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Communicating When
Cell Phones Won’t Operate
When it comes to an
emergency: your cell phone probably won't work.
Yes, those networks have
backup generators... but that doesn't matter.
See, the first thing
people do in a big emergency (and that could be a power outage, wildfires, a
flood or hurricane, or just about anything that affects a large area) is call their loved
ones.
Almost nobody owns
a land line any more, so that means all those people are calling on the
wireless telephone grid at once... and that crashes the grid faster than you can say "Can you hear me
now?"
Now, even though people
forget about the cell phone grid going down in a disaster, this isn't the "commo" mistake I mentioned - it's
just the cause.
The mistake is actually
something a lot of us make when trying to gear up to solve
the problem!
Well, there are three different areas of communications you should have covered for survival:
1. 2-Way Radios
A lot of preppers carry
GMRS/FRS radios.
These two-way "walkie
talkies" are great for
communications among members of your family or group.
They work even if the cellphone
grid is down because they don't depend on an outside tower and, while they're
"public" to anyone else on your channel, there are a lot of channels.
Having a set of these so
that members of your party can talk to each other when in close proximity just
makes sense.
But just know that they're not very strong,
so they don't have much range.
2. Police Scanner
When an emergency
happens, first responders, police, fire, and other EMS services are going to be
very active.
If you can listen in on
what they're doing, you can get advance notice of important events and threats.
(This will give you the
advantage when it comes to bugging out, and allow you to make better survival
decisions.)
Many police scanners are
"base stations", which means they're meant to sit on a desk, so
you'll want to make sure you pick up portable model instead.
There's another portable
solution, though - "outlaw" programmable Chinese radios, like
the "Baofeng" radios, that are... well, pretty much illegal.
In a real widespread
disaster, one of these programmable radios might be just what you need to stay
in touch with members of your family or survival group... while doing double
duty as a scanner for your local police and EMS frequencies.
They give you a lot of
options and, depending on the antenna and battery pack you choose, a lot of
power.
Right now, you can still
buy them, but you need a special license to use them if you don't want to get
in trouble.
That's because, while
they let you listen to lots of frequencies, they also transmit on frequencies
that you and I aren't supposed to be on.
(Some of these can even "step on" emergency services
calls, which is very much not good!)
3. AM/FM Radio
The third thing you have
to have to keep survival covered is an AM/FM radio.
You need to have some
way to learn about what's going on in the outside world.
Even in a widespread
power outage or other disaster, your local AM/FM stations have backup
generators and will be broadcasting important alerts.
The Emergency
Broadcast System will be transmitting through them, too.
But that brings me to 1
simple mistake a lot of people make when gearing up for survival
communications, and it really comes down to your choice of AM/FM
radio.
Lots of people already
know they need one... but they go too big when they buy it, because so many of the survival radios on
the market are freaking HUGE.
Especially if you have
to bug out and take your stuff with you, space and weight are really going to
matter.
But the massive survival radios on the market take up too much room in your bug-out bag, and they're waaaay too big to carry on your body.
(Some of the hand-crank models could turn your right arm into
something out of a 1980s Schwarzenegger movie - and all for about a minute worth
of power!)
There are survival
radios that even have shortwave, so you could listen (especially at night)
to transmissions from around the world... but that's overkill, honestly, unless you're tracking a global
alien invasion (ha ha).
If your survival radio
is too big, in other words, it isn't convenient for moving around,
and it uses up space in your pack that could be devoted to other, critical
gear.
That's why, for survival
and bugging out, you want an AM/FM radio that's as small as possible.
You
need to get ready for communication in a disaster or emergency... but you also
want to make sure you don't weigh yourself down.
A power outage in summer can be
uncomfortable. A power outage in winter can be fatal. Without electricity, you’re
not going to have heat. Going without heat for a day is one thing. Imagine not having
heat for several days or even several weeks.
In this video, Canadian Prepper talks
about how to survive a power outage in the winter. He breaks it down into ten steps.
Here they are:
1. Have a good supply of non-perishable
food items. Freeze-dried or dehydrated foods are recommended. Also, make
sure your water is not frozen as well...
Yours for a
Socialist-Free America!
Bruce ‘the Poor Man’
USEFUL STUFF…
A few weeks ago, I shared an article on Facebook about the
potential for an economic collapse in the near future, and someone left a
comment saying, “Why do I keep hearing this warning over and over and over for
years, and yet nothing ever happens?” Good question. When people keep saying
that the sky is falling and it never does, it’s hard not to be skeptical.
As I said in my response to him, “After
the stock market crash in 2008, everyone started claiming an economic collapse
was about to happen, but what they didn’t realize is that it DID happen… in 2008.
Since then, the economy has slowly been recovering. But the systemic problems
that led to the crash were never corrected, and the bubble has been
re-inflating. It can’t re-inflate forever.”
Just like in the years leading up to
the Great Recession, people have too much debt and not enough wealth.
Meanwhile, the stock market has soared to new heights, as it always does before
it comes crashing down...
As the size and regularity of our cities expand across the
globe, we must learn what it takes to survive in these environments. War and
disaster have not stopped just because our urban areas have grown—in fact, a
look at the last century will tell you just how integral (and deadly) cities
have been for humans as conflict seizes the land.
More and more of us live in these
places, so we need to start educating people on how to survive and protect
themselves in such situations.
The heightened importance of urban
spaces results from demographic developments, with the global population
advancing toward 70 percent living in urban areas by 2050, and from recent
trends in terrorism, counterinsurgency and stabilization efforts. Both people
and the fight are converging on cities...
Cities are
taking over the world, so to speak. More people live in them than ever and more
of them are popping up all over the world. Learning to survive in a dense urban
environment is becoming an ever more important skill.
To help you better prepare, we have put together this civil war
preparedness series to give you a quick down and dirty overview of what
survival in a city will entail. This is the third part and it deals with your
physical security.
"The heightened importance of urban spaces results from
demographic developments, with the global population advancing toward 70
percent living in urban areas by 2050, and from recent trends in terrorism,
counterinsurgency and stabilization efforts. Both people and the fight are
converging on cities..."
Poll Results: Do You Think Voters Will
Dump Trump in 2020?
88% of respondents say Trump will win again/do not
support impeachment and feel Dems are using this approach because they can’t
win in 2020. This is the 4th poll I’ve found in support of Trump in
the past week! I strongly suspect those
aired by CNN are fake polls.
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How to
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People need to become more
self-reliant, not more dependent on government.
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15 Tips for Retirement in
Panama: Panama's Pacific and Caribbean coastlines,
wildflower-covered mountains and river-crossed jungles might draw you to the
country. But it's Panama's affordable cost of living, modern infrastructure,
quality health care, established expat community and the convenience of being
able to use the U.S. dollar that will make you want to retire in Panama
‘Grassroots’
Justice Dems Fueled by Out-of-District Money
This is the
pro-Communist group which recruited, trained the likes of AOC, Omar &
Rashida to run for office…
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government, individual freedom!
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2 comments:
Civil War, no cell phones?! Millions of idiots would perish.
I'd be highly tempted to laugh at those whose cell phones are tied by umbilical cord to their body; so many are seriously over obsessed w/ checking their phones 100xs a day; they'd do into withdrawal!
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