If you can’t buy groceries or medicines, what will you do?
The U.S. government states on ready.gov: “After an emergency, you may need to survive on your own for several days. Being prepared means having your own food, water and other supplies to last for several days. A disaster supplies kit is a collection of basic items your household may need in the event of an emergency.” The assumption is that government help will arrive quickly.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon’s FORTRESS initiative, unveiled Sep 30, calls for major military installations to sustain operations independently for at least 90 days, without relying on civilian power grids, water supplies, fuel deliveries, or vulnerable supply chains.
“Governments across Europe and Asia are increasingly encouraging citizens to maintain emergency supplies, including food, drinking water, medication, batteries, cash, and hygiene essentials” for “several days” or “at least one week.”
I really don’t like making posts like this one, but, something appears to be happening with emergency preparedness messaging around the world, and I think it’s worth paying attention to. Governments across Europe and Asia are increasingly encouraging citizens to maintain emergency supplies, including food, drinking water, medication, batteries, cash, and hygiene essentials. The UK launched a new nationwide preparedness campaign on October 22. Norway began its annual Emergency Preparedness Week on October 26. Japan is preparing to issue a nationwide emergency request on November 2, encouraging households to maintain at least three days, preferably a week, of essential supplies. Similar guidance has been issued or updated in Germany, France, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland, Taiwan, the Baltic states, and elsewhere. Meanwhile, here in the United States, the Pentagon’s FORTRESS initiative reportedly calls for major military installations to sustain operations independently for at least 90 days, without relying on civilian power grids, water supplies, fuel deliveries, or vulnerable supply chains. Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has also urged Americans to take 30-day emergency preparedness seriously. Now, these announcements aren’t all new, nor do they necessarily share the same underlying motivation. Some address natural disasters, while others explicitly consider cyberattacks, geopolitical instability, and the possibility of prolonged infrastructure disruptions. There is currently no established evidence that these governments are warning of a specific imminent event. Still, taken together, they illustrate a broader shift toward civilian self-sufficiency and national resilience. What interests me is the increasingly prominent discussion of scenarios in which electricity, communications, transportation, water, and ordinary supply chains become temporarily unavailable. We’re talking about systems that modern civilization depends on functioning almost continuously. Perhaps we’re simply seeing governments finally taking long-recognized vulnerabilities more seriously. But with so many countries emphasizing preparedness, and the Pentagon pursuing a 90-day military contingency plan, I think it’s reasonable to ask what has changed in their assessments of the risks ahead. I’m not suggesting people should panic. That doesn’t help, ever. Preparedness is sensible regardless of the circumstances. But I am paying attention. #ufox #ufotwitter
— Tom Thompson(ＣＯＲＴＥＸ ＺＥＲＯ) (@Cortex_Zero) October 27, 2026
No specific concerns are cited, but there are many vulnerabilities. Geopolitical instability disrupts supply chains. In addition to physical destruction, there is the threat of cyberattacks on essential services. Hackers using AI can efficiently search for software vulnerabilities.
An escalation in the Iran conflict has repeatedly been threatened. The asymmetry in electricity generation is instructive. While damage to the U.S. centralized grid could cause widespread havoc, Iran is much more resilient because its capacity is widely distributed. Strikes on substations could cause temporary, localized outages, but it is believed that they can be replaced relatively quickly. A coordinated attack on a small number of critical nodes in the U.S. could trigger coast-to-coast blackouts lasting months. Critical components must be imported, and there are already backlogs lasting months to years.
If you have been procrastinating on preparedness, today is the time to start. If you have already collected some supplies, reevaluate them today. If feasible, you might want to invest in a generator.
Additional information:
- An emergency medical kit.
- Nuclear War Survival Skills by Cresson Kearny: invaluable advice for any type of emergency: food, water storage, first aid, expedient shelter
- Radiation detection and monitoring; what to do if a nuclear attack is imminent.
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[ H/T WorldNetDaily ]
