No bunkers, no scare tactics — just what actually works when you stop assuming someone else has your back covered.
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Three winters ago the power went out for four days. That's the day I stopped waiting on the utility company — here's what I found instead.
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Cutting the dependence on a system you never chose.
The practical stuff, not the bunker fantasy.
Fewer things you have to hope go right.
What's actually working, updated as I go.
Who's writing this
Hank — stopped waiting on the power company a few years back. Writes about what's worked, what hasn't, and what he wishes someone had told him sooner.