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Boom—Your Life Changes

January 21, 2022 By Richard C. Young

DickGood Luck in Heaven!

UPDATE 1.21.2022: Across the country the big cities that will be most at risk given any disruption in life, EMP or otherwise, have allowed the ascendence of George Soros-backed District Attorneys who treat criminals as though they are victims. The new DA of Manhattan, Alvin Bragg recently issued a “Day 1” memo, outlining the crimes he would NOT be prosecuting. Big-city dwellers everywhere must be terrified of a future where crime has no consequences. Here’s the NY Post on Bragg’s soft-on-crime implementation of the law.

In his first memo to staff on Monday, Alvin Bragg said his office “will not seek a carceral sentence” except with homicides and a handful of other cases, including domestic violence felonies, some sex crimes and public corruption.

“This rule may be excepted only in extraordinary circumstances based on a holistic analysis of the facts, criminal history, victim’s input (particularly in cases of violence or trauma), and any other information available,” the memo reads.

Assistant district attorneys must also now keep in mind the “impacts of incarceration,” including whether it really does increase public safety, potential future barriers to convicts involving housing and employment, the financial cost of prison and the racial disparities over who gets time, Bragg instructed.

In cases where prosecutors do seek to put a convict behind bars, the request can be for no more than 20 years for a determinate sentence, meaning one that can’t be reviewed or changed by a parole board.

UPDATE: 4.7.2021: As the Derek Chauvin trial comes to a conclusion at the end of April, expect trouble, especially if Chauvin is found innocent of murdering George Floyd. If you don’t own a fireproof suit (joking, but not really) and get your gun and your training (a la Your Survival Guy), you’ll regret it!

UPDATE: 6.11.2020: Minneapolis is preparing to disband its police force. How will and your wife, with kids at school, handle the effects of an EMP when no one is enforcing the law? If you thought the looting and rioting was bad after George Floyd, wait until there aren’t any police at all. An EMP attack would make America’s COVID-19 disruption, job losses, sickness, and deaths look pleasing by comparison. COVID-19 is but a minor-league warm-up to the pain and disruption that would befall America after an EMP attack. Think your family is prepared for the lights going out? Good luck in Heaven!

UPDATE: 6.1.2020: Among the many short-circuits I uncovered in my own Key West preparation this year was what a big percentage of batteries are no good, even fresh in the pack. My new rule is to take a flashlight to the store on battery replenishing day and try a battery from each to-be-purchased pack in my light BEFORE I LEAVE THE STORE. Preparation adds up to a whole annoying series of little things that all must be in order.

UPDATE 3.2.20: Right now the world is being infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus at an unknown rate. People in China, Italy, South Korea, Japan, and even America are panicking. Many of them are underprepared for any type of disaster, including a pandemic. It is a good time, without panicking, to consider your long-term survival preparations and to make adjustments as necessary. 

UPDATE 8.1.18: I originally posted this on January 23, 2015. Since then, Hurricane Irma hit the Florida Keys with brutal winds and rains, and Houston was nearly drowned by Hurricane Harvey. Puerto Rico has been sent back to the stone age by Hurricane Maria. If you’re living in areas prone to natural disaster, and especially isolated spots like islands, this sort of preparation is an absolute must. 

One second your family home has power. The next second—click—the power is out and could stay out for days, weeks or longer. Sound impossible? Not at all. How do you rate the worldwide radical Muslim security risk today? I research and write about risk weekly and today rate our risk at maximum. The media plays down the risk because 99% of Americans are completely unprepared for an extended power outage. I have written for years about the savage effects of a terrorist-led EMP attack. If EMP is a subject that is foreign to you, you need to read the material I have provided for you on this site.

Losing power is no joke and quite possibly life-threatening. A few days ago the juice clicked off here in Key West. This time our battery-backed solar had to keep Debbie and me up and running for only a half hour or so (past outages have been longer). Key West is a tropical island 150 miles from Miami and only 90 miles from Cuba. so it makes sense to be prepared at all times. And yes, I may be much more paranoid than you. Most people, however, have a vested interest in a lack of paranoia theme as they have done squat about emergency preparation. Hunkered down in a 50th floor co-op in Manhattan (what mind-blowing vulnerability), sequestered in a manicured suburban enclave, or simply mindlessly isolated in some impossible to defend (24/7) rural setting, the results would be the same. No water for six days, and the whole crowd will not have to worry about anything ever again.

Picture this. Your spouse is beavering away on Wall Street in some high-rise glass office building when your phone clicks off, the giant Sub Zero refrigerator and wine cooler crank down along with all the lights and air conditioning. The Suburban sits in the driveway with the gas gauge probably near zero because you have been too lazy to keep the beast filled. And the kids? All at school. Just great! What’s your move now?

Your goose is cooked. You had better drop to your knees and pray that the juice is out because some neighbor has lost attention and driven into a power pole. Any extended outage and you are an ill-prepared sitting duck.

Our recent power outage put us into game-day mode and Debbie and I hit our local ACE hardware store (Strunk’s) on a mission. We had become too lax, but now our preparation list is up to speed. Our satellite phone is on full charge. Our giant rain barrels are tested and full.  Our CC Solar Observer AM/FM weather solar emergency radio, Bearcat portable scanner, and the solar powered Powermonkey (charge your iPad, smartphone, and GPS) are good to go.

Next up was an emergency drill with our five shot (with integrated red dot laser) Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 38 revolvers. Doesn’t a 9mm or a 45 Caliber handgun offer more fire and stopping power? Of course. That is why the military and local law enforcement team choose such weapons. Debbie and I are well-educated, self- defense-oriented homeowners in a tight setting. We are not day in and day out gun professionals. As such, we both prefer the simplicity of a no-safety, non-jamming revolver over a semi-automatic handgun.

Finally, check on our Lifestraw. Lifestraw is perfect for creating potable water.

Now you have a little KISS emergency prep guide that could help your family ride out a threatening situation caused by an extended electrical outage. I have just scratched the surface for you here and have not even touched upon rifles, ammo, food supplies etc. You can find all you need here at richardcyoung.com. After you have met the basic requirements I have provided, click to my posts on Navy Seals survival packs (Debbie and I carry two packs on the road), head to your grocery store for a small mountain of 24 packs of bottled water, gas up the beast, top off your supply of toilet paper and village Burgundy, and give a call to your local NRA outpost. Sign up your whole family for NRA’s great handgun safety course. Debbie and I are Florida Concealed Weapons License holders and the NRA course was a worthy prerequisite.

My best luck to you and your now enlightened and prepared suburban family. And oh yes, the ATMs, your local pharmacy (prescriptions) along with your gas station will likely be among the first casualties of a terrorist electric grid attack.

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