Whether you think this is planned (like I do) or just happening, the internet has taken notice that many governments are telling people to prepare for the grid to be down. Here are the actual government links with the approximate date they were posted. They range in their outage preparation length from 3-10 days. The US military is reportedly preparing for 90 days off the civilian grid.
UK, posted 22 Oct 2026
Germany, posted 13 Oct 2025
https://www.bbk.bund.de/DE/Warnung-Vorsorge/Vorsorge/vorsorge_node.html
EU, posted March 2025
https://commission.europa.eu/topics/preparedness_en
Japan, news story 2 Nov 2026
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/11/02/japan/new-disaster-agency-public-prepare
US, September 2026
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the “Federal Operations for Resilience, Troop Resources, Energy, Supply, and Survivability” initiative on Sept. 30.
Search US military “FORTRESS initiative”
Belgium, Apr 2026
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2026/04/21/federal-government-calls-on-belgians-to-be-prepared
Ireland, Aug 2026
https://www.gov.ie/en/office-of-emergency-planning/campaigns/be-emergency-ready
France, Nov 2025
Netherlands, Nov 2025
Poland, Aug 2025
https://www.coi.gov.pl/static/poradnik_bezpieczenstwa_PL.pdf
Sweden, Nov 2024
Also,
- Norway
- Finland
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
MY Lesson from Military Training
When I was sitting in “prison” in military training, I thought to myself, “I know I have a flight out of this shit in 3 days. If I did not know that, this would be fucking terrifying.”
So if you think a week is no big deal, remember that on day 4 in a real situation like this, it’s everybody starting to be thirsty and hungry for the first time in their lives, with no assurance from the outside world, and nobody knows when it will end. Fear itself is something to fear (or prepare for) when it means people panicking.
If you think I am panicking right now to post this, it is because you have never seen real panic.