Urban Survival Series #2 - Two Person Emergency Kit
Below is a list of recommended items that should be included in a basic Severe Weather kit.
1 Backpack
1 Weather Band Radio
1 Mini Flashlight
1 Eight Hour Light stick
1 Emergency Stove & Fuel
1 Box of Waterproof/Windproof Matches
Weather Protection
- 2 Solar Blankets
- 2 Emergency Rain Ponchos
- 1 Tube Tent
- 5 Emergency Candles
- 2 3600 Calorie Food Bars
- 12 Water Pouches
- 50 Water Purification Tablets
- 1 8 Litre foldable water container
1 Five in one Survival Whistle
1 50 ft Rope
1 Pair of Work Gloves
2 N95 Masks
1 43 pc First Aid Kit
Hygiene Kit
- 2 Toothbrushes
- 1 Toothpaste
- 1 comb
- 1 washcloth
- 1 tissue
- 6 Wet naps
- 1 Roll Toilet Paper
2 Carpenter Pencils
1 Ax
1 Sierra Saw
1 Roll of Duct Tape
1 Package of Nylon Ties
1 Waterproof Pouch
1 Safety Goggles
1 Emergency Preparedness Guide
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Winter Preperation for home, car and truck
Winter Prepping the home
- Furnace inspection
- Fireplace cleaning
- Wood/gas/pellet stove test run
- CO Detectors
- Back up heating options
- Inventory fuel and assess requirements
- Hose bib protection
- Check up on your kits
- Back up lighting
- Consider a generator
Winter Prepping the Car
- Oil Change – (proper weight)
- Wiper blade upgrade and ice scrapers
- Freeze resistant windshield washer
- Clean and care for your battery
- Fuel and air filters
- Check belts and hoses
- Consider snow tires
- Check out the 4×4
- Flush and replace antifreeze coolant
- Make sure the spare tire has air
- Make sure you have jumper cables
- Extra fuel if it is practical
The winter car/truck kit
- Cold weather gear
- Water and food
- Shovel
- Traction material (salt, cat liter, etc)
- A come along or winch
- A good stable jack
- Inspect and account for spare tire tools
- Consider a tool like the PowerDomeEX
- Emergency radio
- Cell phone chargers
- Fire starting material
Common Sense Procedures
- Estimate travel times and make sure someone is aware of your plans
- Sometimes DON’T GO is the only answer
- Keep all items charged and fresh batteries around
- Test anything you answer a “what if” question with
Power Outage Checklist
From the RED CROSS: Power Outage Checklist
Sudden power outages can be frustrating and troublesome, especially when they last a long time. If a power outage is 2 hours or less, you need not be concerned about losing your perishable foods. For prolonged power outages, though, there are steps you can take to minimize food loss and to keep all members of your household as
comfortable as possible.
How do I prepare for a power outage
To help preserve your food, keep the following supplies in your home:
- One or more coolers—Inexpensive Styrofoam coolers work well.
- Ice—Surrounding your food with ice in a cooler or in the refrigerator will keep food colder for a longer period of time during a prolonged power outage.
- A digital quick-response thermometer—With these thermometers you can quickly check the internal temperatures of food to ensure they are cold enough to use safely.
- Water—one gallon per person, per day (3- day supply for evacuation, 2-week supply for home)
- Food—non-perishable, easy-toprepare items (3-day supply for evacuation, 2-week supply for home)
- Flashlight (NOTE: Do not use candles during a power outage due to the extreme risk of fire.) • Battery-powered or hand-crank radio (NOAA Weather Radio, possible) • Extra batteries
- First aid kit • Medications (7-day supply) and medical items • Multi-purpose tool
- Sanitation and personal hygiene items
- Copies of personal documents (medication list and pertinent medical information,
- deed/lease to home, birth certificates, insurance policies)
- Cell phone with chargers • Family and emergency contact information • Extra cash
If someone in your home is dependent on electric-powered, life-sustaining
equipment, remember to include backup power in your evacuation plan.
- Keep a non-cordless telephone in your home. It is likely to work even when the power is out.
- Keep your car’s gas tank full.
- Keep food as safe as possible.
- Keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed as much as possible. First use perishable food from the refrigerator. An unopened refrigerator will keep foods cold for about 4 hours.
- Then use food from the freezer. A full freezer will keep the temperature for about
- 48 hours (24 hours if it is half full) if the door remains closed.
- Use your non-perishable foods and staples after using food from the refrigerator and freezer.
- If it looks like the power outage will continue beyond a day, prepare a cooler with ice for your freezer items.
- Keep food in a dry, cool spot and keep it covered at all times.
What should I do during a power outage?- Keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed as much as possible. First use perishable food from the refrigerator. An unopened refrigerator will keep foods cold for about 4 hours.
- Then use food from the freezer. A full freezer will keep the temperature for about 48 hours (24 hours if it is half full) if the door remains closed.
- Use your non-perishable foods and staples after using food from the refrigerator and freezer.
- If it looks like the power outage will continue beyond a day, prepare a cooler with ice for your freezer items.
- Keep food in a dry, cool spot and keep it covered at all times.
- Turn off and unplug all unnecessary electrical equipment, including sensitive electronics.
- Turn off or disconnect any appliances (like stoves), equipment or electronics you were using when the power went out. When power comes back on, surges or spikes can damage equipment.
- Leave one light turned on so you’ll know when the power comes back on.
- Eliminate unnecessary travel, especially by car. Traffic lights will be out and roads will be congested.
- When using a portable generator, connect the equipment you want to power directly to the outlets on the generator.
- Do not connect a portable generator to a home’s electrical system.
- If you are considering getting a generator, get advice from a professional, such as an electrician.
- Make sure that the generator you purchase is rated for the power that you think you will need.
What should I do when the power comes back on?- Do not touch any electrical power lines and keep your family away from them. Report downed power lines to the appropriate officials in your area.
- Throw away any food that has been exposed to temperatures 40° F (4° C) for 2 hours or more or that has an unusual odor, color or texture. When in doubt, throw it out!
- Never taste food or rely on appearance or odor to determine its safety. Some foods may look and smell fine, but if they have been at room temperature too long, bacteria causing food-borne illnesses can start growing quickly. Some types of bacteria produce toxins that cannot be destroyed by cooking.
- If food in the freezer is colder than 40° F and has ice crystals on it, you can refreeze it.
- If you are not sure food is cold enough, take its temperature with the food thermometer.Throw out any foods (meat, poultry, fish, eggs and leftovers) that have been exposed to temperatures higher than 40° F (4° C) for 2 hours or more, and any food that has an unusual odor, color or texture, or feels warm to touch.
- Never use a generator, grill, camp stove or other gasoline, propane, natural gas or charcoal-burning devices inside a home, garage, basement, crawlspace or any partially enclosed area. Locate unit away from doors, windows and vents that could allow carbon monoxide to come indoors.
- The primary hazards to avoid when using alternate sources for electricity, heating or cooking are carbon monoxide poisoning, electric shock and fire.
- Install carbon monoxide alarms in central locations on every level of your home and outside sleeping areas to provide early warning of accumulating carbon monoxide.
- If the carbon monoxide alarm sounds, move quickly to a fresh air location outdoors or by an open window or door.
- Call for help from the fresh air location and remain there until emergency personnel arrive to assist you.
If your community experiences a disaster, register on the American Red Cross Safe and Well Web site available through RedCross.org to let your family and friends know about your welfare. If you don’t have Internet access, call 1-866-GET-INFO to register yourself and your family.
The 2000-watt society
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The 2000-watt society (2,000-Watt Society) is a vision, originated by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich at the end of 1998, in which each person in the developed world would cut their over-all rate of energy use to an average of no more than 2,000 watts (i.e. 17,520 kilowatt-hours per year of all energy use, not only electrical) by the year 2050, without lowering their standard of living.
The concept addresses not only personal or household energy use, but the total for the whole society, divided by the population.
Two thousand watts is approximately the current world average rate of total energy use. This compares to averages of around 6,000 watts in western Europe, 12,000 watts in the United States, 1500 watts in China, 1000 watts in India, and only 300 watts in Bangladesh. Switzerland itself, currently using an average of around 5,000 watts, was last a 2000-watt society in the 1960s.
It is further envisaged that the use of carbon based fuels would be ultimately cut to no more than 500 watts per person within 50 to 100 years.
The vision was developed in response to concerns about climate change, energy security, and the future availability of energy supplies. It is supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy, the Association of Swiss Architects and Engineers, and other bodies.
10 Wild Places to Hike (Before You Die)
LIVE OFF GRID.NETFrom The Sierra Club; 10 Wild Places to Hike (Before You Die)
Golfers have St. Andrews. Opera buffs have La Scala. But hikers have their pick of all the world's most beautiful wild places. How could anyone ever single out just one of them as not-to-be missed?
We can't. But we can narrow it down for you. If you're a hiker, you'd better not hang up your boots and backpack for the last time before you've hit the trail in at least one of these ten wild places, as selected by the Sierra Club's volunteer outings leaders.
Which of the world's wild places should every hiker try to experience at least once in their lifetime?
Here's our unofficial "bucket list" of not-to-be-missed favorites in Alaska, Hawaii, the Lower 48, and beyond. Click on each destination to read more about a Sierra Club trip that's headed there soon.
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1) Acadia National Park, Maine
The Northeast's only national park boasts an extensive system of foot trails leading to incredible views of islands, valley lakes, Frenchman Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean.
2) Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
This jagged landscape is home some of Alaska's most spectacular and challenging mountains, as well as grizzlies, wolves, dall sheep, musk ox, and caribou.
3) Dolomites, Italy
Don't miss this sunny corner of the Alps packed with dramatic and colorful mountains, jutting peaks, fertile valleys, and a diversity of local cultures.
4) Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
One of the world's most enduring natural wonders and a hiking paradise, this ancient and brilliantly-colored chasm is rich in human, geologic, and natural history.
5) Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina
Choose from a multitude of hiking options in the last large piece of the southern Appalachian forest which contains some of the richest biological diversity in the U.S.
6) John Muir Wilderness, California
Visit the wilderness wonderland named after Sierra Club founder, John Muir, dotted with alpine lakes, glaciers, towering granite peaks, and lush green meadows.
7) Kauai, Hawaii
A trip to Hawaii's "Garden Isle" means diverse trails, breathtaking views, lush flora and fauna, and a refreshing dip in warm surf at day's end.
8) North Cascades National Park, Washington
"America's Alps" offer jagged peaks, ice fields, brilliant lakes, alpine meadows, and a variety of hikes from densely-forested trails to ridge routes with panoramic views.
9) Patagonia, Argentina
Embark on one of the world's classic hikes, the "W," through this massive, untamed wilderness teeming with turquoise lakes, snow-capped volcanoes, and calving glaciers.
10) Wind River Range, Wyoming
Cascades, wildflower meadows, sprawling glaciers, and lakes filled with trout make "the Winds" a favorite for destination for outdoor enthusiasts. Don't forget your fishing pole!
BONUS! Your own backyard
Discover a variety of trails near you on one of the Sierra Club's many local outings!
TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY
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TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY
1) Almost everyone who simply 'ducks and covers' when buildings collapse
ARE CRUSHED TO DEATH. People who get under objects, like desks or cars,
are crushed.
2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position.
You should too in an earthquake. It is a natural safety/survival
instinct. That position helps you survive in a smaller void. Get next to
an object, next to a sofa, next to a large bulky object that will
compress slightly but leave a void next to it.
3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in during
an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of the
earthquake. If the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids
are created. Also, the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing
weight. Brick buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will
cause many injuries but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.
Concrete slab buildings are the most dangerous during an earthquake.
4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply
roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can
achieve a much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting a
sign on the back of the door of every room telling occupants to lie down
on the floor, next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake.
5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by getting out
the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal position next
to a sofa, or large chair.
6) Almost everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse i s
kill ed. How? If you stand under a doorway and the doorjamb falls
forward or backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If the
door jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by the doorway. In
either case, you will be killed!
7) Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different 'moment of
frequency (they swing separately from the main part of the building).
The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each
other until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The people who
get on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads ?
horribly mutilated. Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away
from the stairs. The stairs are a likely part of the building to be
damaged. Even if the stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they
may collapse later when overloaded by fleeing people. They should always
be checked for safety, even when the rest of the building is not
damaged.
8) Get Near the Outer Walls Of Buildings Or Outside Of Them If Possible
- It is much better to be near the outside of the building rather than
the interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of
the building the greater the probability that your escape route will be
blocked..
9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above falls
in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what
happened with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The
victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their
vehicles.They were all killed. They could have easily survived by
getting out and lying in the fetal position next to their vehicles.
Everyone killed would have survived if they had been able to get out of
their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the crushed cars had voids 3
feet high next to them, except for the cars that had columns fall
directly across them.
10) It was discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper offices
and other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact.
Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper.
A film, 'triangle of life.' in which survival techniques were practiced under directly
observable, scientific conditions, relevant to building collapse, showed
there would have been zero percent survival for those doing duck and
cover.
There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people using
the methods of the 'triangle of life.' This film has been seen by millions
of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe, and it was
seen in the USA , Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV.
Spread the word and save someone's life...
The entire world is experiencing natural calamities - so be prepared!
Urban Survival Series
Urban Survival Series
Staying put in Suburbia and Basic Survival:
.......What you need to know.
Nuclear and Natural Disaster preparedness.
Organization: Join a completely volunteer network emergency response organization, including emergency management, first responder and disaster response specialists. Everyone is here for the same reason, to help those that need it most during an emergency or disaster response, and to assist with long term recovery efforts.Planning: Being prepared for likely emergencies is an essential requirement for any emergency management entity. Being prepared for incidents that are less likely to occur is important for a capable and competent response in any emergency or disaster situation. This is some information on preparedness for various emergency situations. Please contact us if you are interested in additional information or assistance.
Equipment: The proper tools for the job will make your response efforts much more effective. This is some information regarding useful equipment based on the type of response.
We have also included additional information regarding funding options for your organization.
Operations: The ability to respond to a disaster requires every available resource working together cohesively. We can get you there. A network of capable and trained responders, drawn from a willing network, is the best possible solution for addressing worst case situations. Join our network
Communications; Amateur radio operators, clubs and organizations are welcome to join us as we establish a framework of emergency communications capability. Our goal is a nationwide and international ECOMS networking capability
Basic Survival: The ability to care for yourself, your family and your friends.
The capability to survive is invaluable during any critical low resource incident.
Survival Standard Kit:
Paper Money
Coins
Phone card
Paper and pencil stub
Needle and Thread
Tiny Flashlight
Safety Pins
Tweezers
Tiny Scissors
Aspirin/Pacetamol
Scalpel blade
Magnifying lens
Bandages
Whistle
Tiny screwdriver
Antihistamine tablets
Other medicines
Tampons
Condoms
Spare contact lenses
Matches
Survival Belt:
Belt pack 4"x5"x2" waterproof nylon
Small folding knife 3" blade
Knife sharpener (E-Z Lap Diamond Sharpener)
1 2" flint
1 large safety pin
Waterproof tape
Ziploc plastic bag
Nylon twine
Wire ring saw
1 container fire starter
Flashlight micro-lithium
Spool wire
Gaff hook
1 nail
3 small animal snares
1 fishing kit
Metal signal mirror
Fishing Kit:
4-1/2" x 3" x 1-1/4" box
4 assorted dry flies #12 hooks
4 assorted dry flies #14 hooks
3 large lead jigs in assorted colors #4 hooks
4 small ice fishing jigs, assorted colors #12 hooks
6 lead-lined jigs, assorted colors #6 hooks
6 short shank #4 hooks
4 short shank #14 hooks
4 short shank #2 hooks
6 long shank #4/0 hooks
1 gaff hook #8/0 hook
3 Swedish pimples, assorted sizes (ice fishing jigs)
2 large safety pins
1 band-tied 3-hook worm harness
1 Rapella lure
1 red & white Dare-devil
1 small gold spoon
1 small silver-spoon
1 container floating fly dope
6 4" plastic worms
3 2" plastic worms
6 3-way swivels
6 ball-bearing snap swivels
Assortment of lead weights
1 tapered fly line
50 yards 18# test braided nylon squidding line
1 steel leader 8"
3 nylon leaders 20" each
Container fish poison
Medical Kit:
1 sterile 2" Kling bandage
Tweezers
Scissors
5 Band-Aids
1 package Tums
4 sterile 3"x3" dressings
4 sterile 4"x4" dressings
1 sterile Adaptec 4"x4" dressing
1 3x5 moleskin
4 individual application tubes antibiotic ointment
1 eyewash applicator with saline solution
1 pkg. aspirin
Triangular bandage
4 alcohol prep pads
4 butterfly bandages
Large Survival Kit for Indefinite Survival:
Sewing awl
Needle nose pliers with wire cutter
Needle
Dental floss (for sewing)
Folding knife
Sierra saw (folding)
Ring saw
Survival saw
Snow shovel
Visqueen (heavy plastic tarp)
Water generator
3'x3' signal cloth
Fishing kit: safety pins, 150' 18 lb line, hooks, floats, bait, etc.
Multi vitamins
Protein tablets
Hard candy
Dried eggs
Dried milk
Tent cloth
File
Silverware
3 space blankets
Compass
Signal mirror
2 sky blazers
4 candles
Micro-lithium flashlight, battery, bulb
Fire starter
Matches
Butane lighter
Flint
Bug dope (GI)
12 snares
Spool snare wire
Plastic drinking tube
2 heavy zip-lock bags
P38 can opener
Water purification tablets
Sling shot rubber and ammo
Diamond knife sharpener
Whistle
Towel & face cloth
Soap
2 orange smoke signals
75 yards 42 lb nylon twine
75' nylon cord
1 pair work gloves
Metal cup
Mess kit
Small grill
Mousetrap
1 roll surveyors tape
Folding water jug
Survival Kit
Complete fishing kit
Gill net
Awl with extra thread
25 ft 550 cord
Carton cutter (razor knife)
Solar battery charger for AA batteries, with rechargeable batteries
Signal mirror
Magnifying glass
2 pre-made wire snares
Bug dope (insect repellent)
Camo paint kit
Katadyne H2O purifier
Extra H2O purification tablets
Spool of nylon twine, with capped center holding safety pins and sewing needles
2 compasses (1 regular, 1 lensatic)
Duct tape
Waterproof notepad with pens and pencils
Space blanket
Thermometer
Altibaro (combination altimeter and barometer)
Spool of tripwire
Speed Pouch (Inside Survival Kit
Lock-back knife
EZ-Lap diamond knife sharpener
WSI Hot Spark flint
Fire starter
Small flashlight
Slingshot rubber
Surveyor's tape
Electrolytes
Medical Kit
6 3X3 gauze pads
4X4 gauze pads (6 doubles, 4 singles)
3 4X5 Kling bandages
3 3X5 Kling bandages
1 field dressing
10 Adaptic nonadhering dressings
Triangular bandage
Ace bandage
Assorted bandaids
Assorted rolls of tape, 1 waterproof
Safety pins, various sizes
Moleskin
Swab sticks
Field surgical instruments
Assorted sizes of suture thread and needles
Iodine
Antibiotic cream/ointment
Lanacane cream
Eye drops
Tylenol
Bactine
Potassium iodine tablets
Ground yarrow flowers and leaves
Tums
Vitamins
Toothbrush
Dental powder
Dental floss
Snake bite kit (optional)
Fanny Pack
Fishing line, 2 kinds
Small crookneck flashlight
Mousetrap
Book: Survival, A Manual That Could Save Your Life
Waterproof collection bag
Net bag
2 ponchos
100 ft 550 cord
Sierra saw with extra blade
Misc Items for Belt
Canteen with drinking/cooking cup and outside pocket for water tablets, large knife with sheath. 3 heavy-duty water bags & 6 regular water bags
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Food Storage what kinds of survival foods to store up and which ones work best?
Survival Water Water for survival is a HUGE thing to prepare for.
Survival Gardening one of my favorite survival topics to write about! (Gardening is a GREAT, inexpensive way to add to that survival food list).
Survival Seeds It's time to stock up on survival seeds...do you know whether to get heirloom or hybrid or what's even the difference?!
Bug Out Bags Make your own bug out bags!
Underground Survival Shelters you have got to check out these unique bomb shelters.
Portable Generators what to look for in a portable generator...
Solar Water Heaters heating your water with solar can make a HUGE difference in your electirc bill!
Wilderness Survival does it intimidate you?
Homemade Remedies and natural cures are a MUST for survival preparation!
Weapons for Survival... what kind of protection do you need?
Building Fires how to build a fire in the woods.
Survival Blog and survival articles.
Civil Defense Net North America
Source for Emergency Response, Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness Organization Information and Education
Online Resources: Civilians
Center For Domestic Preparedness
Citizen Corps
Ready America
Civil Preparedness Guide
Community Emergency Response Team Handbook
Community Emergency Response Teams State Directory
Community Emergency Response Teams Webpage
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
InfraGard.Org
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA Library
FEMA Mitigation
Civil Defense Information
Civil Defense-Fix It Or Forget It-1979 Popular Mechanics-See Page 109
Civil Defense History In The United States-1950 Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists-See Page 265
Civil Defense Reports and Studies
Civil Defense Urban Analysis
Civil Defense Versus Public Apathy-1953 Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists-See Page 27
Urban Evacuation In Soviet Civil Defense-CIA 1963
Civil Defense Manuals
Basic Course For Civil Defense
Current Status Of Civil Defense In Schools
Emergency Exposures To Nuclear Radiation
Facts About Fallout Protection
Fallout And The Winds
Fallout Exposure Rate Prediction Tables
Fallout Protection
Fallout Protection For Homes With Basements
Family Shelters Protection Against Radiation Fallout
Handbook For Radiological Defense Education Handbook For Radiological Monitors
In Time Of Emergency
Medical Aspects Of Nuclear Radiation
Puget Sound County Civil Defense PDF
Radiation Safety in Shelters
Radiological Defense And Preparedness
Radiological Instruments
Shelter Management Handbook
Survival Under Atomic Attack
Ten For Survival
The Evolution Of Programs And Policies
What You Should Know About The National Plan
Communications
Emergency Radio
ARES-Amateur Radio Emergency Service
ARRL Emergency Communications
ARES Public Service Communication Manual
DHS Fact Sheet-National Emergency Communications Plan
DHS Office Of Emergency Communications
RACES-Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
DHS SAFECOM
SEARCH Emergency Communications
The American Preppers Radio Network
Emergency Communications Directory
What Is Emergency Communications
ARRL Continuing Education
Disaster Response & Preparedness
CERT LA Emergency Survival Program
CERT LA Homepage
The Connection
Army Force Protection & Antiterrorism 1997-Part A
Army Force Protection & Antiterrorism 1997-Part B
EMRTC State Points of Contact
FEMA RMS Manuals
FEMA Lessons Learned Information Sharing
International Association of Emergency Managers
Incident Control System Resource Center
National Incident Management System Resource Center
National Response Framework Resource Center
Response Partner Guides
Rescue International
FEMA Position Checklists
Training and Exercise Integration-Training Operations
USFA Disasters
USFA EBooks
USFA Learning Resource Center
USFA Pathfinder Literature
Readiness And Emergency Management Technical Assistance Request
NI2 Center for Infrastructure Expertise
National Vulnerability Database
Government & Law Enforcement Restricted Networks
Multi State Information Sharing & Analysis Center
Tripwire
Law Enforcement Online
Cyber Cop
NC4
HSIN
NDIC Real Time Analytical Intelligence Database
US CERT
Government & Law Enforcement Restricted Training & Information Resources
Center For Task Force Training
Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy
Defense Security Service
Defense Security Service Academy
Defense Technical Information Center
FBI Virtual Academy
Law Enforcement Counter Terrorism Resources & Training
Learn ATF
Learn DOJ
MCTFT-St Petersburg College
OPM Go Learn Knowledge portal
SLATT-State & Local Anti Terrorism Training
US Air Force Portal
US Army Knowledge Online
US Coast Guard Online Training
US Coast Guard Knowledge Online
US Marine Net
US Navy Knowledge Online
NDIC Multiagency Course
DAVIS-DITIS
Grants
FEMA Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program 2009
Grants.gov
Responder Knowledge Base
COPS MORE
Law Enforcement Investigative Resources & Assistance
Analysis Of Criminal Codes & Ciphers
Firearm Manuals
Introduction To Forensic Firearm Identification
Public Safety Canada
SEARCH.Org Investigative Toolbar
The Innocent Justice Foundation
Law Enforcement Investigative Training
Internet Crimes Against Children Training
National White Collar Crime Center Training
SEARCH.org
Calendar For Law Enforcement Training
Criminal Intelligence Master Training Calendar
Public Agency Training Council-Training Calendar
Law Enforcement Paid Professional Resources
High Tech Crime Consortium
International Counter Terrorism Officers Association
International Law Enforcement Officers Association
International Tactical Officers Training Association
National Tactical Officers Association
Virtual University
Health & Medical
Where There Is No Doctor
Where There Is No Dentist
Where Women Have No Medical
Where Women Have No Medical-Midwives
Sanitation And Cleanliness
Water For Life
Hesperian’s Complete Online Library-From The Writers Of Where There Is No Doctor
Survival
American Preppers
Survival Ring.Org
Survival Blog.Com
Survival Station.Org
Survival Supplies–Stocking Up Over Time
Planning & Preparation
You Will Survive Doomsday
Drum Runners-Lot Of Info! Recommended Site!
Terrorism & Gangs
The Terrorist Planning Cycle-Indicators and Clues for Law Enforcement
Fact Sheets on Terrorist Attacks
Antiterrorism And Force Protection
Risks During Foreign Travel
Who's Doing What to Whom?
Terrorism-A Simplified Explanation
Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Database
Global Terror Database
Australian Dept Foreign Affairs Counter Terrorism
The Intelligence & Terrorism Information Center
Anti Defamation League
…..Next in this series:
Permanent Relocation
- Where to live
- Why?
- Possible issues re; locating near nuclear-coal-oil power plants
- Off Grid Power Source temporary & permanent:
- Solar, hydrogen, geothermal, hydro, wind gen-set, etc.
- Water
- Collection & Storage
- Work /Jobs
- Travel to work, market & medical
- Medical care
- Home State Registration (if RVr)
- Currency
- Communications
- Sewage
- Food
- Short term & Long Term food and water
- MREs, canned, dried foods, seeds?
- gardens Hydro/aquaponic
Responses to : How close do you live to a Nuclear Plant?
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In response to one of our recent tweets asking: "How close do you live to a nuclear plant" we received this response from a friend who decided to relocate and live in Northern NJ a while back.
"I studied these issues five years ago as part of the decision to move to our current location in the northwestern-most corner of NJ. Remember, that the so-called "Radius" business (12 miles/20 miles, blah blah blah) is not the only thing. As I learned when I investigated hazards of the coal-fired plants located in eastern Pennsylvania, the factors of PREVAILING WINDS are just as important, if less newsworthy, and must be studied as well. It does little good to console yourself with your being fifty miles away from a meltdown, if prevailing winds in your area are such that radioactivity spewed from two hundred miles away can be carried to your home.
There are coal fired power plants in eastern PA whose emissions cross the Delaware River into New Jersey only forty miles south of our present location. These emissions drift over the southern-most part of Warren County, the county immediately south of our own. Because of the influence of terrain and prevailing winds, these are, fortunately, kept well south of us up here.
But this is an example of the considerations that the talking heads never seem to mention when they bullshit us about the various radii from nuclear contamination that we should be concerned with. Its the wind, not the proximity, that is responsible for a sudden, if minor increase in background levels in California at the present time.
More interesting is the fact that the worlds third-largest economy may take YEARS to recover from the "possible meltdown". It's certain that if they have to abandon the site altogether due to dangerous radiation, there WILL be a China Syndrome at that location, far more significant than Three Mile Island. (possibly a potential Chernobyl-scaled event.)
We are being lied to for sure.
If Christie Whitman could promote the lie that it was safe to re-enter the Wall Street area within a few days of the Towers collapse, (we don't want to interrupt business, do we?), it's a sure thing that the business of Japan's industry and economy will never be candid about the extent of the danger.
The Japanese are a very closed society to begin with, and as a people, are not terribly committed to public displays of failure and not at all comfortable with the concept of whistle-blowing. If this were a generation ago, the owners and operators of the plant would have committed ritual suicide.
In short, they are screwed. The infinite-growth paradigm that they have chosen to imitate since the Second World War is now biting them in the ass, as it is biting us in the ass presently.
And, in case anybody is relying on the networks, (General Electric provides the turbines and related equipment for the great majority of our own 104 nuke plants and owns Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell, et.al.) to give us truth, we can be sure that the American media is calibrating their coverage very carefully."
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From SU
Still they just don’t seem to understand why everybody is so upset over nuclear radiation at “such low levels”. They’re full of analogies like saying you’d have to eat 187X of spinach to get enough radiation to equal a single cat scan. What they don’t get is that it’s like telling people there’s so little shit on your spinach that you would have to eat 187X of it to equal a full bowel movement.
Here’s what’s really scary. If I’m not mistaken it’s particles of plutonium that pose the most extreme threat since even a micro particle the size of a virus can be lethal. I’ve heard that one ounce of plutonium has enough lethality to kill everyone on the planet and there are tons and tons of the stuff in reactor #3 or 4.
Worst case? They can’t cool this one down and the core burns through containment, through the concrete, burning its way down into the earth until it meets underground water. The resultant steam explosion blasts into the atmosphere atomizing the plutonium/uranium core.
Plutonium ½ life = 27,000 years, and it has to go through 10 half lives to be rendered non-lethal. Check this out: BEYOND NUCLEAR
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George Carlin on Saving The Planet:
‘Jammin in New York’ show 1992
“We’re so self-important. So self-important. Everybody’s going to save something now. “Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those snails.” And the greatest arrogance of all: save the planet. What? Are these fucking people kidding me? Save the planet, we don’t even know how to take care of ourselves yet. We haven’t learned how to care for one another, we’re gonna save the fucking planet?
I’m getting tired of that shit. Tired of that shit. I’m tired of fucking Earth Day, I’m tired of these self-righteous environmentalists, these white, bourgeois liberals who think the only thing wrong with this country is there aren’t enough bicycle paths. People trying to make the world safe for their Volvos. Besides, environmentalists don’t give a shit about the planet. They don’t care about the planet. Not in the abstract they don’t. Not in the abstract they don’t. You know what they’re interested in? A clean place to live. Their own habitat. They’re worried that some day in the future, they might be personally inconvenienced. Narrow, unenlightened self-interest doesn’t impress me.
Besides, there is nothing wrong with the planet. Nothing wrong with the planet. The planet is fine. The PEOPLE are fucked. Difference. Difference. The planet is fine. Compared to the people, the planet is doing great. Been here four and a half billion years. Did you ever think about the arithmetic? The planet has been here four and a half billion years. We’ve been here, what, a hundred thousand? Maybe two hundred thousand? And we’ve only been engaged in heavy industry for a little over two hundred years. Two hundred years versus four and a half billion. And we have the CONCEIT to think that somehow we’re a threat? That somehow we’re gonna put in jeopardy this beautiful little blue-green ball that’s just a-floatin’ around the sun?
The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds of things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles…hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worldwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages…And we think some plastic bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The planet…the planet …the planet isn’t going anywhere. WE ARE!
We’re going away. Pack your shit, folks. We’re going away. And we won’t leave much of a trace, either. Thank God for that. Maybe a little Styrofoam. Maybe. A little Styrofoam. The planet’ll be here and we’ll be long gone. Just another failed mutation. Just another closed-end biological mistake. An evolutionary cul-de-sac. The planet’ll shake us off like a bad case of fleas. A surface nuisance.
You wanna know how the planet’s doing? Ask those people at Pompeii, who are frozen into position from volcanic ash, how the planet’s doing. You wanna know if the planet’s all right, ask those people in Mexico City or Armenia or a hundred other places buried under thousands of tons of earthquake rubble, if they feel like a threat to the planet this week. Or how about those people in Kilowaia, Hawaii, who built their homes right next to an active volcano, and then wonder why they have lava in the living room.
The planet will be here for a long, long, LONG time after we’re gone, and it will heal itself, it will cleanse itself, ’cause that’s what it does. It’s a self-correcting system. The air and the water will recover, the earth will be renewed, and if it’s true that plastic is not degradable, well, the planet will simply incorporate plastic into a new paradigm: the earth plus plastic. The earth doesn’t share our prejudice towards plastic. Plastic came out of the earth. The earth probably sees plastic as just another one of its children. Could be the only reason the earth allowed us to be spawned from it in the first place. It wanted plastic for itself. Didn’t know how to make it. Needed us. Could be the answer to our age-old egocentric philosophical question, “Why are we here?” Plastic…asshole.
So, the plastic is here, our job is done, we can be phased out now. And I think that’s begun. Don’t you think that’s already started? I think, to be fair, the planet sees us as a mild threat. Something to be dealt with. And the planet can defend itself in an organized, collective way, the way a beehive or an ant colony can. A collective defense mechanism. The planet will think of something. What would you do if you were the planet? How would you defend yourself against this troublesome, pesky species? Let’s see… Viruses. Viruses might be good. They seem vulnerable to viruses. And, uh…viruses are tricky, always mutating and forming new strains whenever a vaccine is developed. Perhaps, this first virus could be one that compromises the immune system of these creatures. Perhaps a human immunodeficiency virus, making them vulnerable to all sorts of other diseases and infections that might come along. And maybe it could be spread sexually, making them a little reluctant to engage in the act of reproduction.
Well, that’s a poetic note. And it’s a start. And I can dream, can’t I? See I don’t worry about the little things: bees, trees, whales, snails. I think we’re part of a greater wisdom than we will ever understand. A higher order. Call it what you want. Know what I call it? The Big Electron. The Big Electron…whoooa. Whoooa. Whoooa. It doesn’t punish, it doesn’t reward, it doesn’t judge at all. It just is. And so are we. For a little while. “
