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The Cavalry Is Not Coming

The cavalry is not coming

Posted on November 6, 2019November 16, 2019 by Michael Mabee

The cavalry is not coming On November 6, 2019 Secure The Grid Coalition’s Michael Mabee presented “The cavalry is not coming” to IAEM-USA Region 1 (International Association of Emergency Managers) in a webinar on long-term power outages and how emergency managers can promote individual preparedness. On August 15, 2019 Michael Mabee presented “The cavalry is…

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Vulnerable Donation

Q: How Did We Became So Vulnerable?

Posted on April 10, 2019November 24, 2019 by Michael Mabee

A: We became vulnerable gradually. We realized it suddenly. Papa described it perfectly: “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.“Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” Ernest Hemingway. The Sun Also Rises. (1926) In 1850 – nine years before the Carrington Event and 12 years before the Civil War – the population of the…

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Hawaii false missile alert - building a culture of preparedness

Building a Culture of Preparedness

Posted on March 29, 2019March 29, 2019 by Michael Mabee

Note: Last year, I wrote a letter to FEMA about building a culture of preparedness by bringing back civil defense. This year, I wrote a letter to FEMA… Click Here for a PDF Copy of Letter March 28, 2019 Pete T. Gaynor, Acting Administrator Daniel Kaniewski, PhD, Acting Deputy AdministratorFederal Emergency Management Agency500 C Street…

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Guide to Developing a Community-Based Civil Defense Organization

Guide to Developing a Community-Based Civil Defense Organization – CDVA

Posted on April 28, 2018April 28, 2018 by Michael Mabee

  Guest Post By Civil Defense Virginia Click here for a printable PDF version Guide to developing a community-based Civil Defense organization in your community   Introduction The current emergency management process has not worked very well for Americans over the past few decades. It has completely missed the boat when it comes to including…

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Letter to FEMA on building a culture of preparedness

Posted on March 13, 2018March 8, 2019 by Michael Mabee

Letter to FEMA Administrator Brock Long on building a culture of preparedness [Click Here to read the PDF version of my Letter to Brock Long] March 7, 2018 William B. “Brock” Long, AdministratorFederal Emergency Management Agency500 C Street S.W.Washington, D.C. 20472 Goals:1. Building a culture of preparedness in the United States 2. Bringing back “civil…

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Conservative Chic Chat WSMN 1590 AM

Interview on the Conservative Chic Chat Show WSMN 1590 AM (03/02/2018)

Posted on March 2, 2018May 18, 2018 by Michael Mabee

    Listen to my March 2, 2018 interview on WSMN 1590 AM with Karen Testerman and Lynn Briggs!   Click Here to listen: The Conservative Chic Chat show https://www.chicchattin.com/march-2-2019/  

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EM Weekly

(EM Weekly) Blackout: What We Learn From Electric Grid Failures

Posted on February 19, 2018October 27, 2019 by Michael Mabee

Blackout: What we learn from electric grid failures   What we learn from history is that we do not learn from history   I’ve always loved this quote from Benjamin Disraeli. But it occurs to me that perhaps what is more dangerous than not learning from history, is learning from history. What most Americans have…

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Guide to Developing a Community-Based Civil Defense Organization

What Is Civil Defense? What Is Civil Defense Virginia?

Posted on February 4, 2018February 4, 2018 by Michael Mabee

  Guest Post: By Preston Le Roy Schleinkofer Introduction to Civil Defense and Civil Defense Virginia Ever since the demise of the U.S. Civil Defense Administration in the 1990’s, the community has been largely excluded from the process of emergency management. But since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the increasingly serious threats to…

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Hawaii false missile alert - building a culture of preparedness

What we should take from the Hawaii false missile alert

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Michael Mabee

Hawaii false missile alert: “Nobody knew what to do” CBS News, in its reporting of the Hawaii false missile alert, quoted a Honolulu resident: “Clearly, there is a massive gap between letting people know something’s coming and having something for them to do. Nobody knew what to do.” Well said. Besides the fact that there…

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Civil Defense

All Roads Lead to Civil Defense

Posted on January 7, 2018February 22, 2018 by Michael Mabee

All Roads Lead to Civil Defense: Survival is a local Issue. Civil defense is the organizing and training of civilians to play key roles in a community’s survival. Another term for this, coined by Civil Defense Virginia, is “continuity of community.” The concept is simple: A community’s citizens, in partnership with their emergency management and…

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Afghanistan war metrics were manipulated to highlight battlefield success, according to bombshell WaPo report

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Sopko told the Washington Post that the documents it obtained showed “the American people have constantly been lied to” about the state and progress of the conflict.
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U.S. officials constantly said they were making progress. They were not, and they knew it.

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U.S. officials misled public about Afghan war, confidential documents reveal — The Washington Post

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U.S. officials constantly said they were making progress. They weren’t, and they knew it.
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