05/19/2023: Blackout Warning: America's Upcoming Energy Crisis
The Wright Report
Bryan Dean Wright
4.9 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2023
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode of The Wright Report, Bryan Dean Wright discusses three critical issues impacting America and the world. The episode kicks off with a potential energy crisis as warnings suggest blackouts across America during the summer. The second segment focuses on the hardships faced by American wheat farmers due to a record drought, leading East Coast buyers to import wheat. Bryan then shifts focus to South Africa, where a local electricity crisis is testing a farming community's resilience and offering a glimpse of what might happen in America without careful planning. To wrap up, Bryan addresses a listener's query about whether he's a "Prepper" and discusses how he and his family prepare for various emergencies.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, May 19th. |
| 0:03.5 | I'm Brian Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer, and this is the Wright Report. |
| 0:10.0 | Hey, good day to you ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Wright Report, your Daily News |
| 0:20.6 | podcast. |
| 0:21.6 | I've got three briefs for you this morning that are shaping America and the world. |
| 0:27.4 | First up, if you've got a generator, you might want to get that ready. |
| 0:31.0 | And that's because this summer, we may have blackouts all across America. |
| 0:36.6 | That folks is the warning coming from the group that monitors the nation's electricity |
| 0:40.4 | grids more on that in a minute. |
| 0:43.3 | Second, America's wheat farmers are in trouble. |
| 0:45.9 | They are dealing with record droughts in the Midwest. |
| 0:48.8 | And that's leading East Coast wheat buyers to go abroad for their wheat instead of Kansas. |
| 0:54.2 | Details coming up. |
| 0:55.8 | Third, we head to South Africa this morning where an electricity crisis there is pushing |
| 1:00.2 | a farming community to the brink. |
| 1:02.4 | And we're going to talk about how that could be a window into America's future if we are |
| 1:07.0 | not very careful later. |
| 1:09.4 | We close out the podcast with a question from two listeners about whether or not I am |
| 1:14.2 | a prepper. |
| 1:15.4 | So we are going to talk about what that even is, whether or not I am and how my family |
| 1:20.5 | we prepare for emergencies of all kinds. |
| 1:23.7 | So first, let's get to our top story of the morning. |
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