Some Thoughts on SHTF basics
I think a CME or EMP is inevitable, perhaps in the next 20-50 yrs. as Moose stated, we are overdue for a Carrington Event. Then there is the huge effect:cost ratio of an EMP strike that has to make it very tempting for a enemy/rogue nation and terrorist alliance sooner or later. Lots of debate on coverage area and actual effect on various electronics, but I think it prudent not to depend on any one scenario or prep. For sights, mine is PRO for AR and tritium for handguns, then glass, then irons. I can see the sense of an ACOG style optic from this perspective, I hadn’t really thought of it like that before.
As far as batteries go I store several years worth of CR2033 and 2016, buying a dozen every year as in bulk they are fairly cheap. For lights I have dozens of AA Eneloops (plus a couple of dozen alkaline) and a couple of dozen Orbtronic 18650 for headlamps and handhelds.
Last edited by NWPilgrim; 09-11-18 at 17:48.
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! ... Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" - Patrick Henry in an address at St. John’s Church, Richmond, Virginia, on March 23, 1775.
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