The Day the Grid Went Down
The Day the Grid Went Down

Author: David J. Nicks

Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing

Published: 2013-02

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 1618973304

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The Day the Grid Went Down is a compelling novel about what could happen to the world should a truly catastrophic economic collapse occur. The book is largely based on the true-life experiences of author David J. Nicks and other real-world events, such as the partial economic collapse of 2008. Using the 2012 elections as a point of departure, The Day the Grid Went Down spins off into a cautionary tale of fiction that draws persuasive parallels between where we might currently be heading and prophecies from the Bible. Fact and fiction interweave throughout the book as Nicks juxtaposes his own story with an imagined, but very feasible, scenario involving a total economic collapse and the worldwide chaos that would likely ensue as a result. Author David J. Nicks is a South Carolina native who works as an insulator, specializing in nuclear plants and fire protection systems. Although he has written other books in the past, The Day the Grid Went Down is the first that he's had published. It was inspired by current events that in the author's opinion, present the very real possibility of an impending economic collapse. Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/DavidJNicks

Lights Out
Lights Out

Author: Ted Koppel

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 055341996X

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A nation unprepared : surviving the aftermath of a blackout where tens of millions of people over several states are affected.

Power Grid Down
Power Grid Down

Author: Tara Dodrill

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2014-08-24

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9781500945572

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Discover why threats to the power grid put American life, as we know it, at total risk. Learn preparedness tips and techniques which will help you and your family survive after the lights go out. And even learn how to thrive in the new reality, for the long-term. Learn off the grid living, homesteading, and retreat buying tips to help you avoid pitfalls that could quickly unravel even the best of survival plans. How will you make a living in a power grid down society? Where are the best places to score cheap preps? Do you know what to do when you can't call the fire department? What the best bartering items? Can you grow your own medicine? What are the best off the grid home options? How will you educate your children? Can you treat common livestock ailments to help protect your food supply? What are morale boosters and why are they important? This book will answer all those questions and more!

Grid Going Down!
Grid Going Down!

Author: Hugh Simpson

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2015-11-15

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 9781519328892

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This is a step-by-step workbook for both individuals and group leaders in preparing for when the electric grid goes down due to natural causes or man-made scenarios. These same procedures can be used for other preparedness scenarios. Here are some of the topics covered: 1. BugOut Backpack 2. Getting Your Body Physically Fit 3. Food Choices 4. Preparing You & Your Family 5. Preparedness Mindset 6. Preparedness Audit 7. Gting to Your Safe Area

Enhancing the Resilience of the Nation's Electricity System
Enhancing the Resilience of the Nation's Electricity System

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2017-10-25

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 0309463076

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Americans' safety, productivity, comfort, and convenience depend on the reliable supply of electric power. The electric power system is a complex "cyber-physical" system composed of a network of millions of components spread out across the continent. These components are owned, operated, and regulated by thousands of different entities. Power system operators work hard to assure safe and reliable service, but large outages occasionally happen. Given the nature of the system, there is simply no way that outages can be completely avoided, no matter how much time and money is devoted to such an effort. The system's reliability and resilience can be improved but never made perfect. Thus, system owners, operators, and regulators must prioritize their investments based on potential benefits. Enhancing the Resilience of the Nation's Electricity System focuses on identifying, developing, and implementing strategies to increase the power system's resilience in the face of events that can cause large-area, long-duration outages: blackouts that extend over multiple service areas and last several days or longer. Resilience is not just about lessening the likelihood that these outages will occur. It is also about limiting the scope and impact of outages when they do occur, restoring power rapidly afterwards, and learning from these experiences to better deal with events in the future.

Dies the Fire
Dies the Fire

Author: S. M. Stirling

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2004-08-03

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 1101043911

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S. M. Stirling presents his first Novel of the Change, the start of the New York Times bestselling postapocalyptic saga set in a world where all technology has been rendered useless. The Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered all electronic devices and fuels inoperable—and plunged the world into a dark age humanity was unprepared to face... Michael Pound was flying over Idaho en route to the holiday home of his passengers when the plane’s engines inexplicably died, forcing a less than perfect landing in the wilderness. And as Michael leads his charges to safety, he begins to realize that the engine failure was not an isolated incident. Juniper McKenzie was singing and playing guitar in a pub when her small Oregon town was thrust into darkness. Now, taking refuge in her family’s cabin with her daughter and a growing circle of friends, Juniper is determined to create a farming community to benefit the survivors of this crisis. But even as people band together to help one another, others are building armies for conquest...

When the Grid Goes Down
When the Grid Goes Down

Author: Tony Nester

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 9780971381148

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Guides readers in establishing a disaster plan covering the basic human needs in case the unpredictable happens, with information on food, water, and personal safety.

Shorting the Grid
Shorting the Grid

Author: MEREDITH. ANGWIN

Publisher:

Published: 2020-10-19

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 9780989119085

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"Shorting the Grid" describes how closed meetings, arcane auction rules, and five-minute planning horizons will topple the reliability of our electric grid. Hopeful speeches will not keep the lights on.

Blackout Warfare
Blackout Warfare

Author: Peter Pry

Publisher: Peter V Pry

Published: 2020-09

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9781087906799

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"Blackout Warfare" is the term used in this report to describe a revolutionary new way of warfare planned by Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran that is still little understood in the United States, but poses an imminent and existential threat to Western Civilization. These potential adversaries plan to use cyber-attacks, sabotage, and electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons in combination to blackout national electric grids to achieve quick and decisive victory. Blackout Warfare that paralyzes the U.S. electric grid and other life-sustaining critical infrastructures--communications, transportation, natural gas and petroleum, business and industry, food and water infrastructures, and the military--could kill most Americans. The EMP Commission estimates up to 90% of the U.S. population could die from a nationwide blackout lasting one year. The military would be paralyzed by a nationwide blackout, as CONUS military bases depend for 99% of their electricity upon the civilian electric grid. For the first time in the West, this report fights back against looming catastrophe by thinking about and planning for Blackout Warfare the way our potential adversaries do.