I don't know about you, but when I first started prepping, I heeded the warnings from NASA and considered the possibility of an EMP caused by solar flares, a coronal mass ejection, or even a meteor strike.  These days, the concern is as much for a human-induced attack on the grid as it is a natural phenomenon.

It would be an understatement to say that I prep, first and foremost, for the possibility of an extended grid-down power outage.  Such an outage would affect every aspect of life as we know it including water, food, sanitation, and health care. Businesses would close and jobs would be lost. Chaos would become the norm, and for those living in heavily populated areas, civil unrest the likes of which we have never experienced will erupt.

Today I am going to break down the sequence of events during the first week of a grid-down power outage and give you a small taste of what will happen in the weeks after that.  Yes, I am preaching the choir.  But even so, if there is a message that needs to be broadcast, it is one of preparedness.