Day 140: 2020 Pandemic. Why Most Disasters Only Occur After Seven Things Go Wrong
Yes, that’s a plane that crashed just short of the runway. Why? Because the pilots shut down the wrong engine. And people in the rear of the plane knew it, but didn’t say anything. Years ago, m wife (who is terrified of flying) and I became very interested in a television show titled Seconds From […]
Day 139: 2020 Pandemic. Re-opening Schools Will Work As Well As Re-opening States
What’s changed? That’s what I ask myself as I see the push to re-open schools, to have sports start up, and all the rhetoric that’s bandied about “opening up.” A movie theater chain has set a date to re-open in August while Google has extended work from home to July 2021. Which organization is facing […]
Day 137: 2020 Pandemic. The White House, Locked Off From The People
The White House is supposed to be our house. The people’s. Yet now it is surrounded by barricades and walls. And the occupant blames the people and takes no responsibility. Over one thousand Americans are dying every day and our president is golfing. There STILL is no Federal plan for anything. From testing, to PPE, […]
Day 136: 2020 Pandemic. FEAR CITY
Is currently the #1 show on Netflix. For a variety of reasons. The mafia has always fascinated Americans for some reason. Often idolized in entertainment media, the reality is much different. The series is about the late 1970s in New York City, where, according to the documentary, the mafia ruled and then the FBI’s ability […]
Day 132: 2020 Pandemic. 20 Items Every Hiker Should Have In Your Day Pack. P.S. It also . . .
Gives you a basic Grab-n-Go bag. Whether it’s just a short jaunt in the woods or a longer day-hike, these are things everyone should carry in their day pack. Over-confidence is the bane of many a day-tripper’s journey. The pack should be tailored to your locale. Try to get items that have multiple uses, rather […]
Day 130: 2020 Pandemic. A Modest Proposal On Protesting. Stop.
We are in a lose-lose-lose situation. If you remember War Games, the movie from 1983, in the end the computer decides the only way to win the nuclear escalation is to not play at all. That’s pretty much our situation now. I’m not saying give in. Or surrender. We have to think strategically. I see […]
Day 129: 2020 Pandemic. The Pandemic Is Surging. What Do Events in Portland Portend?
It didn’t need to happen. Really. Logic and science said it would; but both were ignored. So states re-opened, after never really shutting down and now tens, if not hundreds, of thousands will die. The president never understood this issue, never cared about it except how it might hurt his reelection and now, quite frankly, […]
Day 128: 2020 Pandemic. Updated Information on Water, Food, Heat Wave and the Acronym SURVIVAL
I’ve been updating my free slideshows on various survival and life preparedness information. The latest are in the subject and gathered on one page HERE. BTW: My #1 Amazon bestseller in science fiction, Atlantis if free today through 19 July HERE. It’s the first time it’s been free in a couple of years. The Green […]
Day 124: 2020 Pandemic. Things People Wished They Had Before A Disaster
I’ve done a lot of research on both natural and man-made disasters. Also on survival. Certain things kept coming up in after-action reports that people wish they’d done before the disaster. I’ve put together a free slideshow on some of them. We’re in a slow rolling apocalypse right now and perhaps we will come out […]
Day 123: 2020 Pandemic. Record Number of Pandemic Cases in Florida. Disney World Opens.
That sums up the apocalypse that is the United States. Betsy DeVos, Sec of Education, summed up this administration’s approach to the pandemic this morning by insisting schools re-open but when asked if there is a plan, she said schools were on their own to figure out how to do that. And how to support […]
Day 121: 2020 Pandemic. It’s Bad. But It Can Get Worse. Are You Prepared?
2020 needs a do-over. But that’s not going to happen. A lot of people are in denial right now but here is reality: Nothing is different than when things shut down. There is no vaccine. COVID-19 is still viral and kills and damages people. Permanently. Yet we’re talking about opening schools? If so, why did […]
Day 119: 2020 Pandemic. How To Prepare For And Deal With One of the Deadliest Natural Disasters.
Wildfires can be devastating. They’ve wiped out entire communities. They can occur in many different places. They’re fast, often over-running those who wait too long to flee. They push a wall of heat far ahead of the flames that is deadly. How do you prepare for and deal with it? Over 30 free survival slideshows […]
Day 117: 2020 Pandemic. The Federal Government Has Surrendered. We Can’t Afford To.
Above is the weekly trend. It aint good. To understate a bit. The Federal government never really took charge when the pandemic struck. At first it denied, then minimized, then threw it to the States. Now, the mantra will be: live with it. Which translates to: die with it. From a purely survival standpoint, this […]
Day 116: 2020 Pandemic. We’re Americans. We Don’t Do Science.
We also don’t do logic. Or common sense. We do what we ‘believe’. And what we believe is often wrong. Why did we even shut down if there was going to be no national policy? The buck didn’t stop with the president, he changed it into pennies and threw them back at the States and […]
Day 114: 2020 Pandemic. Beware The Hot Weather! Heat Wave Survival Information.
As we enter the July 4th weekend and temperatures are soaring, we have to be careful out there. It’s not just COVID-19. Hot weather can be deadly. Here’s a free slideshow on it, water intake, and various bad things that can happen and what you can do to prevent them and also deal with it. […]
Day 112: 2020 Pandemic. We’re Fucked
There’s no other way to title our current reality. Science doesn’t care what your political beliefs are. Nor your religious beliefs. It doesn’t care what propaganda you listen to and believe in. COVID-19 is a virus. I am utterly baffled about what people thought was going to happen when we “opened up” given we had […]