Monthly Archives: August 2010

Threat: EMP (ElectroMagnetic Pulse)

[Translate] A ballistic missile from a foreign enemy would take 33 minutes to reach the United States. With each passing day, this becomes a growing danger to America, yet our government has failed to build the missile defense systems capable … Continue reading

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Stockpiling Food

[Translate] This is from an blog post titled ‘Australian Study: Stockpile Food For Pandemic’ dated December 12, 2007 and while a little dated still applicable for pandemics and pretty much any other disaster: For nearly 2 years, the United States … Continue reading

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Meet Britain’s asteroid watchman

[Translate] Spare a thought for Leicester, England’s Kevin Yates, who spends his day’s monitoring whether we will all be obliterated by an asteroid. Spaceweather.com: On August 14, 2010 there were 1142 potentially hazardous asteroids.

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Protocols for Geologic Hazards Response by the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory

[Translate] Here’s an excerpt from an interesting article that I ran across: An important new document has been compiled by the USGS and other agencies to aid other authorities and the public in understanding new event mitigation practices put in … Continue reading

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An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) poses a devastating threat

[Translate] In the August issue of Townhall Magazine, Peter Brookes examines the EMP threat, how it works and what we can do to prepare. Below is an excerpt from his piece, “Electromagnetic Pulse Threat.” Just imagine that one bright, sunny … Continue reading

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