A site dedicated to helping you plan for a Grid Down crisis;
an extended nationwide blackout...
Be Ready Planner
Tranquility cannot last. Challenging times are inevitable.
We must Plan and get Ready while the lights are still on…
Four Stages of Planning:
On this site we outline 4 stages of preparedness, with a focus on the scenario of a Grid Down crisis. The stages provide a graduated approach so that newcomers and veterans alike can find ideas and resources to strengthen their readiness plans.
In each of these Stages we seek to answer these tough questions:
Without power.....
- Where will our water come from?
- What will we eat and how will we cook it?
- How will we heat our homes?
- What will we do when we get sick and there are no doctors or pharmacies?
- How will we protect ourselves, our home and our supplies?
- How will we communicate with others who are out of sight and beyond yelling distance?
- Which of our neighbors will be helpful, which will become refugees and beggars, and which may become bandits?
Stage 1 - Fundamentals
In this first level of the Plan we will lay a solid foundation. In many ways the idea of the leveling system represents the time we can expect to make it into the crisis before requiring help, but it is not focused on the duration itself. Using this philosophy we can walk our way into a balanced approach of preparedness, and avoid the tendency for us humans to hyper-focus on any one preparation category (for instance, stocking a year’s worth of food, but neglecting health or security)
Level 1 is more than just assembling ‘a 72 hour bag‘, it is the groundwork from which we will expand.
Stage 2 - Foundation
In Level 2 we are expanding our capabilities rapidly, further extending the time we can make it without resupply, and greatly enhancing our medical preparations as well as our communications equipment. Stage 2 carries forward the basics from Stage 1 and accelerates our ability to survive through preparations for serious illness, as well as sets the ground work for reaching out to other survivors who may be out of our line of sight.
Stage 3 - Reaching Further
At Level 3 we are really catching our stride. Many of the low-level basics are covered and now we’re able to reach for enhanced capabilities in certain focus areas and truly strengthen our Plan.
Stage 4 - Solid Capabilities
After fleshing out the 3 previous stages we are becoming very capable of survival, and so for Stage 4 we begin to shift our focus from ‘Survive’ to ‘Thrive’. Herein there are big life changes, which will dramatically enhance our staying power and fortify our independence during a Grid Down crisis.
Dig Deeper
It is impossible to predict the future and to know exactly what kind of crisis we will face. However, preparing for Grid Down will enable us to be ready for most other emergencies.
We can only study, speculate, and then prepare ourselves and our families to tilt the probabilities in our favor.
Follow the link below to educate yourself on preparedness topics and familiarize yourself with some of the science that explains the potential for troubling times ahead.