(Natural News) We live in an unstable world, where even countries that look financially and politically stable can suddenly descend into chaos. Venezuela is an excellent – albeit sad – example of this. Once the richest country in all of Latin America thanks to its huge oil reserves, Venezuela now resembles a war zone. Residents […]

(Natural News) The massive power outage that occurred throughout most of Venezuela earlier this month once again brought to light the important fact that, during a major “grid-down” event in which electricity is no longer available, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin instantly become non-existent. Venezuela’s rolling blackout event reportedly left most of the socialist country in the […]

(Natural News) Crammed into a small building in Idaho Falls, Idaho, a group of about 50 cyber security experts and researchers are working around the clock to protect American infrastructure from debilitating attacks. As The Associated Press reports, much of what goes on at the Idaho National Laboratory, once known as the country’s primary nuclear […]

(Natural News) A pair of reports released in the past month from two separate federal entities both warn of dire, devastating consequences from the destruction or disabling of a substantial portion of the U.S. power grid.  In late November, the Pentagon released an eye-opening analysis of the effects of a potential  electromagnetic pulse (EMP) stemming […]

(Natural News) A power outage can occur so sudden at times, leaving most people unprepared. On average, a power outage may last for up to five hours, which may disrupt your daily habits. However, extreme weather conditions can cause power outages for months, and it would require a complete lifestyle change because it could be […]

(Natural News) An article in Modern Survival Blog asked the million dollar question that drives preppers to get ready for the worst case scenario: Can your survival plan and current stockpile keep you alive for an entire month if you somehow got cut off from the rest of the world right this instant? In this […]

(Natural News) While it’s vital to have a bug-out plan when SHTF, you should also prepare your home for grid-down scenarios. According to a Smart Prepper Gear article, you can secure seven areas of significant concern in your shelter so that you can “bug in” instead of bug out. Grid-down situations can range from blackouts to […]

(Natural News) As the modern day “military-industrial complex” was being built during the early stages of the Cold War, President Dwight D. Eisenhower was said to be pessimistic about advance planning for any nuclear exchange with what was then the Soviet Union. “In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but […]

(Natural News) For just $25,000, you, too, can lay claim to your own piece of what a growing community of survivalists in rural South Dakota plans to depend on as “life assurance” in the event of an “end of the world” apocalypse scenario. Hundreds of families, reports indicate, are already prepping for the worst by […]

(Natural News) It’s looking more and more like it will take a major attack against the U.S. power grid before the government and electric industry come together and get serious about protecting it. According to a new investigative report that likely won’t get much attention outside of certain circles, the U.S. electric grid is increasingly […]