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A Green Beret’s Guide To EMP: Practical Steps To Prepare For A “Lights Out” Scenario (Part 1)  Jeremiah Johnson is a retired Green Beret of the United States Army Special Forces (Airborne) and a graduate of the U.S. Army’s SERE school (Survival Evasion Resistance Escape). This series is dedicated to Ben Raines, one of SHTF’s readers, who wrote: “If the power is out for more than 2 weeks I will have some serious decisions to make.” Ben, I’m doing this article for you as I promised, and I hope it will help you (and others) to make those decisions in the critical moments and days following an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) event.  Although I had plenty of science courses in college, I am not a scientist.  Certainly someone with a scientific background will comment on this article .  Let me state this:  Scientists, I welcome all comments, positive or negative, but please make them proactive .  These articles are forums where the writers are “em...

How Much Cash Should You Have If The Grid Goes Down?   If the power grid ever goes down or is taken out of commission, how would you buy anything, credit and debit cards would be useless. We would all be in a world of trouble, especially those that are ill prepared. You simply would no longer have the luxury of hitting an ATM or a bank to take out cash . The mad rush would be on if disaster strikes, people would be buying up everything they can, as fast as they can, stores shelves would sell out of supplies in no time. Those that have cash on hand could go buy lifesaving supplies. This article dives into such a scenario, and discusses how important it is to have some backup cash on hand and suggests how much might be good to have stashed away. More http://bit.ly/1IrDd71 'via Blog this'