10 Cheap Household Items That Still Cook Food After An EMP (Veterans Know These)

My books are on sale now 📖 Do or Die, and the set of three. Grab them here: https://doughaskett.com On 6 October 2026, NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center put out a G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm watch for 9 October, the second rung of five. In March 1989 a geomagnetic storm took Quebec's grid down in less than a minute and kept it dark more than 9 hours, and in February 2021 more than 4.5 million people in Texas lost power, some for as long as 4 days. The Red Cross says camp stoves and charcoal grills go outdoors only, at least 20 feet from windows. Every price here was posted in October 2026. Subscribe to the channel: @doughaskett In this video, we talk about 10 cheap household items that still cook food after an EMP and the grid going down, including the camp stove and the porch rail I measured at 8 feet, why charcoal never comes inside and keeps for years when it's dry, the gas grill's spare tank that never goes in the garage, a cast iron skillet on the fireplace coals, a $15.99 dial thermometer with no battery, the stovetop pressure cooker I'm waiting on, Lodge's 21 coals for 350 degrees in a camp Dutch oven, a $10 solar cooker made from a windshield shade, heavy duty foil, and matches kept dry in two places. 🔔 Subscribe so the next one reaches you before the next outage does. 💬 Comment how many feet your camp stove sat from the nearest window when you measured it. 📢 Send this to the one in your family who cooks on the porch, on Facebook, Reddit or the family group chat. You're why this channel keeps going. Chapters: 00:00 Opening 00:54 The camp stove goes twenty feet out 05:44 Charcoal that keeps for years if dry 11:54 The skillet on the fireplace coals 14:38 A thermometer that needs no battery 17:06 The pot that cooks beans in minutes 20:47 The iron oven that bakes on coals 26:37 Foil that saves your wash water 28:35 The match that always strikes 30:44 The one thing to do this week Sources: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, Alerts, Watches and Warnings https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/products/alerts.json NOAA Space Weather Scales https://www.spaceweather.gov/noaa-scales-explanation George H. Baker, Testimony to the House Oversight Committee on EMP (2015) https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Baker-Statement-5-13-EMP.pdf CDC, What to Do to Protect Yourself During a Power Outage https://www.cdc.gov/natural-disasters/response/what-to-do-protect-yourself-during-a-power-outage.html American Red Cross, Power Outage Safety https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/power-outage.html FoodSafety.gov, Safe Minimum Internal Temperatures https://www.foodsafety.gov/food-safety-charts/safe-minimum-internal-temperatures Lodge Cast Iron, How Many Coals to Use With a Camp Dutch Oven https://lodgecastiron.com/story/how-many-coals-use-when-cooking-with-a-camp-dutch-oven DISCLAIMER: Educational content from one man's experience. Prices and methods are real and researched, and prices vary by store, region and season. Nothing here is instruction in first aid, firearms, self-defence, hunting, or any gas or electrical repair; take the class and call the licensed man. Nothing here replaces an order, a warning or an alert from your county or the National Weather Service. When they say leave, leave. #DougHaskett #EMP #PowerOutage #CookingWithoutPower #CampStove #DutchOven #SolarCooking #CarbonMonoxide #TexasFreeze #Prepping #Prepper #EmergencyPreparedness #Veterans