(Natural News) The Earth is protected from solar wind — a stream of charged particles from the sun — by its geomagnetic field. But this protective barrier is weak in certain areas, particularly south of the Atlantic Ocean. Called the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA), this area makes it easier for solar wind and other cosmic rays […]

(Natural News) The United States is the world’s only remaining superpower and we got that way through innovation, development, investment and freedom.   But our country runs on power — electricity — and without it, our way of life would surely be decimated. A widespread grid failure would, overnight, lead to chaos, death and destruction. In […]

(Natural News) There is ‘out of touch’ and there is outright tone-deafness, and the head of a large California power company just set the new standard for the latter. You may have heard that California energy company PG&E has been engaging in rolling blackouts for several weeks after the producer was blamed for several large, […]

(Natural News) California’s technology industry is booming and as such is attracting hundreds of thousands of people to work in a state that is already crowded. With a population approaching 40 million people, California, which is largely desert in many parts of the state, is struggling to keep its basic infrastructure of power functioning.  Now, […]

(Natural News) The summer of 2018 is shaping up to be historic as temperatures soar around the country to new highs, especially in the desert areas of the West and Southwest. One state that has been particularly hard-hit is California. On a recent day, temperatures climbed to 122 F in Palm Springs. Besides creating new […]

(Natural News) A bug-out bag is only good for 72 hours, which is fine if the blackout in your area lasts no longer than three days. But what will you do if you’re stuck in a long-term blackout with no help in sight? (h/t to AskAPrepper.com) For this article, a long-term blackout may last for […]