This time they plan to take all power offline for the foreseeable future.

You may want to invest in a horse or for most here, a mule. Cars will be moving targets for the roving gangs. A mule is smaller and you can take it inside your home at night and lock it in your garage.

Start your own vegetable garden. The major farmlands have already begun to be sprayed with a new mind-control substance. Lettuce and Radishes seem to absorb the chemical best - that's why people are being encouraged to eat salads and greens.

The best way to survive the next ten years will be to create a network with the neighbors you trust. I gave my neighbors some kicktail special ops night vision sensors and cameras to secure the perimeters. I used my influence to convert a public works project into building an underground network of tunnels and storerooms of goods, medical supplies, water and of course a grid that is powered by my new solar cells.

The cities and coasts will have it the worst. Blackwater will have free reign over areas like Washington, Oregon and special "unrest" zones like San Franny and Berkeley. I would move out of those areas so fast...those BW boys are hard to control. NO discipline whatsoever. As for NY, I sold all my real estate holdings, including my huge apartment in Trump Tower.

Again, a network of neighbors is your best bet. The local police and national guard will be overwhelmed. Blackwater is being trained to repel an imminent Mexican invasion (Well, an even larger one than the current one.)

Oh, you might look into painting your roof with camouflage so that it blends in with the local terrain or plant trees that completely hide the house. That way the patrols will pass over faster and any roving airborne gangs (there undoubtedly will be a few) will just flyover.

Maybe Bowser can move out there and help you with the necessary preparations.

;-)

Oh, I almost forgot. Forget cash. Gold and silver is good, but cigs, booze, anti-depressants and kool-aid will become the de facto currency once dollar bills are only good as washable toilet paper.