Prepare Part the Second

Back in August, I shared a thought about our vulnerability. A week from Friday I'm going to have coffee with the director of emergency management here in our county. The Pentagon is ordering U.S. military bases to begin infrastructure improvements to support up to 90 days without grid power. This stuff is in the ether these days. And it should be. With the advances in AI capabilities, the growing instability in international relations, the rate at which we're enraging our enemies and alienating our friends, the difficulty of actually deterring cyber attacks because they don't come with a return address, all spell a period of severe vulnerability for the United States in the months to come. I spoke to an ex-SEAL classmate of mine and asked him if he thought I was making too much of this. This was before the recent Pentagon order, and around when I was trying to make up my mind if I should meet with our local director of emergency management. He didn't endorse all of my premises. He…