Guest Post by Dan Sullivan from Survival Sullivan
The biggest reason everyone should prep has nothing to do with asteroids hitting the Earth or the possibility of World War 3. It’s all about being ready for small-scale disasters that are already happening every year in the US and other nations.
Blackouts are one such category. Due to the aging of the U.S. power grid, the number of partial blackouts has increased, and so has the number of average minutes per year that the average American spends in the dark. In times like these, people flock to the nearest supermarket to buy everything they can get their hands on. You really don’t want to be a part of that crowd and risk a good beating or worse, to not find the supplies you need.
Stockpiling food and water is beyond the scope of this article, so I want to talk about something the concept of a “blackout box” or a “lights out box”. This is something you should put together in case of power outages, EMPs and for times when there’s an issue with your house’s electrical wiring.
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