Ebola– Failures of Imagination (Jody Lanard and Peter M. Sandman article) We barely try to imagine what a developing-world pandemic would be like for people who live there. We try and fail to imagine what it would be like for … Continue reading
Category Archives: SHTF
PJ Media » Breaching our Maginot Line: Ebola in U.S. Was Clearly Preventable Who would have thought the arrival of one ailing Liberian could have uncovered such unpreparedness and incompetence within our health care system? On the national and the … Continue reading
The PJ Tatler » We Are All Preppers Now Taking center stage for the foreseeable future will be a much-maligned group of citizens who call themselves “preppers.” They are portrayed as wild-eyed paranoids, or religious nuts, hiding in a cabin … Continue reading
‘Ebola is terrifying – and proves how unprepared we are for epidemics’ – Telegraph And now it has now made the leap, on an aeroplane, to Lagos in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous city, inside a 40 year-old Liberian civil servant, … Continue reading
Ebola virus outbreak: live – Telegraph 14.37 As the worst Ebola outbreak in history spreads, our infographic breaks down the previous outbreaks, strains of the virus and numbers of cases and deaths reported over the continent since 1976. Click on … Continue reading
Most solar panels are facing the wrong direction, say scientists – Telegraph Thousands of people have spent vast sums of money installing eco-friendly solar panels but most will have probably had them fitted facing the wrong way, according to energy … Continue reading
How a solar storm two years ago nearly caused a catastrophe on Earth Analysts believe that a direct hit … could cause widespread power blackouts, disabling everything that plugs into a wall socket. Most people wouldn’t even be able to flush … Continue reading
U.S. Food Inflation Running at 22% After five years of the federal government telling the public that despite a $3.5 trillion increase in monetary expansion, the inflation rate is below +2%, the Department of Agriculture (DOA) just warned the American … Continue reading
EVERYBODY PANIC!! [Costco on SE 84th] : Portland Here’s the story: Citywide Boil Water Notice Hits Portland Restaurants – Public Service Announcements – Eater PDX Everybody panic: Earlier today, the Portland Water Bureau issued a Boil Water Notice for the … Continue reading
Are Stocks Cheap? | Zero Hedge As if the question actually needs to be asked, we thought the following 3 charts would provide at least some defense against the constant barrage of “healthy rotation” bullshit currently being used to maintain … Continue reading
Yellowstone Volcano Eruption: Report Claims That US Has Contingency Deal With Brazil, Australia Note that San Francisco is out of the dust cone. However, if Yellowstone lets go big-time, the whole west coast will probably shiver and shake like a … Continue reading
M4.8 – 37km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana 2014-03-30 12:34:39 UTC Today’s event is the largest earthquake at Yellowstone since February 22, 1980, and occurred near the center of a region of recent ground uplift described in a YVO Information … Continue reading
Newt Gingrich’s Plan to Stave Off the Apocalypse – NationalJournal.com Within a year, nine out of 10 Americans could be dead. And whatever causes the national apocalypse—be it North Korean malice or the whims of the sun—the downfall will ultimately … Continue reading
10 Things to Prep if You Get Migraine Headaches – American Preppers Network : American Preppers Network When the SHTF, your local drugstore may go down the drain. … Continue reading
Setting Up A Camp Kitchen My Way – American Preppers Network : American Preppers Network Food: I’ve found lidded 5 gallon buckets work best for this. A little inconvenient, yes, but it keeps everything dry and clean. It also helps … Continue reading
How to save yourself if you’re choking. [VIDEO] Firefighter and paramedic Jeff Rehman demonstrates a way to save yourself from choking if there is no one around to assist you. This technique is borrowed from abdominal strength training for use … Continue reading
The Wait Continues for Safe Tap Water in West Virginia – NYTimes.com CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As hundreds of thousands of residents faced a third day without water because of a chemical spill in a local river, a water company executive … Continue reading
FBI investigating ‘military-style’ attack on California power plant | The Verge The incident has raised concerns that the US government is not adequately protecting its physical infrastructure, focusing increasingly on cyber crime. “There are ways that a very few number … Continue reading
Be prepared: Wall Street advisor recommends guns, ammo for protection in collapse | WashingtonExaminer.com Pretty funny. This guy talks about preparing for a SHTF collapse scenario by putting together a bugout bag that would last you three days. Of course, … Continue reading
Walmart shelves in Springhill, Mansfield, cleared in EBT glitch – KSLA News 12 Shreveport, Louisiana News Weather & Sports Shelves in Walmart stores in Springhill and Mansfield, LA were reportedly cleared Saturday night, when the stores allowed purchases on EBT … Continue reading
Debt accumulation for the past 2 years higher than GDP | Questions and Observations What would they be doing differently if they were trying to destroy the U.S. economy and financial system? Actually, I think that is exactly what they … Continue reading
Video: People who’ve never heard of Obamacare? They exist. « Hot Air These are NO INFORMATION voters. How on Earth could anyone who doesn’t live off the grid in a cabin in the mountains have never even heard of Obamacare? … Continue reading
Water water everywhere, and not a drop to drink | protein wisdom Fortunately, as a proud knuckledragging member of Crackerado’s prepper contingency, I think I have a 4-pack of San Pellegrino left over from one of the “demean the darkies” … Continue reading
Boulder County hit by flash floods At least one earthen dam gave way southeast of Estes Park, the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park, and water levels could rise downstream as authorities release more water to keep more dams from … Continue reading
WRSA: Complex Systems Always Eventually Unravel …after all… What happens when a box of Ramen Noodles gets as scarce as a box of .223 Remington? We doubt very much that Wally-World will be an especially pleasant place to be when … Continue reading
She Ain’t Purty … Yet: Installing an External Fuel Tank in a 67-72 Chevy C10 – Traction Control at Traction Control For some reason, the early Chevy C10 pickup trucks had an internal fuel tank. Internal as in inside the … Continue reading
Ponderings of a Delirious Mind – No Gold for You Germany We’re convinced that our “civil masters civil servants” have only the best of intentions towards the cattle, and are certainly uninterested in tyranny. They are just doing everything a … Continue reading
WHO convenes emergency talks on MERS virus – FRANCE 24 AFP – The World Health Organization announced Friday it had convened emergency talks on the deadly MERS virus, but said the move did not mean it was hiking its global … Continue reading
Montague Paratrooper Folding Mnt Bike via Glenn Reynolds, at $800 or so, this is a good deal. But so is this one, for about $750: Dahon Jack D7 Folding Bike (Shadow) I like Dahon products. In fact, I have a … Continue reading
Instapundit » AND YET POLITICIANS AND JOURNALISTS FETISHIZE FEMA: Friends, neighbors were more helpful than government after Sandy, poll finds. “People overwhelmingly said the Oct. 29 storm brought out the best in their neighbors, who shared generators, food, water and … Continue reading
$10 gadget contains “the entire English Wikipedia with 3 million topics” – Boing Boing You can get one for yourself here (just click the link, below): Pandigital Handheld Electronic Encyclopedia (WikiReader) Palm-sized device contains the entire English Wikipedia Pre-loaded content, … Continue reading
China Bird Flu: New H7N9 Strain Causes Fourth Death BEIJING — A middle-aged man who transported poultry for a living and another unidentified person have died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing the death toll to five among … Continue reading
The Circle Bastiat The “Cyprus deal” as it has been widely referred to in the media may mark the next to last act in the the slow motion collapse of fractional-reserve banking that began with the implosion of the savings-and-loan … Continue reading
AM: What Does Collapse Look Like? The folks over at American Mercenary want to remind us all what a collapse looks like: “Collapse looks like today. And collapse will look like tomorrow, and the day after that.” “Collapse looks like … Continue reading
Doomsday Preppers – A Fortress at Sea » Right Pundits I really hate the term “Doomsday Preppers,” but I wouldn’t mind having one of these babies. … Continue reading
Asteroid ‘size of city block’ to skim past Earth on Saturday — RT News Asteroid 2013 ET was first detected on March 3 by the Catalina Sky Survey based at the University of Arizona, and now approaches the planet less … Continue reading
Instapundit » WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS: A Titanium Escape Ring. I want one! Where do I get one? Ask and you shall receive. (Actually, Amazon has a page for this, but says it’s sorta out of stock for eternity or … Continue reading
The Giza area of Egypt is suffering from a plague of 30 million locusts. I don’t know about you but this story seems awfully familiar. IIRC the last time this happened it did not end well for the Egyptians. … Continue reading
The Captain’s Journal » What Happens If Your Bug Out Gun Breaks? Recently I had one of my Smith & Wesson revolvers put completely out of action by the tiniest of parts, a hand torsion spring. This spring is what … Continue reading
Instapundit » Blog Archive » A WARNING FROM THE ASTEROID HUNTERS: In the game of cosmic roulette that is our solar system, we … The chance in your lifetime of an even bigger asteroid impact on Earth—with explosive energy of … Continue reading