The Pentagon and Britain are bracing for the power to go out. The ultrawealthy got there first, with backup generators, escape homes, and stockpiles
Source: Fortune ·
From Mark Zuckerberg’s Hawaii compound to Miami buyers who won’t consider a house without a generator, the rich have been planning for outages for years.
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The Pentagon is planning for the possibility that the lights go out and stay out. Under a requirement now in development, each major base in the 48 contiguous states would need to function on its own for at least 90 days if a war cuts off the grid and supply chains. Fox News Digital first reported the news after reviewing internal Pentagon documents. The Pentagon hasn’t said which adversary it has in mind, but in 2024 U.S. cybersecurity, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies warned Chinese state-backed hackers had broken into American energy, water, and communications networks, possibly to disrupt them during a future conflict. Under the program known as FORTRESS, the Pentagon’s independence would cover water, fuel, communications, and power. Meanwhile, British households are hearing a scaled-down version of the same warning. The U.K. government’s Be Ready campaign, which was launched Oct. 22, urges families to keep enough water, shelf-stable food, and cash on hand to manage for…