Preparedness
It is being reported that tainted food from Fukushima, Ibaraki, Gumma, and Chiba is making its way into local supermarkets in Taiwan due to the irresponsibility of mislabeling. What’s more, these food products were banned in Taiwan since March of 2011.
In January 2000, the people of Cochabamba, Bolivia, shut down the city in protest against the privatization of their municipal water system, which had resulted in rate hikes that doubled or tripled their water bills. In February of that year, Pacific News Service correspondent Jim Shultz broke the story in the Western press with “A War Over Water,” his firsthand reports of clashes between riot police and protesters
The World Health Organization announced it will convene an Emergency Committee under International Health Regulations on Monday, February 1, concerning the Zika virus ‘explosive’ spread throughout the Americas. This meeting comes around as people start to discuss the use of GM mosquitoes and its possible link to the spread of ZIka virus.
Massive blizzard on the east coast of the USA has crippled many cities now digging themselves out. New York, New Jweeawy, Philadelphia, Washington DC and flooding on the southern east coast has left several dead, multiple traffic casualties and shut down affected areas.
When those who believe in global warming discuss this issue, the word “methane” does not always come up, but there are those who believe that this can have an even more substantial effect upon alleged global warming than man-made impacts, particularly in light of large stores of it places such as East Siberia.
With people already being officially called climate refugees, and conflicts exacerbated by climate change on the rise. Here are 5 things you need to know about the Paris climate talks.
A major earthquake occurred in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan at the start of the week. Currently it is reported that over 200 people have been killed with hundreds more injured. The magnitude of the earthquake has been measured at 7.5 on the Richter scale. Two subsequent aftershocks have so far been experienced.
What you should do, before you start buying stuff, is figure out what are the things that are most likely to affect you and your family and prep for those first.
A new documentary called The Seeds of Time is bringing the mythic “Doomsday Vault” of Norway back into the limelight. If you have heard of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, it has likely been either in the context of a conspiracy theory or some cryptic reference in a science journal.
Having an emergency plan and being prepared for hurricane season can really make a difference when these disasters force us to switch to survival mode.
Being dependent on our own capabilities and resources helped create a strong, plentiful country for so long. That said, the existing country as it is now is entirely different than when it began.
Earth & Space News April 25, 2015: Over 750 killed after 7.9-magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal; Space weather: sun is calm; Hubble’s Look at an Extragalactic Peculiarity; Dawn Enters Science Orbit; Polar Ice News; Global Weather
If you have the space, growing your own food is one of the best ways to survive a SHTF scenario.
Government’s latest Orwellian tools to spy on citizens, known as “smart meters,” are literally blowing up and catching fire, risking lives and property to facilitate what even officials acknowledge amounts to intrusive state surveillance. In fact, your home may already have been fitted with one of the dangerous meters in recent years. The latest explosions of the controversial espionage devices, used to monitor citizens’ electricity and water usage, happened in California last week. Amid a government-caused water shortage across the state, bureaucrats are hoping to use the hazardous meters to catch citizens consuming more than their government-approved water rations. As more and more “smart” meters explode and burst into flames, though, citizens concerned about safety — not to mention privacy and liberty — are increasingly fighting back.
A City in Flames I felt helpless sitting behind my laptop, out in the Karoo countryside, watching my beloved Mother City burn. Cape Town has been on fire for the past 5 days and the trail of devastation this raging inferno has wreaked is insurmountable. Thank goodness for the rain that came early on Wednesday morning […]
