Power
Faraday Bag Set
A conductive enclosure that blocks radio in both directions. Useful for shielding, and for being unreachable.
Scenario
Knowing
A solar event large enough to end the conversation.
A coronal mass ejection on a scale not seen since 1859, aimed correctly, arriving in about eighteen hours. Every transformer, every satellite, every long conductor becomes a problem simultaneously.
What kills you
Eighteen hours, then no grid for a year.
Rules
- 01Unplug everything. Genuinely everything.
- 02Anything in a sealed metal box may survive.
- 03The grid is a year away, not a week.
- 04Cash, then barter. Cards will not work again soon.
The kit
5 itemsA sealed metal enclosure is the only protection that is not a marketing claim.
For a year in which nothing you own with a motor works.
Tools
Manual Hand Tools Set
Saw, hammer, chisel and plane — woodwork with no power at all.
Bulk grain is only food if you can turn it into flour.
Water & food
Non Electric Grain Mill
Turns whole grain into flour by hand. Whole grain stores for years; flour does not.
Light that predates the grid and does not care that it is gone.
Light & comms
Oil Lamp And Fuel
Burns lamp oil for many hours per fill. Needs ventilation and a stable surface.
No batteries to run out at month four.
Light & comms
Wind Up Torch
A light that runs on a crank. Dim, and it never fails to have power.
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