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Surviving a Nuclear Bomb, by Robert B.

Guest Blogger — Sun, 09 May 2010 01:30:00 +0000

A serious letter to my dear beloved son, Eric, It is quite possible that the USA will soon experience a terrorist attack in the form of a nuclear detonation. The city just west of the University you are attending would be a high profile, terrorist "trophy" to attack. If a nuclear detonation by terrorist occurs in that city, you will notice a bright flash of light and, then feel the blast wave a few seconds after. Although the University is somewhat distant and shielded by terrain from that city, train yourself to not look toward the flash and immediately duck behind a solid barrier. Expect glass to be flying from any windows and plug your ears. Once the blast wave passes note the time. Your goal is to be inside a fallout shelter within 40 minutes and with enough supplies to last 2 weeks. This will only be possible if you prepare in advance... Read the remainder of Surviving a Nuclear Bomb.

Practical Steps to Preparing a Family for TEOTWAWKI, by Mitch D.

Guest Blogger — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:53:38 +0000

I didn’t know it at the time, but my introduction to preparedness came in 1999 when I sat at a large table with about 15 other men in a small town café for our weekly bible study. A small portion of these men were worried about Y2K and urged others to prepare. I thought they were “nuts.” I did respect them as Christian men, however, and prayed for guidance. Looking back, I was a squared away 24 year-old but was still spiritually immature. At that time in my life, I felt no urging by the Lord to prepare for Y2K. About ten years later in the middle of a bitterly cold 2009 winter night, the power went out in my newly-built home. My home, at the time, ran completely on electricity with no form of back-up heat. I was lucky to have in-floor heat on both levels of my home, but the wind was howling that night, as the temperatures outside kept dropping and eventually hit 30 below zero. With the wind chill effect, it was probably near 60 to 70 below. My kids didn’t like how dark the house was, even though we had flashlights on hand for each of them. I put my four children to sleep early and piled on some extra blankets. At 7:00 p.m. it was 60 in the house and I wasn’t worried as my new home was well-insulated and built tight. I went to call my parents, who own the 20 acres bordering the western boundary of our place. Our phones in the house, however, all depended on electricity so I decided that my call could wait until the morning. When I went to bed at 11:00 p.m. it was now 50 in the house and I just assumed the power company guys were having a hard time in the wind and cold. I woke up in the early morning and noticed that it was about 40 degrees in the house and still no electricity. I was now a little uneasy as I didn’t need pipes freezing up on me. At 7:00 a.m. I bundled up the kids and took them next door where I knew my dad had a gas fireplace. To my surprise, his electricity was up and running. To make a long story short, it was just my place without power as the wires from the transformer came loose when my box moved from winter heaving. I called the power company and they had my box fixed within the hour. Nothing bad had happened, but it did get me thinking about a few questions: Read the remainder of Practical Steps to Preparing a Family for TEOTWAWKI.

Could you or your business withstand a disaster?

abrown — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:05:16 +0000

When the employees at a small nonprofit at 9430 Research Blvd. backed up their data, they did everything they were supposed to. Except one thing.

“In hindsight, we didn’t think about storing it off-site,” said John Barrett, Jr., president of the Scientific Investigation & Instruction Institute, also called Si3.
When a small plane plowed into their building Feb. 18, Barrett — who was working in San Antonio at the time — first thought about the people.

But when… Read the remainder of Could you or your business withstand a disaster?

Preparing Your Organization for Disasters, by N.C.L.

Guest Blogger — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:08:05 +0000

Where will you be when the earthquake happens? The tornado? The riot? The terrorist strike? The (fill in the blank). If you work or go to school, you spend about 40 hours every week in a non-home environment. Probably more if you count commute time, shopping, recreation, library time, extra-curricular activity time, and so forth. Even if you are a serious prepper, that means about 25% or more of your time each week is spent in environments away from your primary support systems. That also means that there is about 1 chance in four that a disaster will happen while you are in one of these other environments. You will have access to what you have with you and what someone (employer, school, etc.) has put in place for you in such emergencies. Having been employed for 40 years and a student for 20+ years before that I can tell you these other environments have virtually nothing in place to provide for the survival, let alone comfort, of those on premises. Read the remainder of preparing your organization for Disasters.

Preparing to Be Prepared, by A Patriotic Christian

Guest Blogger — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:43:57 +0000

Preparedness and survival are becoming increasingly popular discussions in these days of economic and political instability. Head to a diner in the morning and you’ll hear ol’ timers talking about their deer rifles they have with extra ammunition. Pass in a supermarket and you’ll hear middle aged housewives speaking of the class they are taking on home canning. Most people have the mental image of a worldwide doomsday when “survival” is brought up. That fact is that survival is simply that…survival. Whether your family is snowed in for a few days in a cabin, an earthquake ruptures water and power, all the way to nuclear bombs dropping, survival is a must. From my view, the first thing that you can do is to prepare yourselves is to put your faith, trust and life in the hands of the Lord. Through Him, you will find strength and knowledge that will help you survive until He decides to call you home. The next steps for preparing are what you can do for you, your families, and your friends. Read the remainder of Preparing to Be Prepared.

Preparedness for Digital Doomsday, by David W.

Guest Blogger — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:12:00 +0000

One subject I've not seen mentioned recently is that of data recovery and security. As a proponent of various disaster recovery plans for large companies during my tenure as in information technology auditor I'd like to propose a few ideas to the readers to increase the chances of keeping data post-TEOTWAWKI. No one plan works for everyone and your mileage may vary. Read the remainder of Preparedness for Digital Doomsday.

Yet Another Terrorist Incident in 2009

Guest Blogger — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:09:00 +0000

The recent Christmas Day 2009 Terrorism Incident highlights how security lapses in other countries can directly affect the United States and other terrorist targets.

Appears once again that plenty of clues were available to spotlight this Nigerian fellow - even a call from his parent to let authorities know of his apparent terrorist affiliation. Somehow the media is attempting to protect us by saying he was setting off fireworks on the plane. Not true.

So why the reluctance to screen this person out?

Binary Explosive Lesson

This explosive concoction has been on the Internet at least 5 years we know of so anyone expressing outrage over showing the video hasn't been paying much attention. They might better express their outrage over the Netherlands not allowing US Sky Marshall's to board (our) planes headed to the US from their country.

If you recall the Fort Hood Terrorism Incident a short while back where the DHS Chief said the main goal was for the terrorist to have justice served. She obviously fails to get it either because the main goal always is find out why/how it happened and to make sure it does not happen again.