindset that requires safe havens is less concerned with preventing moral dilemmas,” writes Rushkoff, “than simply keeping them out of sight.”

Cole hopes Safe Haven doesn’t just provide protection from those wealthy enough to afford it but becomes a prototype of how sustainable farms can be used to make sure everybody has enough food to eat and protection from the elements.

He won’t reveal exactly how many wealthy investors he has, but he does claim the farm’s community will be evenly split between the rich and those with skill sets to “rebuild the country,” including doctors, machinists, and security.

But Cole’s ultimate goal, writes Rushkoff, is to ensure “there are as few hungry children at the gate as possible” when the time comes to lock down.

“The mindset that requires safe havens is less concerned with preventing moral dilemmas,” writes Rushkoff, “than simply keeping them out of sight.”

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Preppers I frequent alot. They post alot of shit to help you prepare if something goes to shit in the world.


I heard a old Navy guy suggest that everyone should have a Boys Scott Book. Basic survival guide.
 
Solar superstorm could 'wipe out the internet' for weeks or months, scientist says

Professor Peter Becker is working with a team whose goal is to create an early warning system for dangerous solar activity that could damage critical technology.

By Hillary Andrews
Source FOX Weather
Published November 8, 2023


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Radio communications on earth knocked out by powerful solar flare

A powerful solar flare temporarily knocked out radio communications on Earth Thursday afternoon.

BY ADAM DEL ROSSO
DECEMBER 15, 2023

 
Much of North America may face electricity shortages starting in 2024

Over the next several years, many regions of the US and Canada may struggle to ensure a reliable electricity supply amidst soaring energy demand from the tech industry and electrification of buildings and vehicles

By Jeremy Hsu
December 23, 2023


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South Dakota doomsday city built at former Army base

“We have a lot of ex-military. We have an awful lot of ex-law enforcement. We’ve got people that are teachers, that are telecommuters,” said a representative with Vivos xPoint, the bunker community that NewsNation national correspondent Brian Entin toured in South Dakota. He continued: “Some people live out here and they telecommute and do their jobs right out of their bunkers. Some people are interested in moving up here. Other people are interested in having a place to bug out to.”

News nation
December 13, 2023

 
This Pussy Ass Mofo must know something is coming.

Mark Zuckerberg Spent $187 Million Secretly Buying 1,600 Acres of Hawaii Land

And Now He Is Reportedly Building A Massive Self-Sustaining Apocalypse Bunker

Caleb Naysmith
January 22, 2024


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Earth’s core has slowed so much it’s moving backward, scientists confirm. Here’s what it could mean

This inner core has intrigued researchers since its discovery by Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann in 1936, and how it moves — its rotation speed and direction — has been at the center of a decades-long debate. A growing body of evidence suggests the core’s spin has changed dramatically in recent years, but scientists have remained divided over what exactly is happening — and what it means.

By Mindy Weisberger, CNN
July 5, 2024


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New research confirms the rotation of Earth's inner core has been slowing down as part of a decades-long pattern. How this slowdown might affect our planet remains an open question.
 
Why were Houston residents with generators during Hurricane Beryl still experiencing power outages?
July 18, 2024




Houston’s post-Beryl outages highlight benefits of distributed energy

More solar, batteries, and gas microgrids could have helped Houston during last week’s outages. But state leaders and utilities haven’t made them a priority.

Jeff St. John
18 July 2024

 
Biden administration warns states of cyberattack threat to water, wastewater systems

Julia Shapero and The Hill
March 20, 2024


The Biden administration warned governors Tuesday that “disabling” cyberattacks are targeting drinking water and wastewater systems throughout the country and urged them to help identify and address any vulnerabilities.

Water and wastewater systems can represent an “attractive target” for cyberattacks because of their essential nature and frequent lack of “resources and technical capacity to adopt rigorous cybersecurity practices,” said Michael Regan, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan in a letter.


“Even basic cybersecurity precautions — such as resetting default passwords or updating software to address known vulnerabilities — are not in place and can mean the difference between business as usual and a disruptive cyberattack,” Regan and Sullivan said.

They called on the governors to help ensure all their states’ water systems identify any significant vulnerabilities, put in place practices to reduce cybersecurity risks and exercise plans to prepare for a potential cyber incident.

Cyber actors affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and China have recently targeted critical U.S. infrastructure, including drinking water systems, Regan and Sullivan noted.

IRGC-affiliated actors targeted and disabled operational technology at water facilities that failed to change a default manufacturer password late last year, while a Chinese state-sponsored cyber group has compromised the IT environments of several critical infrastructure organizations and appears to be pre-positioning itself to disrupt operations.

“Drinking water and wastewater systems are a lifeline for communities, but many systems have not adopted important cybersecurity practices to thwart potential cyberattacks,” Regan said in a press release.

The administration is inviting state environmental, health and homeland security secretaries to a meeting to discuss cyber threats to water systems and plans to form a Water Sector Cybersecurity Task Force, according to the letter.

“EPA and [National Security Council] take these threats very seriously and will continue to partner with state environmental, health, and homeland security leaders to address the pervasive and challenging risk of cyberattacks on water systems,” Regan added.

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FBI says Chinese hackers preparing to attack US infrastructure

Chinese government-linked hackers have burrowed into U.S. critical infrastructure and are waiting "for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow," FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Thursday.

By Christopher Bing
April 18, 2024


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When Everything Shuts Off – Future Cyber War Could Plunge America Into Chaos

The Commission on the National Defense Strategy recently warned senators the United States is "unprepared" for a "devastating" cyber war that will bring life in towns and cities across America to a standstill.

DALE HURD
08-28-2024


 
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