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Subject Communicating after EMP attack, Solar Flare/Storm, Magnetic Pole Shift

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Most of us know what we might need, but I was curious if many of us thought about communicating to family or friends.  Like having a plan.  For example, if this scenario does come round, it might be much better to try and get to my brother's house than attempting to stay at my own.  And if plans were made ahead of time, well... the situation could be much more successful than guessing who in your inner circle is going to do what.

Hola SS.

[b]I'm going to be putting a few items into my rather nifty farraday cage. Including several sets of two way radios with 5ish mile radius. I have a generator and bunches of gas (ok...not bunches, but quite a bit). The generator has a farraday cage around it, too. The generator isn't much, but it will power a few luxury items until the gas is gone. Mostly the generator is for refrigeration and water pump operation. I'm on a deep well and haven't quite figured out how to keep that working AFTER the EMP. ugh. [/b]

I'm researching other power schemes, but honestly...nothing seems to be worth the time or money involved. I got a tight budget.

I have "organized" a "compound" of sorts with a few local peeps with varying skill sets. They know that if anything happens to get to ma hizzle asap, and bring the agreed upon resources. I have 6+ clean acres and the neighbor (rusty) and his family got 6+ clean acres. Tree lined with Pecan trees across the road and forest behind us.

The paper and pencil idea works, but assumes that various people will have access to wherever the notes are placed. Communication and transportation are HUGE in trying to create a "community". We use what we got, and the paper/pencil idea seems to be what we got.

As an aside, we noticed in Katrina that various military and health organizations used spray paint on doors...and sharpie on body parts. Not an ideal solution.

Hola Nevynshyne...Good idea.  And, if you had access to a running generator for the first few months while making the transition...that would fucking be nice beyond belief, even if yuo eventually run out of fuel.  It is the initial transition stages that are going to be the bitch, and anything that makes that simpler or more comfortable is going to be valuable.
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i would suggest getting a hand pump with extra long lengths of hose to pump gas from abandoned vehicles and gas stations.
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Original Message So, has anyone made plans in case electronic communications are lost? I was just thinking of the difficulty of reaching family and friends in the case of an EMP attack, solar flare/storm knocking out satellites, magnetic pole shift, etc.

Some of my family only live 1 hour away, but contacting them would be extremely difficult without a car to travel, and phones not working.

I highly suggest using a pen/pencil and pad of paper...everytime you leave the house, make a note of the day and time of day you left and are expected back and where you went.

If you decide to leave your house to move in with other friends or family, make sure you leave a note with all the information, so it other friends or family know where you went and do not wait around your house wondering if you ever get back.

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