How to Survive an EMP Attack

In this video, I talk about a strategy that I think may help you survive and major EMP attack. There are a lot of variables that will determine if you can survive such an attack. The reality is, most people will not survive, even those who use my strategy. I just think, however, the strategy will help increase the odds of survival.

I can think of just as many reasons why an attack could happen as I can why it will not. But, I want to be prepared nevertheless.

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What it was like for us living in log house in a remote area in the mountains...

FDA Approved Antibiotics Online:
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5 gallon Water Container Review:
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What it was like living in the mountains:

Sources and other information:

Partnership to End Addiction – Almost 70 Percent of Americans Take at Least One Prescription Medication, Study Finds:
QuoteWizard – Mental Health Prescriptions:
Prison Policy Initiative “Mass Incarceration – The Whole Pie 2023”:
FORBES “Protecting America’s Power Grids From EMP Attacks”:
Mayo Clinic “Nearly 7 in 10 Americans Take Prescription Drugs, Mayo Clinic, Olmsted Medical Center”:
Insurance Journal “Mental Health Drug Prescriptions on the Rise”:

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[unfilteredtruth]

I moved to Tennessee 2 years ago to a off grid spot 20 miles away from a small town of 500 or less. Went solar, orchard, chickens, pigs, etc not only because of these issues but also so no matter what they do or allow I stand a great chance we'll over 3 years of stored food on site not counting homestead. My point is I did it you can too.

[johnfrederick]

Thank you for covering this topic! Many folks have NO idea what the stakes are here... and are ill prepared with NO PLANS IN PLACE to mitigate this scenario. Those folks will then become OUR problem.

[melaniemiller]

Extremely honest and covered things in a manner i've not yet heard... IE "don't buy food that requires tons of water to prepare if ya ain't gonna have the water to prepare it"!! love the vid tks!

[lynnmann]

Great video! People better wake up! We haven't seen anything yet! Keep prepping and gain all the knowledge you can. Peace to all

[jessieday]

I liked your calm no hype way of staying the facts. You laid them out clearly and concisely. Thank you

[judypausina]

Very helpful. I bought the plastic liner to fill with water in the tub. I have enough food for 6 months. We expect to stay in our house. I need to buy the metal container for a faraday cage. My husband has one fire arm. We live in a condo in a gated community. There is a pond and golf course that our condo has at the back with a deck. I need to buy a Sawyer water purification system. And improve the food and medicine situation. You have helped me so much. I am 74 yrs old with no family to assist.

[amandamoe]

Perfect timing for this video! Especially since Alaska underwater internet cables were cut yesterday!

[LierinEdana]

We prep pretty much exclusively for emp since that tends to cover almost every other potential issue. I keep about 18 months worth of food so that if I have to skip a gardening season we will eat until the next garden harvest. We plant more of our gardening space to feed our small livestock (chickens, Muscovy ducks, meat rabbits) and will bring those animals inside rather than allow them to be picked off by people who can't figure out that eggs every day beats a quick chicken dinner ... same for rabbit litters and clutches of ducks. One litter of rabbits will fill enough pint jars to last us a month, as an example (and yes, I'm well aware you can't rely solely on rabbit meat!!). We hatch out two incubators of chicken eggs to raise for meat as well, and Muscovy ducks provide red meat very similar to beef that is almost completely fat free ... some sort of fat must be added. We have a hand pump for our shallow well along with a rain water cachement system, a three bucket filtration setup, Sawyer and Lifestraw filters along with a Berkey. I built a combo two burner rocket stove/grill/earthen oven/hot and cold smoker on the end of our porch that is under a tin roof and it can be used year round. For heating we have a wood burning stove that can also be used for cooking during the winter. We added a hot water system to it. For cooling, we put in a passive system similar to what is used to control airflow and humidity in root cellars (which I would love, but with a 3-5 foot water table on our property is a no-go) by cutting 6 inch holes on one side of our small home into the floor, and the same on the opposite side into the ceiling. These have 6 inch pvc pipe covered with screen and hardware cloth, and we use pvc end caps to open/close them as necessary. It isn't AC, but it drops the interior temp about 20 degrees with no power required. Our two interior walls are floor to ceiling food storage with paneling doors attached with piano hinges. Yes, it requires moving furniture, but it keeps food from being visible to any casual eye. We cut two holes in our floor, dropped in two chest freezers that have been insulated and have air venting, and use them as mini root cellars.

We have regular toilets and a back flow valve on the city pipes, but we also have a full sawdust toilet with totes full of sawdust stacked outside. Sawdust is generally free if you have a sawmill nearby and are willing to shovel it yourself. In addition, we have a contained barrel system that will generate compost and is considered 'code' compliant in many states. Sanitation and diseases such as cholera, ecoli, typhoid, etc. will be one of the biggest killers after an emp. Most people have NO clue about handling human waste, and I would urge EVERYONE to purchase a book titled 'The Humanure Handbook'. It is less than $20 and will walk you through setting up a safe system no matter where you live. You can generally set up any of them for under $100. I would also urge you to make sure you have a back flow valve on your sewer line because everyone that uses water to flush their toilet after the city water pumps shut down will flood homes lower than them with sewage. If that happens to your home, you will have to move. It is better to spend the $40 bucks on the valve now and pay a plumber if necessary (check your local codes to see if that is required) than to have your home permanently contaminated and unlivable. Make sure you have some bleach (preferably powder form) that you can use for rinsing dishes and hands as well. Look into family cloth rather than wasting valuable space storing toilet paper. Stock up on soap that you can safely use with gray water for a garden and the means to wash your clothing. That can be as simple as a bucket and new toilet plunder, or a pair of old timey wash tubs and a wringer. Buy clothesline and clothespins!! Invest in a camping solar shower (or several depending on the size of your family) and designate a place you can place them and use them whether that is indoors or outdoors. If you are getting water from a river/stream you should still filter it for the shower. Your skin absorbs more toxins than if you were eating/drinking them.

Our windows have security film, we have placed several 6 foot planters that have a base filled with concrete and rebar to hold decorative plants and stop vehicles from ramming into our home. We also have thorny stuff planted in areas that we can't see from inside, and our perimeter fence is planted in blackberries, acacia, wisteria, and roses ... over cattle panels. It does require yearly upkeep to keep the wisteria in check, but it also keeps pretty much anything from coming over or through that fence line. We have both electric and non electric alarms that cover our garden, coop, and front yard areas. This summer we have plans to harden the wall area under windows and on the sides of our doors. We have alarms on those, and have swapped out the latch plates and screws on the doors.

While we do have minimal solar, our goal was more towards requiring as little electric as possible. We have more non-electric tools and kitchen gadgets than anything requiring electric. I can safely can on my rocket burners, and we have both electric and non-electric dehydrating items (and hundreds of Tattler lids in addition to regular lids). I would anticipate that it may be close to 3 years after an emp attack before somewhat normal power is restored, possibly longer.

The other thing we do have is communications ~ ham, cb, short wave, and walkie talkies that every local family member and friend also have. We have backups now for most of it that are in a faraday cage along with backups of our hard drives, batteries, etc. We don't have a cell phone, just a landline. Communication as well as information is something I consider vital, so we have a good bit of that.

Stock up a first aid closet ~ not a kit. Think about how many gauze bandages you would go through in a single week for any large wound and buy 10 times what you think you might need. Add in several trauma bandages, at least one tourniquet, quik clot, zip tie closures, alcohol, peroxide, iodine, a suture kit, a dental kit, and a birthing kit in addition to the normal ointments, bug stuff, and bandaids.

Last, books. How to books. DIY books. Gardening books. Livestock care books. Home canning and hunting books. Etc. Don't download them to a device ~ buy the books! Stay safe out there!

[PineyWoodsPrepper]

Over fifty here…we’ll over; 77 in fact. I’ve been prepping for around fifteen years. After retirement we left the Houston area and moved to daughter and son in law’s ranch. We have a small herd (30) of cows, chickens, several stocked ponds and a decent sized garden. At my age, I can’t do everything I used to do, but I usually figure a way to get it done. Appreciate your insight.

[theseriousprepper]

Great video! Really good discussion points. I’ve told students of mine, you don’t have to buy five years worth of supplies. You just have to have more Supplies than everybody around you. Stay low stay safe.

[commonjensen]

Great info. It would be a horrific situation no matter what. I think the psychological prepping would be as important as supply prepping.

[kimlewis]

Hurricane season in Louisiana. .. we were 4 1/2 weeks or more without power here. We learned a lot!

[peternorthrup]

Your right about the meds. I take 1 that's absolutely critical for me. I plan to speak with my doctor. I've been prepping for years. It's my main hobby. My garage is set up completely for prepping. The main door has not been opened in 15 years. Completely secured. Nobody has a clue. No joke. I'm looking at a pool with cover to set up in my garage at the last minute. 2600 gallons. $120.00. Keep it stored until I need it. I have plenty already but why not? Maybe I will get lucky and be able to fill it. If not I can put it outside and collect rainwater.

[theoriginaldashriprock]

SPOT ON SIR!!! I think you're the first YouTube prepper I've seen that actually says the truth about EMP and other societal collapse scenarios. Bugging in may not be an option! So many Preppers think that stockpiling years worth of food and supplies in their home is the way to go. And in some scenarios, that will work. But I think most scenarios bugging in is not going to be the best option, if at all. And another mistake that most Preppers make is that they are vocal about them prepping. They actually talk to others about how they are stockpiling and getting ready for a disaster. I think that's the worst thing of pepper can do is share anything about what they're doing. The bottom line is, we all need to be able to be ready to go on the Run. Yes, stockpiling food and supplies if necessary, but we also have to live in the real world and realize that we may have to leave all that in order to save our lives.

[MACvSOG]

Well done. I am surprised what you covered in 13 minutes.
It is one thing to prepare, food, water, all of the things, but I believe the most important will be the human factor. I am old enough to have been around during the cuban missile crisis, lived in south florida at the time and still do now. I remember neighbors who had underground shelters installed in their back yards and the conversation was how they would have to defend against their own neighbors trying to enter the small shelters. Really take them out in order to save their own family.
But even more importantly, I owned a gas station in Homestead Florida when hurricane andrew came over us, virtually destroying everything, no power anywhere for months. I had the only gas station that went on a generator the next day, and ran on generator for 2 months. That first day it was total chaos, looting everywhere, violence everywhere. The police were simply running around with sirens on, not even able to prevent or arrest anyone. The police chief told me, you are on your own. Total anarchy. Full curfew, that really didn't work.
On the day we opened to do gas, there was over a 2 mile long vehicle line, hundreds of hundreds of individuals with gas cans standing just off the property. When it appeared that we were about to open, there was this mad rush, it took firing a weapon into the air to stop it. Folks were out of control. All of my employees were armed, mine openly on my hip. We ran a tight ship and had some help from an 82nd airborne unit that had bivouacked over night on my property.
But one wrong move and it would have been a lost cause. All the time we were witnessing full on looting of businesses and homes in the area. You would never have thought that would happen in the usa, but it did and with folks that you were surprised to see doing it and within just hours. This story is very log and shocking, I intentionally kept out a lot of details, you get the picture.
If you are not prepared, with the full ability to defend yourself and loved ones, with plenty of ammo, then you are not prepared to survive, it's really that simple, you will lose everything and your life.

[ruthnigh]

Excellent, Excellent, Excellent video! So much common sense in this video. Thank you for sharing.

[jasonparkin]

I recently installed 4 55 gallon rain catchment barrels. I cleaned one out last night with water sitting in it for the past two months. This video gave me the idea of topping off the barrels right after an event. The water could be used for toilet flushing and garden watering

[lasharncampbell]

I, know all about this and I am so glad you are talking about this and I hope people will get ready.

[personofearth]

This was great. I'm not American, I'm actually in Australia but I've been wide awake since 2012 and I'm still learning.

[jesusisking]

I noticed through many channels that the US Military are now beginning to drive trucks and tanks into certain areas...as in Idaho, many citizens have seen and recorded the many trucks going through their streets.
Preparing for something big coming, I'm sure !
Get prepared and stay safe. 🙏