# About this grid-down preparedness magazine · Dark Grid Prep

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## About

Dark Grid Prep is a survival magazine for American families who want to be ready when the grid, the economy or the supply chain fails: the threats (EMP, long blackouts, collapse, civil unrest), and how a household plans, stockpiles, communicates and secures its home through them.

### What we do

Dark Grid Prep writes for American households, mostly in the suburbs and the country, who want to be ready when the grid, the economy or the supply chain fails. We cover the threats themselves (EMP, solar storms, long blackouts, financial crises, civil unrest) and the household's answer to each: keeping a dark house livable, stockpiling, home security, evacuation, radios, medical care when help is slow, and the written family plan that ties them together.

We write for readers who want a clear answer with the sources in view, without reading ten pages to find it, and we say plainly where official guidance ends and reasoning from it begins.

### Who writes here

Articles are signed by [Walt Brenner](/authors/walt-brenner), the pen name of the writer who covers grid-down threats, home security and family plans for this site. Policy pages and section hubs are signed by the [editors](/authors/editors). The full roster is on the [authors page](/authors).

### How we work

We write from sources a reader can check (FEMA, Ready.gov, the CDC, the Red Cross, utility and government reports, manufacturer manuals, long-running prepper forums) and we correct what we get wrong. We do not claim to have field-tested gear or lived through the scenarios we describe.

Every page says where its information comes from and links to it, so you can check it yourself. The full rules are in our [editorial policy](/editorial-policy).

### What you will not find here

Invented experts, reviews written to order, or advice that should come from a doctor, a lawyer or an accountant. When a subject needs a professional, we say so and point to one.

### How we are funded

Some links on this page may earn us a commission. It never decides what we write about or recommend. The details are on [how we make money](/how-we-make-money).

### Write to us

Found a mistake, or want to suggest a subject? [Write to us](/contact): we read every message and fix what is wrong.

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Dark Grid Prep is a survival magazine for American families who want to be ready when the grid, the economy or the supply chain fails: the threats (EMP, long blackouts, collapse, civil unrest), and how a household plans, stockpiles, communicates and secures its home through them.

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### Prepare

* [Threats and scenarios](/threats)
* [Grid-down living](/grid-down)
* [Stockpiling](/stockpiling)
* [Home defense](/home-defense)

### Plan

* [Bug-out and evacuation](/bug-out)
* [Communications](/communications)
* [Medical](/medical)
* [Family emergency plans](/family-plan)
* [All articles](/articles)
* [All topics](/topics)

### About us

* [About](/about)
* [Authors](/authors)
* [Editorial policy](/editorial-policy)
* [How we make money](/how-we-make-money)
* [Contact](/contact)
* [Terms](/terms)
* [Privacy](/privacy)

© Dark Grid Prep. Written for American families getting ready for grid-down emergencies.

Some links may earn us a commission. It never decides what we write. [How we make money](/how-we-make-money)