Fear! A! Blackout! Coming Soon, to Your Neighbourhood, 'Experts™' Declare
Consequences incl. '10 Days w/o Supermarkets', and it takes 'a mere 4 days before a big city descends into utter chaos'
Oh, dear readers, if you’re still worried about ‘Disease X’ or many other of the WEF International’s wet dreams, you should, for these nightmares incl. blackouts.
Today, here’s something what you’re going to see ‘within five years’, according to one of these ‘experts™’ (whom the papers hilariously label ‘blackout pope’, for czars are apparently out of favour again).
Translation, emphases, and bottom lines mine.
Blackout! ‘And then suddenly all alarms went off’
There was a 30-hour power blackout in the Mur Valley in December. Alarm system owners were in for a surprise during and after the blackout.
By Joachim Lielacher, Heute.at, 21 Jan. 2024 [source]
The last major power outage in the Mur Valley [Styria] showed what a blackout can do. In December, there was a widespread power outage in the Mur Valley that lasted around 30 hours. A field report from an alarm system provider now shows that many alarm systems had broken batteries that had to be replaced after the blackout.
‘Emergency power vs. Reality’
This is particularly alarming as alarm systems must have an emergency power supply of twelve hours for private individuals and 60 hours in the commercial sector. ‘But reality doesn't always keep to this’, blackout expert Herbert Saurugg adds, who is also President of the Society for Crisis Preparedness.
The big surprise came when the power came back on. Because many alarm systems now reported a battery fault and could no longer be activated.
Blackout Expert Herbert Saurugg
‘If the power goes down, alarm systems signal this with an unpleasant beeping or whistling, which also drains the backup batteries. The partial failure of the mobile phone networks resulted in further fault messages, as alarm forwarding was no longer possible. Some alarm system owners were surprised by this and couldn't do anything with it, which shouldn't be the case’, says Herbert Saurugg [engaging in the understatement of last Christmas].
The long power outage led to a deep discharge of the batteries and further fault messages. ‘That's particularly unfavourable on a weekend like the one in the Mur Valley. But the big surprise happened when the power came back on. Many alarm systems now reported a battery fault and could no longer be activated’, the crisis prevention expert continues [does this issue also bedevil other ‘systems’?].
In this case, the alarm system company had enough spare batteries in stock to quickly rectify all the failures. But, warns blackout expert Herbert Saurugg, in the event of a really widespread failure, this becomes a huge problem because the spare parts will probably not be sufficient everywhere and, secondly, due to problems occurring simultaneity, an enormous amount of manpower is required to get everything up and running again. It has also been established that the prescribed [expected] restoration timeframes are often not achieved in practice.
‘Alarm system operators should read their insurance contracts carefully, as such failures can lead to the exclusion of insurance benefits’, advises Saurugg.
Expert Urges People to Get Prepared
Blackout expert Herbert Saurugg sees this as further confirmation that there will be massive restart difficulties after a real nationwide power outage [imagine, if you will, if these outages are ‘international’, which could quickly happen in Europe, and all things will get ‘better’, right? Right!] and once again urges people to take precautions. Because even if alarm systems are not necessarily essential for survival now, an autonomous emergency supply of food and medicines for at least 14 days definitely is. These individual examples only show the potential for problems that lie dormant in many areas and are underestimated.
A few years ago, that same ‘expert’—actually an officer with the Austrian Army (I know…)—was in the same paper spreading the same information, although back then, in 2022, no less, even these fearmongers were a bit more open about the reasons:
Expert: ‘Major Blackout Sure to Happen Soon’
By Joachim Lielacher, Heute.at, 21 April 2022 [source]
He is Austria's leading blackout expert and is shaking us all awake: ‘A blackout is definitely coming. That means no supermarket for 10 days.’
Herbert Saurugg knows what to do in the event of a blackout.
Major Herbert Saurugg (48) is a blackout and crisis preparedness expert and therefore the go-to specialist in Austria. A blackout could happen at any time, and the risk increases with every year. ‘A blackout will definitely happen soon, it could be this year or in five years' time—but unfortunately it will happen’, says the Styrian-born expert. Just yesterday, hundreds of households in Salzburg were without electricity.
Renewable Energy Cannot be Stored
The reasons are obvious: the constantly growing demand for electricity, the lack of storage facilities for renewable energy, ageing infrastructure, a lack of specialised personnel, cyber attacks, sabotage, and extreme weather conditions [what’s your choice?]. ‘You can't prevent it, you can only prepare for it’, says the expert, who was active in the armed forces until 2012 and has only dealt with the topic of blackouts since then.
The major (he will retire from the army at the end of the year) outlines: ‘In Austria, I expect a blackout to last around 24 hours. Across Europe, it could even last up to a week.’ [That would depend on how tightly interconnected the various national grids are, isn’t it? I mean, a blackout in one country could kick of a cascade of power outages elsewhere…] That means no electricity, no water, no gas, no production, no services, no logistics—everything comes to a standstill [Greens and their ilk will probably celebrate this as a big win for ‘da climate™’].
If we have a one-day blackout, it takes days, even over a week, to restart everything. You have to imagine: over 8 million people suddenly have nothing to eat, no water, no mobile phone network, no internet. Supermarkets will certainly be closed for a week or more. Because it takes a few days for all systems to be fully up and running again [remember: crisis management will be carried out by the same people who brought you the ‘Pandemic™’ measures]
Using the supermarket as an example, Saurugg explains: ‘Grocery stores would certainly be closed for a week, if not longer—and that's with a power outage lasting 24 hours. Because: the logistics are interrupted, the electronics chain. Staff themselves are in an extreme situation. How is a supermarket employee supposed to get to work without public transport or fuel?’
Cities Descend into Chaos
According to Saurugg, the most important thing is cohesion within the family and especially in one’s neighbourhood [but…isn’t that a ‘social construct’, ‘deplorable’, and the like?]. ‘Of course, it's easier in the countryside than in cities.’ [It always was, in this sense, historically speaking.] In cities, the first riots and looting are to be feared after one or two days. ‘After four days, a large city could sink into complete chaos’, says the 48-year-old outlining a gloomy scenario.
‘I keep hearing, why should I hoard pasta if I can't cook it anyway’, says the expert. ‘After the blackout, the power will be back on, but the shops will be closed.’ In the event of a blackout, even gas-powered water heaters and ovens will not work, or hardly work at all, mainly ‘because many of [these gas ovens] are already run electrically’. [talk about ‘solutions’ causing problems further down the line].
What You Should Have at Home
According to Saurugg, you can only prepare sensibly: A 6-pack of water per person, pasta, rice, canned food, a first aid kit, medication (insulin, heart tablets, antihypertensives, antihistamines, etc.), essential hygiene items [toilet paper!], torch, a [battery-powered] radio or crank radio, batteries, camping cooker and gas cartridges, and a headlamp, as well as baby items, if needed. The Styrian, who lives in Vienna, advises against candles: ‘Because of the risk of fire. You can't make an emergency call, the fire brigade arrives later and there is hardly any water available.’
Herbert Saurugg also notes: ‘Don't throw away expired bottled water or pasta—they can often be enjoyed for years. You don't need to worry about canned food either—unless the can starts to swell, then you should throw it away immediately.’
Boomerang Emergency Power Generator
The expert doesn't think much of emergency generators in private households either: ‘Many people don't know how to use them. The fuel should be stored correctly, has a limited shelf life and there is a risk of fire again.’ What's more: ‘If I'm the only one with a light on in the street, there's a good chance I'll get an unwanted visit’, explains Saurugg.
The family man emphasises: ‘Good communication with the neighbourhood is extremely important. What I don't have, my neighbour has and vice versa.’ Cash in small notes and coins is also an advantage. Having alcohol in moderation is also not a bad idea: ‘To keep people happy and possibly as a means of exchange.’
Garbage Bags and Cat Litter Boxes as Toilet
Very important and often forgotten: keep enough garbage bags and cat litter. ‘On the one hand, frozen items are garbage after a day and have to be disposed of. On the other hand, you still have to go to the toilet, and garbage bags are best for this and cat litter binds the excrements’, explains the crisis expert.
Also often underestimated is fuel: ‘That's why the car should always have at least half a full tank of petrol. In a blackout, there will be no petrol or diesel for days’, explains Saurugg.
Many Austrians have bought guns in recent years. ‘Of course I can understand that. But it's not a solution. And you always have to bear in mind that the other person could also have a weapon and be more battle-hardened, i.e. use the weapon faster’, says the expert.
Torches, adhesive tape, candles, gas cookers, fuel paste, etc.
Toiletries, 1000g pasta, 18l water, 500g corn grain, etc.
1000g sauerkraut, 600g corn, 600g peas, 800g dried bread, etc.
Medication, first aid equipment, games, sleeping bag, batteries, etc.
The risk of a blackout has increased enormously in the last 20 years. ‘And it continues to increase every year because we are simply consuming more and more electricity and everything is digital’, says Saurugg. Incidentally, nobody in Austria is really responsible in the event of a blackout: ‘Yes, there is a civil defence association and disaster response teams. But there isn't a proper department, or it's still in its infancy. There aren't even a handful of experts in Austria’, says Saurugg [I suppose this isn’t different in other countries; also, think about the WHO-declared, so-called ‘Pandemic™’, the governments’ ‘crisis management’, and all the ‘experts™’].
Army not Responsible
The army can only be relied on to a limited extent in an emergency, as it is not really responsible [careful, these are two different arguments]. Army spokesman Michael Bauer responded to a query: ‘In such an event, we only protect our own systems. So that the army functions in the same way in the event of a blackout as it would without a blackout. Of course, we support first responders with all our strength in such a case.’ According to Bauer, there are simply hardly any experts who are familiar with the topic. ‘Major Saurugg, he's a real blackout pope’, says Michael Bauer about the 48-year-old family man.
A study commissioned by the Nationalrat [Austria’s parliament] shows that we are lagging behind in terms of blackout preparedness. The Austrian Armed Forces have also recently stepped up their preparations for a blackout. Major General Peter Skorsch, from the ‘Blackout’ project group at the Ministry of the Interior, also gave Heute some valuable tips for the worst-case scenario.
About Herbert Saurugg: The international blackout and crisis preparedness expert gives lectures for districts, federal states, municipalities, hospitals, companies and the Austrian Court of Audit, is a family man and was born in Styria. He currently lives in Vienna.
Bottom Lines
Check your supplies etc., for these people have been telling us for years. Literally.
Among other things, incl. ‘Disease X’, a power outage is a bigger problem, esp. for city-dwellers.
If you have kids at home, throw in some ‘offline’ activities, such as board games and the like.
Other than that, there’s little to add to Major Saurugg’s explanations, with perhaps the following notion being among them:
‘Pandemics’ of ‘super pathogens’ don’t exist under modern sanitary conditions. Even the deadliest viruses, such as Marburg or Ebola, don’t spread very widely due to high mortality rates. Don’t fear them.
If anything, the above pieces may even be ‘predictive programming’.
Even the most cursory look at ‘public health interventions’ shows, clearly, that the biggest problems are diseases and dirt, in particular associated with waste disposal, personal hygiene, and indoor plumbing.
In a blackout situation, keep in mind that a lot of things will get prioritised that aren’t garbage disposal and the like. If you live in a city or, really, anywhere, getting in touch with your neighbours about garbage disposal should be your number one concern. It doesn’t matter to be prepared if your neighbour upstream dumps his garbage in the creek…
Act accordingly.
Interestingly, they recommend having cash on hand. What happens when they outlaw cash? Whatever practical and useful information they are peddling, this is primarily a part of predictive programming. They must normalize in people’s minds less energy, less food, less travel, more deaths, more misery. We must live on the edge of disasters in constant fear because they know we can’t then think about anything else.
Their task is challenging; they must retain power while managing immiseration a major culling of the human population. They have goals, strategy and tactics to achieve those goals. Population must remain distracted, docile, unable to react to the crimes committed against them. So far, they are succeeding.
It's disconcerting to see that the stupidity is continent-sized. That officer sounds like our equivalents. That includes the less-than-helpful advice, though he's not yet at swedish MSB-levels of ridiculous.
In one of their advisory online pamphlets, they suggest people living in apartments experiencing lengthy black-outs should construct make-shift huts of blankets and covers and sheets.
On the floor.
So, not on the bed or the sofa or any instruction to make a soft pile of something capable of reflecting/retaining body heat.
They also suggest using tea candles to heat up the hut from inside, to have a couple of kilos of rice and pasta at home, and so on - supplies that at best lasts two-three days, if that. And MSB has repeatedly thrown hissy-fits when actual military personnel with real training; MSB is very much a diversity hire-project and the real intent behind it is to say to the public "There's no cause for panic - everything is just fine", because if MSB doesn't say there's a crisis, then there's no crisis... So MSB is staffed by middle-aged women without any of the training, knowledge, experience or humility required.
Also, their advice for people in the countryside amounts to "Well, you guys are already well-prepared since you're so used to power outages, water failure, ER-services and hispitals being hours away, so we don't need to consider you". F*ck you, too, MSB.
I've heard people in all seriousness talk about which bridges leading towards the major cities should be blocked to stop people from flooding the countryside in a real crisis.