10 U.S. States That Become Safehavens When The Grid Goes Down (Where Veterans Are Quietly Moving)

My books are on sale now 📖 Do or Die, and the set of three. Grab them here: https://doughaskett.com In 2024, the average U.S. home went about 11 hours without power, the most in 10 years, and South Carolina averaged nearly 53. Arizona, South Dakota and North Dakota stayed under 2 hours. Wyoming generated about 40.7 million MWh of electricity and sold about 17.2 million at home. The VA projects the veteran population will fall in every state by 2035, but Idaho's drops just 5.9%. Texas, where the veterans' share is rising fastest, ranked third worst for outages at about 27 hours. Subscribe to the channel: @doughaskett In this video, we talk about the 10 states that kept the lights on best by the government's own 2024 outage numbers, and the catch in each one, including South Dakota's grid winning with and without storms, Wyoming making more than twice the power it sells at home, North Dakota's strong grid and its cold, Arizona's shortest outages and the summer blackout that could send half of Phoenix to emergency care, Nevada and the city water that runs on pumps, Montana's dams and its veterans, Nebraska's all public power grid and the 2024 Omaha windstorm, Idaho losing veterans slower than any state, Utah's winter warning from the grid's watchdog, Tennessee's rolling blackouts in Winter Storm Elliott, and where the veterans' share is really rising. 🔔 Subscribe so the next one reaches you before the next big cold front does. 💬 Comment your state and how many gallons you used with the water off at the main and the lights off for one evening. 📢 Send this to the one who keeps talking about moving, on Facebook, Reddit or the family group chat. You're why this channel keeps going. Chapters: 00:00 Opening 00:48 South Dakota's grid wins both ways 03:47 Wyoming makes twice the power it needs 08:46 Arizona has the best lights and worst summer 11:09 Nevada keeps the power but not the water 13:31 Montana has power to spare and veterans 15:49 Nebraska's grid belongs to its own customers 20:34 Utah's short outages hide a winter warning 22:43 Tennessee shows a good grid can cut you off 25:12 The house matters more than the map Sources: EIA, Table 11.4: SAIDI Values of U.S. Distribution System by State, 2014-2024 https://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/html/epa_11_04.html EIA, Hurricanes in 2024 led to the most hours without power in the United States in 10 years https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=66744 NERC, 2025-2026 Winter Reliability Assessment https://prod.nerc.com/globalassets/our-work/assessments/nerc_wra_2025.pdf FERC, Final Report on February 2021 Freeze https://ferc.gov/news-events/news/final-report-february-2021-freeze-underscores-winterization-recommendations FERC-NERC, Inquiry into December 2022 Winter Storm Elliott https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-11/24_Winter-Storm_Elliot_1107_1300.pdf VA, VetPop2023 State Data https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/vetpop2023-state-data-6l U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 Table S2101, Veteran Status https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST1Y2024.S2101 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 #GridDown #PowerOutage #SafeHaven #Prepping #Prepper #EmergencyPreparedness #Veterans #SouthDakota #Wyoming #NorthDakota #Arizona #Nevada #Montana #Nebraska #Idaho #Utah #Tennessee #RollingBlackout #TexasFreeze #WinterStorm #ElNino