… it’s a good wake-up call for anybody who might face a widespread natural disaster (which is, of course, everybody). Last summer, a vast exercise called Cascadia Rising was quietly carried out through the Northwest. For government types and emergency-service providers only, it made barely a bump in the consciousness of ordinary people — which may prove to be the ultimate flaw in its design, but that’s a question for another day. Cascadia Rising was designed to test emergency response in event of a “full rip” earthquake along the Cascadia subduction zone. Full-rip means a monster, a megaquake, 9.0 or…
Category: Preparedness
Wild, wild morning. Awoke in the dark to flashes of lightning. A tornado warning had just been issued and, that quickly, canceled. Soon, the phone buzzed with texts from Furrydoc making sure I was okay and all prepped up for what’s to come. (She always worries about me. She actually lives in a more exposed and vulnerable spot than I do, but she has Boy Scouts in the family and a ready bug-out plan.) Both of us have our storm preps pretty much covered. She mentioned filling the empty space in her freezer and fridge with jugs of water; a…
From Cracked and Venezuela: Five apocalyptic realities in a country that’s out of food. Mangos. They’re nearly to the point of killing each other over mango trees. And it came to this so quickly.
Good luck to all you facing Hurricane Matthew — though I realize some have already evacuated and might not be reading this until later. If you’re within the storm zone but in a place you can stay put, be glad you’ve got your stored food and water. Rumors that you may also require holy water for Matthew are probably exaggerated.
I stole this from “my” F*ce*b**k page. Now you know of course that I don’t have a FB page. But this morning I awoke to an email from a friend thanking me for “my” new FB meme (above) and saying she’d been spreading it to her family members who’d been spreading it to other family members. And of course I’m going, “Whut?” Turns out there’s a fan page. I knew about that. But it had been inactive for a year or so and is now in full swing again. So thanks for “my” FB meme, Dan McCall (who seems to…
Over at the Cabal we’ve begun a discussion of preparedness for nuclear/biological/or chemical warfare. This hasn’t been a huge concern for a lot of us (for many reasons) But with one presidential candidate already making noises about an air-war with Russia and another who seems to take nuclear capability less seriously than he takes his morning comb-over, it’s time to look more closely. If you’re a Cabal member (or want to be), you might want to look in on this discussion. It would be especially helpful to hear from anybody who has real (not Hollywood fantasy) training or experience in…
This being the OFFICIAL National Preparedness Month, I’m sure you’ve diligently been working on your preps for the last three-plus weeks. Right? Wait. What’s that, you say? You’ve been working diligently on your preps for lo these many years and you hardly have to concern yourself with some belatedly declared month? Of course! You’re pretty well set by now, right? But everybody’s always lacking something. With that in mind, here are 12 preparedness items you probably don’t strictly need but would be great to have if you don’t already. And yes, these are Amazon Associates links. 1. Can organizers, trackers,…