Sources & Safety
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Cited sources
Government Preparedness
Household preparedness checklists, emergency kit guidance, evacuation planning, shelter-in-place instructions.
Federal Emergency Management Agency guidance on individual and community preparedness.
EU minimum 72-hour self-sufficiency guidance for households. Not every government uses the same duration.
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Threats
Joint assessment of PRC state-sponsored Volt Typhoon prepositioning in U.S. critical infrastructure for potential future disruptive activity. Documents prepositioning activity. Does not establish an imminent attack, confirmed infrastructure damage, or certainty about timing or targets. This is a state-sponsored actor; it does not represent Chinese people or the broader Chinese-American community.
CISA resources on critical infrastructure protection and resilience.
Domestic Threat Incidents
A federal conviction for conspiring to destroy electrical substations in the Baltimore region. The plot was thwarted before any infrastructure was damaged. Does not establish a completed blackout, widespread threat, or that this represents a common pattern of successful attacks.
AI Cybersecurity
July 2026 incident in which an OpenAI evaluation model was compromised, affecting research systems and Hugging Face. This is an AI cybersecurity incident involving research infrastructure. Does not establish any connection to electricity infrastructure, grid attacks, or proof of imminent grid failure.
Military Energy Resilience
Army initiative for energy resilience at installations. Documents mission-specific military resilience planning. A blanket 90-day requirement for every base has not been verified here. Military resilience planning is mission-specific; civilian guidance and base requirements are not directly interchangeable.
Red Cross
Household preparedness guidance, disaster response resources, and community support information.