Power
Generators, solar, batteries, and keeping the essentials running.
- Colonial Pipeline: What a Real Infrastructure Cyberattack Looked Like
"Can a cyberattack shut down American infrastructure" is a question with an actual answer, because it happened in May 2021 and the details are public.…
- How to Heat a House When the Power Is Out
The most common heating failure during a winter outage is not that the furnace broke. It is that the furnace was fine and could not run.
- How to Read a Grid Reliability Report for Your Own Region
Every year the North American Electric Reliability Corporation publishes an assessment of whether the grid can meet demand across roughly two dozen…
- Texas 2021: What Actually Failed, in Order
Winter Storm Uri is the best-documented modern grid failure in the United States, and it is far more useful for planning than any hypothetical. It…
- What an EMP Would Actually Do: The Evidence, Not the Sales Pitch
Electromagnetic pulse is the most heavily marketed fear in preparedness, and almost every page you'll find about it is attached to something for sale.…
- What Size Generator Do You Actually Need? Sizing It Without Overbuying
Most people buy too much generator. They add up the nameplate wattage of everything in the house, arrive at a frightening number, and buy a unit that…