I recently did some investigating on the data of the U.S. Energy Information Administration and made a list of the most and least reliable power grids.

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The three states with the least reliable power grids in 2021 were Louisiana, Oregon, and Texas (measured in average minutes of power outages per user).

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You can find the complete list right here:

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https://generatordecision.com/states-with-the-most-least-reliable-power-grids/

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Of course, the data is not perfect in every way.

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However, since many people enjoyed the article, I thought I'd quickly share this right here anyway.

I've been collapse aware for a while, just didn't realize that's what it was. It started with a Permaculture Design course I took in 2016. The first week is about peak oil and the fatal flaws of industrial agriculture. Since I'm new to this group, how much does permaculture enter the conversation for preparation and resilience in collapse? It's the only practical solution I really see, and would love to spread the principles it carries throughout this group if it hasn't already: care for the earth, care for the people, care for the future, using the realities of how biology and ecology function.

Did you do anything to prepare for collapse this week? It can be anything from reading an interesting article to installing a greywater recycling system in your house. No project is too big or too small.

This thread is here to inspire others to take actions they may not have otherwise thought about doing.

If you’re interested in leaving observations of collapse in your area then I encourage you to head over to r/collapse where they have a weekly thread for this very thing.

Really excited that my store made its first sale today. Fireandrainsurvival.com

I hired a British woman to design my store. I wondered what she was not getting. Now I looked it up. It's a north American thing

Hey y'all. Been feeling pretty bummed and doing the things I need to do has been a slog lately. So I thought I'd cheer myself up and maybe you by opening up a discussion about food variety in preps, food as a morale booster, and whatever else brings you joy when it comes to planning for food.

My number one greatest joy is gardening and gathering. It makes me feel good to do it, and cooking with something I grew or gathered gives me all the good feels. I grow lots of veggies and herbs, beans, potatoes, a few pseudo grains, and seeds to sprout. I am learning to grow dent corn (for masa) and sunflowers (for fat). I gather greens, herbs, flowers, fruits/berries, roots, and mushrooms.

In addition to what I primarily store for longer term use (rice, grains, beans/legumes), gardening and gathering will give me a lot of variety.

My deep pantry also includes lots of interesting food, so we eat well and have lots of variety in the medium term. Noodles and rice paper, instant ramen in fun varieties (I know it's junk food but it is a nice treat), nice canned fish, cool preserves like makdous and ajvar, giardiniera and fancy olives, babaganoush and tahini-hummus, a wide variety of vegetables and fruits - anything I can find, really. I store dry tofu skin and several varieties of seaweed and dried mushrooms. Herbs , spices and seasonings for everything from hot pot to Mexican hot chocolate.

Jasmine, Basmati, long grain, and arborio rice along with a small amount of brown. We always have some packets of "micro curry" on hand, some Alfredo sauce, tons of pasta, TVP, and some canned meat items like pates and corned beef hash.

We also keep some good chocolate, coffee, and the ingredients for a multitude of baked goods.

This is not to mention the main freezer and chest freezer full of goodies.

I'm learning to preserve more food using traditional methods and finding it really enjoyable. Especially fermentation, to make things like hot sauce and kimchi. It increases the variety of foods we can eat at basically no extra cost, and it prepares me to be a bit more self sustaining if needed.

This has been a bit of a ramble, so apologies, but what food prep happiness do you care to share? Any "special" foods you store just because you love them? Any cool food preservation techniques you really love the result of?

Let's hear what's making you happy in regards to food prep lately. :)

Did you do anything to prepare for collapse this week? It can be anything from reading an interesting article to installing a greywater recycling system in your house. No project is too big or too small.

This thread is here to inspire others to take actions they may not have otherwise thought about doing.

If you’re interested in leaving observations of collapse in your area then I encourage you to head over to r/collapse where they have a weekly thread for this very thing.

What would you do:

A distant relative has died and left you around $100k USD (or equivalent if you are outside the US). You decide you are going to use this money to best prepare for the coming climate collapse. What do you do with it?

Did you do anything to prepare for collapse this week? It can be anything from reading an interesting article to installing a greywater recycling system in your house. No project is too big or too small.

This thread is here to inspire others to take actions they may not have otherwise thought about doing.

If you’re interested in leaving observations of collapse in your area then I encourage you to head over to r/collapse where they have a weekly thread for this very thing.

I thought it might be nice to have a list of Christmas gift ideas for those who are preparing for the collapse.

Feel free to add things you want for Christmas, things you have that you would recommend to other people, or anything else that comes to mind.

Did you do anything to prepare for collapse this week? It can be anything from reading an interesting article to installing a greywater recycling system in your house. No project is too big or too small.

This thread is here to inspire others to take actions they may not have otherwise thought about doing.

If you’re interested in leaving observations of collapse in your area then I encourage you to head over to r/collapse where they have a weekly thread for this very thing.

I'm inviting people to come visit what I intend to become a one-stop shop for any emergency: hurricanes, power outages, tornadoes, sharknados, excessive heat exposure... I can't possibly imagine what is in store but at my store, I've done flashlights and first aid. It's in health and beauty. I lost my architect and this won't be my grand opening. I still have so much to learn. Of course, if you see something that is useful to you, I'm offering a 30% discount to thank you. Feedback encouraged,

Melissa www.fireandrainsurvival.com

I've accepted things and have dealt. The preference to avoid fear is hope. And why not?

Did you do anything to prepare for collapse this week? It can be anything from reading an interesting article to installing a greywater recycling system in your house. No project is too big or too small.

This thread is here to inspire others to take actions they may not have otherwise thought about doing.

If you’re interested in leaving observations of collapse in your area then I encourage you to head over to r/collapse where they have a weekly thread for this very thing.

Did you do anything to prepare for collapse this week? It can be anything from reading an interesting article to installing a greywater recycling system in your house. No project is too big or too small.

This thread is here to inspire others to take actions they may not have otherwise thought about doing.

If you’re interested in leaving observations of collapse in your area then I encourage you to head over to r/collapse where they have a weekly thread for this very thing.

Like u/Vegetaman916 told in his book he used to throw questions at his friends and family -that later became his collapse community- with "what if" scenarios and they brainstormed solutions together.

I think it's a great exercise and would like your help to think about things I have not thought about (I'm nowhere close to consider myself prepped enough to have a chance for the time being, but thinking is free)

Did you do anything to prepare for collapse this week? It can be anything from reading an interesting article to installing a greywater recycling system in your house. No project is too big or too small.

This thread is here to inspire others to take actions they may not have otherwise thought about doing.

If you’re interested in leaving observations of collapse in your area then I encourage you to head over to r/collapse where they have a weekly thread for this very thing.

I live in a country in Europe where people are very atomized and communities are essentially dead if they ever existed (not in my lifetime).

To illustrate the western dysfunction people have their own individual garages, in those garages the same sets of tools despite living maybe ten meters apart from each other. The mere thought of embarassing oneself by asking to borrow one from a neighbor is not entertained. After all, mass produced stuff can be bought and owned from a store nearby.

Family relations are hollow and empty. Divorce rates are through the roof because why should people stay together and contribute to welfare of their children when they're supposed follow their individualistic, narsissistic pursuit of self fulfillment. Public transport is frowned upon, they're packed with other people after all. Thank god for PRIVATE cars. People need their personal space of course, even at bus stops (at least 3 meters) and in busses (these two seats are reserved don't you see my bag).

People find it difficult to spend one night of the year at christmas together with their parents. The socio-political tensions are nearly unbearable. Netflix and chill is an option though, with uber eats. No contact delivery of course. An adult that lives with their parents is a loser. An elderly parent belongs to a retirement home, out of sight out of mind. But hey, care taker robots.

Every I time hear someone suggest community building as prepping advice it makes me wanna throw a good Joaquin Phoenix laughter. In fact it makes me think that the person is probably from a third world country where communities do in fact exist.

How do you build anything in this western civ mental bankruptcy? Community with who? Where? How?

Many of our friends and family members who are in denial about the collapse are addicts. They're addicted to modern life as we know it.

They don't want to talk about it because to talk about it is to acknowledge that there is a problem...and if they did that then they might have to make changes to the lives they're so addicted to.

Ultimately, you can't help an addict who won't admit there's a problem. No amount of science and facts will change their minds. It's something they have to come to in their own time.

The best thing you can do is be a good example of how to live better, without being preachy. Answer any questions they have and don't be afraid to admit that you don't know something or that the science isn't clear yet and more research needs to be done.

Also, unless you're going to prep for everyone you talk to, or form a mutual aid group don't mention that you're prepping. Don't mention that you've got food stored up, or anything else you're doing. Because when things go wrong they will turn up at your door.

Did you do anything to prepare for collapse this week? It can be anything from reading an interesting article to installing a greywater recycling system in your house. No project is too big or too small.

This thread is here to inspire others to take actions they may not have otherwise thought about doing.

If you’re interested in leaving observations of collapse in your area then I encourage you to head over to r/collapse where they have a weekly thread for this very thing.

As the title says - I live in NYC in a studio apartment (unfortunately) . Which means I live in a box. There is little light (one window). There is no backyard but I do live across the street from Prospect Park. Ultimately I don't have a place to garden nor do I have a lot of storage space.

So I was wondering if there is a way to prepare for collapse in such a small space or am I just screwed?

If I could afford a car to move out I would.

Have you ever grown food on someone else’s land, knowing they won’t notice?

I’ve been planting Jerusalem artichokes (aka Sunchokes) along the side of a commercial farm field knowing full well that nobody will know them to be the incredible, self-propagating survival food source that they are — as good if not better than potatoes, and they store in place over winter, even frozen, but look like ordinary wildflowers in the summer to 99.9999% of people, so basically hidden right in plain sight.

As I have been reading through these blogs, I’ve seen the discussions slide into an individualist, bunker thinking. That’s not what being collapse aware is about. You’re not going to be ‘the last man’ valiantly holding out. You’re not going to be the postman either. You’re not going to find a perfect refuge someplace that others will not also discover. There’s no shangrila . I take Buddha’s enlightenment to heart: it is what it is’. We can only survive within the world that exists in the communities we make.

Capitalism has destroyed communities and created economies the road through collapse leads in the opposite direction. Anyone, any theory or any practice that supports that shift, will build the tools for survival and recovery in difficult times.

Here, take a look at what Jem Bendell of ‘deep adaptation’ has to say.

https://jembendell.com/2023/10/07/the-benefits-of-collapse-acceptance-part-2-the-doomster-way/

Did you do anything to prepare for collapse this week? It can be anything from reading an interesting article to installing a greywater recycling system in your house. No project is too big or too small.

This thread is here to inspire others to take actions they may not have otherwise thought about doing.

If you’re interested in leaving observations of collapse in your area then I encourage you to head over to r/collapse where they have a weekly thread for this very thing.

Did you do anything to prepare for collapse this week? It can be anything from reading an interesting article to installing a greywater recycling system in your house. No project is too big or too small.

This thread is here to inspire others to take actions they may not have otherwise thought about doing.

If you’re interested in leaving observations of collapse in your area then I encourage you to head over to r/collapse where they have a weekly thread for this very thing.

Did you do anything to prepare for collapse this week? It can be anything from reading an interesting article to installing a greywater recycling system in your house. No project is too big or too small.

This thread is here to inspire others to take actions they may not have otherwise thought about doing.

If you’re interested in leaving observations of collapse in your area then I encourage you to head over to r/collapse where they have a weekly thread for this very thing.

I’ve been thinking through a thought experiment trying to better understand what the linchpin key technologies are for our current level of advanced civilization and I thought I’d share it to see if I could gleam any interesting ideas from the good people of this Sub.

Imagine the world was going to enter into a long dark period of economic collapse and world war. During this period you’re expecting much of the key manufacturing is going to either be shutdown to bare essentials, converted to the war effort, or unable to be distributed due to impacts on the shipping infrastructure.

Now imagine you’re heading program in a mid-large relief ngo or state/small government agency and have been tasked with securing supplies, equipment, devices, and components to do global relief work. (Not just set up a bunker or homestead). You’re agency has some ability to transport equipment, but nothing too huge (think retired military cargo planes)

What are the key things to stock up on in order to both insure your agency can still operate AND help with situations around the world) ?