I decided to start blogging because I have an active imagination and sometimes, I get an overload of thoughts in my head and the only way to decrease the overload and increase brain space is to write. My blog consists of writings about my feelings and views on certain subjects and issues, whether it’s personal or something in the news. On occasion, I may even voice my opinion on certain political issues. Just keep in mind that no matter how I feel or what I say, they are MY feelings and MY sayings, even though you may disagree with certain views. I always welcome comments and feedback, and I enjoy conversational exchanges and differences of opinions, as long as the exchanges are civilized. All I ask is that a level of respect be maintained. By that, I mean no bashing, no name calling, no extreme profanity, etc. I also post excerpts from my short stories and books for your reading pleasure (?) and feedback. I accept constructive criticism very well, so NEVER be ashamed or afraid to say what you feel. I will NEVER debase you. I will, however, delete mean and/or hateful comments, whether they’re directed at me or at any of my readers. Let’s just have some fun and friendly conversations. Welcome to my little corner of the world!
Any time I’ve heard or read that there is or might be a “possible imminent threat” against the U.S., I generally take it with a grain of salt. Then I do a deep dive into facts, read and watch the news, set my notifications to receive alerts pertaining to said threat, then I wait. After all, what else can I do?
I’m not a conspiracy theorist nor do I allow myself to fall for or believe “news” that’s posted on Facebook, X, Instagram, or any other social media site. Nine times out of ten, those posts turn out to be made-up by some unidentifiable basement dweller just to get “likes” or “clicks.”
This time feels different, though.
Very different.
This is one event that I’m paying ultra close attention to.
As everyone should be.
When I saw the first post on Facebook about FORTRESS, although it was from a reliable source, I still do what I do best. I researched it, truly believing that it most likely wasn’t true or that the information hadn’t been interpreted and relayed correctly.
I was wrong.
There were multiple news outlets reporting on it, mostly overseas, but reporting, nonetheless.
“Alright,” I thought. “Maybe this is just a new military exercise that’s being carried out.” You know, kind of like special ops training and the like. So I dug deeper, checking to see if anything similar to this particular type of exercise had ever been performed before.
When multiple searches returned “NO” results, that’s when I started to get a little concerned; however, it wasn’t until the following day that alarm bells began ringing inside my head.
What is FORTRESS?
It stands for Federal Operations for Resilience, Troop Resources, Energy, Supply, and Survivability, a military program that is structured around five core pillars.
Energy Independence – Equipping military bases with portable nuclear microreactors, large-scale battery storage, and microgrids to disconnect from civilian power networks during blackouts or cyberattacks.
Supply Chain and Defense Industrial Base Resilience – Bringing critical manufacturing home, including semiconductors, rare earth minerals, and specialty metals, and requiring at least two qualified supply pathways for vital needs.
Strategic Defense Reserve – Stockpiling essential reserves of ammunition, fuel, electronics, spare parts, and medical supplies to outlast disrupted shipping or global transit routes.
Installation Hardening and Cyber Resilience – Upgrading physical security at domestic bases against drones and sabotage, while protecting computer networks and command centers.
Resilience in Space and Spectrum – Safeguarding military communications satellites, GPS navigation, and radio signals against jamming or orbital disruption.
Here are the key mechanisms:
90-Day Off-Grid Rule – Major domestic installations must be capable of independently sustaining power, water, fuel, and communications for three months without external civilian support.
Civil Reserve Manufacturing Network – Partnering with commercial factories in advance to establish technical and procedural blueprints so civilian plants can swiftly transition to wartime defense production.
Sounds pretty innocuous, doesn’t it? Like it might be nothing more than a routine, normal training exercise, like I initially thought?
Think again because it isn’t.
Once you start putting the pieces together and add in contributing factors and other details that have since been reported, you’ll start to see the whole picture. Or, you should, anyway.
What has been further reported is the number of foreign countries that are carrying out similar exercises, some informing military personnel to “pack a go bag.”
I’m not talking about one or two countries that are doing this.
There are dozens of them.
In the UK, the British Government has launched a “Be Ready” campaign, advising regular households, not just the military, to stockpile a minimum of 72 hours’ worth of food, water, and emergency supplies.
Nations on NATO’s eastern flank have heavily ramped up civil defense. Sweden distributed updated versions of its “If Crisis or War Comes” booklet. Norway increased its recommended household self-sufficiency timeline from three days to a full week. Finland launched comprehensive digital guidance covering military conflict alongside power grid failures.
Central Europe and the EU – The European Commission launched its Preparedness Union Strategy, advising all 450 million citizens across its 27 member states to maintain a 72-hour survival kit containing documents, flashlights, water, and a shortwave radio. France issued a nationwide call prioritizing the first 72 hours as a “decisive period” for individual household survival. Germany and Poland updated their guidelines to advise citizens to stockpile anywhere from 3 to 10 days of resources.
In East Asia, Japan launched a new National Disaster Management Agency, paired with a nationwide request for households to stock up on a week’s worth of food, water, and portable toilets. Taiwan updated its civilian survival handbooks, where “go bags” have gained substantial civil traction due to regional cross-strait geopolitical tensions.
That’s just a handful of foreign countries that are “preparing.”
Preparing for what?
You want me to believe that it’s a coincidence that ALL of these countries, along with the US, are launching the same types of preparedness programs at the exact same time? Sorry, but no. It’s no coincidence.
So what’s really going on? That’s a question we don’t have an answer to. Yet.
There is nothing that horrifies me more than the possibility of a nuclear war, and I’m not afraid to say that I believe we are teetering on the brink of one.
Why did my mind automatically stray to that possibility?
Facts.
News reports.
Current events.
History.
Let’s review some of my reasoning, starting with the Iranian war.
The US started an unnecessary war with Iran and we’re currently seeing the repercussions of that, not only at the gas pump, but at the grocery store and every other purchasable item(s). This war should have NEVER been started. There was absolutely no reason to attack Iran.
Yes, Iran is brutal, even against its own people. Yes, Iran hates the USA and would kill us all if given the opportunity. But the JCPOA was working. It took more than 20 months to negotiate it and involved dozens of experts in foreign policy, nuclear physicists and scientists, and was doing what it was meant to do – prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear capabilities. The program was being closely monitored to ensure the pact wasn’t violated. It wasn’t. FACT: Iran did NOT have a nuclear weapon, nor did they have the resources to create one. Saying that they did is an outright LIE.
Lie after lie after lie has made its way out of the Pentagon and into the public. Claims that the Iranian army have been “obliterated,” “that their water vessels are now lying on the ocean floor,” “that they no longer have a military.” ALL LIES. How many times must one claim that an army is obliterated before it becomes a reality? Saying it doesn’t make it so.
The rush on the completion of the “ballroom.” A ballroom that just happens to be equipped to house an entire military installation. Journalists have reported that there’s even going to be a fully functional hospital down there. On more than one occasion, Trump has stated that the reason for the rush to completion is a “matter of national security.”
The launching of nuclear weapons into Iran was discussed only a few months ago. Trump wanted to nuke Iran, but was dissuaded from doing so by rank and file members of the military. The firing of top generals and decorated veterans changed all that. Those fired were the ones who would have said NO to the use of nuclear weapons. But all those men are gone now, and Trump has made it perfectly clear that “he is the President of the United States and can do whatever he wants because he has complete and total immunity.” And the masses cheer him on while his twitchy trigger finger is itching to push that red button!!!
The truth is that Trump started a war that he can’t get out of, ergo, he’s backed into a corner with no way out, and he’s desperate to end what he started without getting too much egg on his face. How many times has he threatened to “wipe them off the map” or “blow up the whole country,” if they didn’t open the Strait of Hormuz. You know, the same strait that was already open and operational before he started all this crap?
I sometimes wonder if his diehard supporters and those that foolishly applaud the disgusting bile that pours from his mouth truly understand what launching nuclear weapons would mean. Not just the initial attack, but the aftermath, the fallout. The human population would suffer for years to come. Innocent and unsuspecting people would die. Livestock would die off. Vegetables and produce would cease to exist. Suffering the deterioration from radiation poisoning would be a given. Soil and water would be contaminated, rendering it unplantable and undrinkable, respectively.
Something is definitely brewing on the horizon. I can’t say for certain what it is, but I pray to God that I’m wrong about what I think.
I can only hope that everyone is paying close attention to this and heeds the warnings/advice of experts who have knowledge in this area, and does what is necessary to keep themselves and their loved ones protected.
Follow preparedness advice. Stockpile water and non-perishables. Make sure you have flashlights, a battery operated radio, and extra batteries. Build a first aid kit. Keep cash on hand. Put important documents in a secure (preferably fireproof) storage container or safe. And if you have pets, prepare for them, too. They’re counting on you to keep them safe.
90-Day Emergency Preparedness Plan for a Family of 4
If the U.S. power grid went down for an extended period, your family could lose electricity, refrigeration, running water, internet, gas station access, and the ability to purchase groceries. The goal is to prepare your household to eat, drink, stay warm, maintain hygiene, communicate, and remain safe for 90 days.
For a family of four in Texas, I’d recommend building your supplies in stages rather than trying to buy everything at once. You don’t need to spend thousands of dollars immediately, and you don’t need to assume the worst will happen. A well-organized emergency supply gives your family options during a prolonged power outage, severe winter storm, or other major disruption.
This guide covers:
Food and drinking water for 90 days.
Cooking without electricity.
Backup power, lighting, and communications.
First aid, medications, and personal hygiene.
Heating and cold-weather survival in Michigan.
Security, sanitation, and emergency cash.
A practical shopping list and budget.
The most important rule: Secure water, safe shelter, essential medications, and a way to stay warm before spending heavily on long-term food storage or expensive equipment.
From Stephen Harrell (copied as written):
For years we warned that it IS coming to America. To our doorstep. That we would see a global event AND right here at home..
We were laughed off… But look at them now.
Everyone’s getting ready.
NOW the Pentagon has a “doomsday plan” for a “major global war.” For ALL U.S. bases.
“The Pentagon is preparing U.S. military bases to keep operating for at least 90 days without outside support as it prepares for the possibility of a major war that could cripple power grids, disrupt supply chains and threaten critical infrastructure on American soil.” … 90 days… Every major U.S. base. Stockpiled to survive off grid.
Never before has there been one blanket standard like that in American history!
AND just this month, the Army’s acting chief of staff said… “America’s next war could reach US soil.” Gen. Christopher LaNeve said that the next war could begin against America before our troops ever deploy overseas .. bases, transportation networks, and communications attacked first.
“During the Global War on Terror, we took a lot of things for granted, because we could.” “Those days are over.”
They are readying for deploying, communicating, and sustaining operations while bases, supply lines, and communications networks here are under attack.
The Pentagon’s own report says Beijing has already positioned cyber capabilities INSIDE U.S. critical infrastructure.
And the FBI warns battlefield style drone attacks reaching America is “only a matter of time” .. drone incursions over Joint Base Langley, Eustis, and Picatinny Arsenal, etc. have already been confirmed.
Then the little “hints” dropped right in front of us! People have been laughing these off also.
The Weather Channel just the other day, Oct 19 “we are officially weeks away from the sun setting at 4:30 pm. please begin mentally preparing to eat your dinner in the pitch black.”
Sure ..it’s dark when we eat after the clocks fall back. But it’s not pitch black when you have electricity! Dropping hints imo ..
A month ago, a government safety agency, a pretty high up one at that, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, posted.. “You need to own a real flashlight. Go to the store. Buy a real flashlight and a bunch of batteries.”
And not long before that ..
“US power grid at risk of 18 month blackout, official says.”
Former top federal energy official Jon Wellinghoff talking about how they could black out the entire country and how replacement transformers now take up to 128 weeks to build.
They are all preparing for the grid to go down.
And it’s not just warnings anymore.
There are already examples …
The Energy Department used emergency powers Oct 13-16 to keep the lights on across 13 states and D.C. … 65 million Americans.
Sri Lanka’s entire grid collapsed on Oct 17. Nigeria’s power generation crashed 88% in six hours on Oct 19..
Power was out to hundreds of thousands across Europe this weekend.
Drone strikes cut power across four states in Sudan today.
Cuba has been suffering from repeated, severe nationwide blackouts.
But this is nothing like what is coming.
And the fuel.. Trump invoked the Defense Production Act for oil refining on Oct 22 .. wartime powers, for fuel supply.
Oil shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has collapsed from 20.8 million to 2.9 million barrels a day…
Just across the ocean, Britain just got the same message we are getting pretty much ..
The UK government’s “Be Ready” campaign, launched Oct 22, tells every household to stock three days of food, nine liters of water per person, cash, a torch, and an FM radio, and “enough to hold out if payment systems go down”
And Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said that Britain has “a little over 1,000 days” to be ready to fight and win a war, with adversaries in a position to attack by 2030. (2029 to 2030 .. 1000 days) (odd number to say)
AND THE BUNKERS..
They are building a bunker under the White House .. under construction right now. …
The military is building a massive underground complex beneath the new ballroom. Trump himself said it goes six stories deep, with a drone proof roof, a drone port, bomb shelters, and medical facilities. Courts paused the ballroom above ground but let the underground work continue.
They are building bigger ones and openly right now..
And Catherine Austin Fitts, a former Bush administration official, claimed the U.S. spent trillions on secret doomsday bunkers for the elites. (The Bible does say they will hide themselves in the rocks and caves from what is coming upon the earth.. now everyone’s getting bunkers and you have dumbs – deep, underground military bases)
You can decide what to do with all that.
But they prepare underground… And we get told to buy flashlights…
They totally always tell us.
This is not coming here to America.
It won’t happen… and then stuff starts to happen .. and they say, oh wait.. it’s coming here to America and globally..
And they joke about us being in the pitch black ..but also tell us to stock up for a grid down collapse scenario.
I’m just reporting on this btw. not scared.
People like to comment that all the time just because I report on things ..
But first they said it wasn’t coming, that it was crazy talk.
Now they admit it’s happening but say we shouldn’t talk about it because it’s just fear mongering.
I’m going to keep reporting on it anyway.
This is not at all out of fear so I dont need you to rant in my comments .. just know this is what they are preparing for.
There will be truth mixed with lies..
There will be false flag events mixed with actual real events.
The world is in for one wild ride.
There is a lot more out there pertaining to all of this. Please take the time to research and read.
