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Emergency Preparedness

Emergency Preparedness: Souhegan and Derry CERT

Posted on March 14, 2020July 13, 2021 by Michael Mabee

Emergency Preparedness for Disasters, Power Outages or the Zombie Apocalypse. Presented by the Souhegan and Derry Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT). Power Outages, Pandemics – What Do You Need To Know? Is your family prepared for a power outage lasting for weeks, months or longer? It is not a matter of “if” – it is…

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Greg Allison

Greg Allison and Michael Mabee Talk Grid Security On YouTube

Posted on February 12, 2020February 23, 2020 by Michael Mabee

Greg Allison and Michael Mabee discuss the threats and what YOU can do My great friend and Secure The Grid Coalition colleague Greg Allison had me as a guest on his Green Gregs YouTube Channel. Find out what you can do to TAKE ACTION Find out about the Physical Security Complaint to FERC  

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Grid Security Mike Mabee Interview with Frank Gaffney

Frank Gaffney interviews Michael Mabee on the electric grid

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Michael Mabee

  Secure Freedom Radio – with Frank Gaffney Frank Gaffney interviews Michael Mabee, Author of The Civil Defense Book: Emergency Preparedness for a Rural or Suburban Community. Topics include: The vulnerability of the U.S. electric grid Dissecting recent blackouts in California Why can’t we seem to get a grip on our electric grid The lost art…

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transperency

The Role of Transparency in Preventing Regulatory Failures

Posted on October 26, 2019November 17, 2019 by Michael Mabee

Click HERE for .PDF Copy Comments on the role of transparency in preventing regulatory failures Submitted to FERC on October 25, 2019  Introduction I am a private citizen who conducts public interest research on the security of the electric grid because I recognize the absolutely vital role of this infrastructure in powering every one of…

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Prepper Chicks After Dark

Prepper Chicks After Dark – Annie and Mike on the electric grid!

Posted on August 13, 2019October 4, 2019 by Michael Mabee

Prepper Chicks After Dark with host Annie Berdel and guest Michael Mabee! Annie Berdel is the author of several books and the leader of the popular “Prepper Chicks” brand on social media: Prepper Chicks Prepper Chicks Tactical Prepper Chicks Blue Annie Berdel’s Books: Alpha Farm: The Beginning Facing Your Demons Michael Mabee’s Book: The Civil…

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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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Emergency Preparedness

A Sea Change in 2018 for Emergency Preparedness

Posted on December 26, 2017February 22, 2018 by Michael Mabee

“While each year the hurricane season comes to an end on November 30, the lessons from the response and recovery operations that we are performing this year, under incredibly difficult circumstances, will transform the field of emergency management forever.” – FEMA Administrator Brock Long, November 30, 2017. Building a culture of emergency preparedness is now…

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GridEx

GridEx: Is This Exercise Enough to Protect Critical Infrastructures?

Posted on November 18, 2017February 18, 2018 by Michael Mabee

GridEx bottom line upfront GridEx is a biennial exercise run by North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). The latest iteration, GridEx IV, was held on November 15-16, 2017. Most Americans have never heard of GridEx and didn’t even know it was taking place. If fact, most people don’t really have a clear understanding of what…

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Civil Defense Book Background

What is Civil Defense and why don’t we have it?

Posted on November 16, 2017November 16, 2017 by Michael Mabee

Civil defense gradually morphed into emergency management. There are several good documents that give us the history of civil defense in the United States. Here is one from FEMA and here is an interesting manual (FEMA 107) from 1986. (Thank you to the Civil Defense Museum for making this available to us!) It can be hard to parse…

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Blake Sobczak on Energy Grid Security

Posted on July 16, 2017January 20, 2018 by Michael Mabee

C-SPAN JULY 16, 2017. 27 minutes. Blake Sobczak on Energy Grid Security. Blake Sobczak of E and E News talked about U.S. energy grid security and recent cyber hacks to systems, including nuclear power plants.  John McArdle, Host C-SPAN Blake Sobczak, Reporter E and E News

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  • COVERUP UPDATE: CIP Violation Database and FOIA Lawsuit
  • Q: How Did We Become So Vulnerable?
  • Rate Recovery: How Electric Customers Fund Industry Lobbying
  • Energy Sector Supply Chain Review – U.S. Department of Energy
  • Criminally Negligent Homicide in February 2021 Texas Blackout Deaths?
  • Chinese Transformer Threat Now Confirmed by Two Administrations
  • Secretary of Energy Advisory Board: Comments of Michael Mabee
  • Electricity Advisory Committee: Comments of Michael Mabee
  • How the electric utility industry torpedoed grid security
  • Chinese Transformer Complaint Filed with U.S. Government
  • U.S. Electric Grid Imports More Chinese Transformers in 2020 and 2021
  • Recent Grid Threats: Frank Gaffney and Michael Mabee Break It Down
  • Secret Penalties: The Electric Grid Is Making You Pay Their Fines
  • Government Misses the Boat on Grid Security – Again
  • Critical Electric Infrastructure – The Government Must Step Up
  • FERC Dismisses Texas Grid Collapse Complaint
  • FERC Office of Public Participation: End the Electric Industry Coverup
  • Testimony of Michael Mabee on SB 1606 – All Hazards Grid Security
  • Federal Complaint Filed on Texas Grid Collapse
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  • Texas Blackout: The Unacceptable Outcome of a Foreseeable Event
  • Chinese Transformers in the Electric Grid: Lights Out For NYC?
  • Message to Governor Jennifer Granholm and the Department of Energy
  • Chinese Transformers in the Electric Grid
  • The U.S. Has 300 Chinese Large Power Transformers
  • Senator Murkowski Questions Cybersecurity Order Suspension
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