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Special Public Service Announcement – Free Crypto Webinar In this brief Public Service Announcement, I’m sharing an exciting opportunity for you to join my upcoming free live webinar, “The Case for Cryptocurrency.”  This isn’t a full podcast episode, but I wanted to let you know about this important event and why it’s a must-attend for anyone curious about cryptocurrency or looking to secure their financial future. During the webinar, I’ll explain why now is the time to embrace crypto and how it can empower you to stay ahead in a rapidly changing world. Registration is free—just head to preppingacademy.com/crypto to sign up today. Thank you for being part of our community, and I look forward to seeing you at the webinar. Stay safe, and we’ll catch up in the next full episode! Join PrepperNet.Net [https://www.preppernet.net] - https://www.preppernet.net PrepperNet [https://www.preppernet.net] is an organization of like-minded individuals who believe in personal responsibility, individual freedoms and preparing for disasters of all origins. Join PrepperNet.Net [https://www.preppernet.net] - https://www.preppernet.net PrepperNet [https://www.preppernet.net] is an organization of like-minded individuals who believe in personal responsibility, individual freedoms and preparing for disasters of all origins. PrepperNet [https://preppernet.net] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/preppingacademy] Please give us 5 Stars! www.preppingacademy.com [https://preppingacademy.com/] Contact us: https://preppingacademy.com/contact/ [https://preppingacademy.com/contact/] www.preppernet.net [https://www.preppernet.net] Amazon Store: https://amzn.to/3lheTRT [https://www.amazon.com/shop/preppernet] www.forrestgarvin.com [https://forrestgarvin.com/]

Patrick takes the Prepping Academy helm once again with a new episode of Grid Down Comms Up. In breaking world news massive power outages in in Spain impact communications infrastructure sending some residents looking for portable radios to receive information. This episode looks at commercially available information sources that have been hardened by FEMA to survive disasters, EMP's and national blackouts too. Do you know where to turn to if internet and cell service stops? What information should you have available before the grid goes down? 73 Patrick Link the list of FEMA Public Alert Warning System stations. https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/integrated-public-alert-warning-system/broadcasters-wireless [https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/integrated-public-alert-warning-system/broadcasters-wireless] Join PrepperNet.Net [https://www.preppernet.net] - https://www.preppernet.net PrepperNet [https://www.preppernet.net] is an organization of like-minded individuals who believe in personal responsibility, individual freedoms and preparing for disasters of all origins. PrepperNet [https://preppernet.net] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/preppingacademy] Please give us 5 Stars! www.preppingacademy.com [https://preppingacademy.com/] Contact us: https://preppingacademy.com/contact/ [https://preppingacademy.com/contact/] www.preppernet.net [https://www.preppernet.net] Amazon Store: https://amzn.to/3lheTRT [https://www.amazon.com/shop/preppernet] www.forrestgarvin.com [https://forrestgarvin.com/]

On this episode of The Prepping Academy, Patrick picks up with a Grid Down Comms Up episode. We begin with a look at the battle rhythm in the first seventy-two hours of the disaster and what that looked like for the people on the outside, who were providing communications support and processing information for those with limited access to reliable information. Next, we look at the fog of war, how that impacted operations from day zero, and how it impacted those in the disaster area, followed by a look at the communications picture inside eastern TN and western NC.   We wrap up with a what-if discussion about how the picture would have looked very different and been much more complex had the Mt Michell amateur radio repeater not been in the picture. This episode illustrates Patick's quote, "Without communication, you are just another person wondering what just happened."  Remember, when the grid goes down, you are on your own, and what you don't know can kill you.  Join PrepperNet.Net [https://www.preppernet.net] - https://www.preppernet.net PrepperNet [https://www.preppernet.net] is an organization of like-minded individuals who believe in personal responsibility, individual freedoms and preparing for disasters of all origins. PrepperNet [https://preppernet.net] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/preppingacademy] Please give us 5 Stars! www.preppingacademy.com [https://preppingacademy.com/] Contact us: https://preppingacademy.com/contact/ [https://preppingacademy.com/contact/] www.preppernet.net [https://www.preppernet.net] Amazon Store: https://amzn.to/3lheTRT [https://www.amazon.com/shop/preppernet] www.forrestgarvin.com [https://forrestgarvin.com/]

Special Public Service Announcement – Free Crypto Webinar In this brief Public Service Announcement, I’m sharing an exciting opportunity for you to join my upcoming free live webinar, “The Case for Cryptocurrency,” happening on Monday night, December 30th, at 8 PM Eastern Time. This isn’t a full podcast episode, but I wanted to let you know about this important event and why it’s a must-attend for anyone curious about cryptocurrency or looking to secure their financial future. During the webinar, I’ll explain why now is the time to embrace crypto and how it can empower you to stay ahead in a rapidly changing world. Registration is free—just head to preppingacademy.com/crypto to sign up today. Also, I want to take this moment to wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas! Thank you for being part of our community, and I look forward to seeing you at the webinar. Stay safe, and we’ll catch up in the next full episode! Join PrepperNet.Net [https://www.preppernet.net] - https://www.preppernet.net PrepperNet [https://www.preppernet.net] is an organization of like-minded individuals who believe in personal responsibility, individual freedoms and preparing for disasters of all origins. PrepperNet [https://preppernet.net] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/preppingacademy] Please give us 5 Stars! www.preppingacademy.com [https://preppingacademy.com/] Contact us: https://preppingacademy.com/contact/ [https://preppingacademy.com/contact/] www.preppernet.net [https://www.preppernet.net] Amazon Store: https://amzn.to/3lheTRT [https://www.amazon.com/shop/preppernet] www.forrestgarvin.com [https://forrestgarvin.com/]

In today’s episode, Patrick discusses how communications systems failed during Hurricane Helene and why the communications situation in western North Carolina and the surrounding mountains deteriorated so quickly compared to a typical hurricane.  We also discuss how amateur and other radio services supported logistics and recovery in the aftermath of the incident. We look at some great successes and failures along with a few lessons learned, including some of the gear in high demand and what skills were needed to keep communications going.  Learn from others' mistakes and what can make a life and death-difference during a cataclysmic natural disaster to improve your communications game from real-world observations and experience, not armchair dystopian fiction.   Join PrepperNet.Net [https://www.preppernet.net] - https://www.preppernet.net PrepperNet [https://www.preppernet.net] is an organization of like-minded individuals who believe in personal responsibility, individual freedoms and preparing for disasters of all origins. PrepperNet [https://preppernet.net] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/preppingacademy] Please give us 5 Stars! www.preppingacademy.com [https://preppingacademy.com/] Contact us: https://preppingacademy.com/contact/ [https://preppingacademy.com/contact/] www.preppernet.net [https://www.preppernet.net] Amazon Store: https://amzn.to/3lheTRT [https://www.amazon.com/shop/preppernet] www.forrestgarvin.com [https://forrestgarvin.com/]