Threats / Decade-Long Grid-Down

Decade-Long Grid-Down

The permanent-collapse scenario. Genuine self-sufficiency, held in honest proportion to its odds.

ScopeNationalCauseInfrastructureDriven bySystemicImpactCatastrophicLikelihoodRare

Why it matters

What Decade-Long Grid-Down would mean for you

Three numbers decide how important Decade-Long Grid-Down is to your preparedness planning. Impact and Likelihood are general baselines. Vulnerability depends on how prepared you are for this threat.

ImpactCatastrophic9/9

NegligibleCatastrophic

The permanent-collapse scenario defines the far edge of self-sufficiency - a catastrophic Impact requiring everything water, food, heat, and skills can provide.

LikelihoodRare1/9

RareFrequent

Extraordinarily unlikely, which puts the Likelihood at the very bottom of the scale.

VulnerabilityNot rated

NegligibleCatastrophic

This number is yours. It measures how hard Decade-Long Grid-Down would actually hit your household given what you already have in place. Rate it in Threat Planning — then all three multiply into your personal threat rating.

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Preparing for Decade-Long Grid-Down

Concrete moves that lower your Vulnerability. Add any of them and we'll track it as an action on your threat list.

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Build genuine long-term self-sufficiency in water and food.

Develop off-grid power, heat, and sanitation.

Master durable, low-tech skills.

Build a community that can sustain itself together.

See it on the map

Decade-Long Grid-Down where you live.

What you’d be living without, and who else is on it.

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