Come What Mayday

Annie comes from a family of electricians, three generations deep. So, when the 2003 Northeast Blackout knocked out power for 50 million people, she started asking questions. She turned to her own personal expert on the matter, her dad. This episode is the answer to how electricity actually gets to your home, why the power grid is basically the biggest machine humans have ever built, and what its...

Meet Annie: oldest child, snack provider, always ready for anything. After (gently) bugging people about getting their earthquake and wildfire kits together for years, she finally gathered up all her knowledge into Come What Mayday . This is the origin story: a lovely yet tough-as-nails grandma, a little kid’s obsession with learning about the olden days, and a belief that preparedness works bette...

Come What Mayday is for anyone who doesn't want to make disaster preparedness their whole personality, but sure would like a plan. We see the cracks in the status quo: Climate disasters. Infrastructure failures. Supply chain chaos. I know... you know ....we all know....we should prepare for an uncertain future of ours, but where do we even begin? I'm Annie, and I made Come What Mayday , because I...