On April 21st, 2017, there were major power outages in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York City.
Regardless of the root causes of these outages, to those of us who like to prepare, these types of events are fantastic opportunities to implement our preparedness plans and to ascertain our areas of weakness or strengths in the event of a real, long term disaster.
For years every septic system problem, every well problem, every power outage, every storm, found me setting into motion my action plans for each scenario.
How will we go to the bathroom?
How will we keep the odor down in the house when we go to the bathroom?
How will we wash our hands?
Do we have enough paper products to weather several days without power?
Does my sump pump battery backup still work?
Can I sufficiently cover our many windows in our seasonal room if they are broken during a storm so our animals don’t escape?
Do we have enough supplies to meet our pets’ needs?
Could we transport them all safely and comfortably if necessary?
How would we wash up?
How would we wash our hair?
Do we have enough dry wood under roof to keep the wood stove going for a several-day Nor’easter?
Do we have extra fuel to get to work or run the generator?
Here at the Anderson house, we are particularly cognizant of the possibility of an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) disrupting or completely disabling all electronics and electricity in our country for months/years.
If you are unfamiliar with what and EMP is, click on the title below and take a moment to look over this article:
EMP: Technology’s Worst Nightmare
“Given the current state of U.S. unpreparedness for an EMP event, it is estimated that within 12 months of an EMP event, two-thirds to 90 percent of the U.S. population would likely perish from starvation, disease, and societal breakdown.”
I would admonish you to take a look at your own level of preparedness for an extended power outage. Pray and ask the Lord how you should plan for the next transformer problem, storm, or terrorist attack.
Here are a few articles and videos regarding the above mentioned outages that just took place within our own shores:
