You have read the disturbing reports about terrorists who targeted power stations in North Carolina, Washington, and Oregon recently. The alarming part of this story, according to Mayor Carol Haney of South Pines, NC, is that it could happen to anyone. Frank Morris reports for NPR: “This beautiful part of the world gets sabotaged,” said […]
Your Survival Guy Stacking Wood and Compounding Money
With Your Survival Guy’s kids home for the weekend, it was the perfect opportunity to stack another cord of wood. Living in New England, you never know when the next natural gas outage will come. I don’t like the chances it will be smooth sailing, and the thought of being without a source of heat […]
FEAR IN THE DARK: Terrorists Strike More U.S. Power Stations
According to the FBI, terrorists have targeted at least five power stations in the Pacific Northwest. The news comes shortly after a station in North Carolina was hit by terrorists, taking out power near Fort Bragg. The Daily Mail’s Sophie Mann reports: At least five attacks at electricity substations in the Pacific Northwest have been […]
BE PREPARED: Army Responds to Terrorist Attack Near Fort Bragg
The Army is working to respond to the results of a terrorist attack on a power station near Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Many soldiers and their families have been affected, and the power outages could last for some time. Residents of Moore County, including the Army personnel there, are facing a cash-only economy, with […]
VIRTUAL PANOPTICON: Chinese Possibly Using Spy Drones on Enemies, Citizens
The proliferation of digital technology and cheap electronics has led to the widespread usage of drones, both sophisticated and simple, in war, surveillance, and spycraft around the world. The use of drones for artillery spotting and kamikaze missions in the war between Russia and Ukraine has given war planners much to discuss and consider. Outside […]
A Family Survival Quintet for You!
Originally posted on February 3, 2012. OK then, for those of you as concerned as Debbie and I are, here is the second in my list of inexpensive, easy-to-order personal survival items. I have owned all for a while, and I will add to my holdings of each in 2012: (1) Henry U.S. Survival .22 […]
“The Heat Isn’t Working Upstairs”
Your Survival Guy returned home from work yesterday (yes, going to the office is still a thing) to: “The heat isn’t working upstairs.” I’ll let you guess who said it, considering we’re now empty nesters. If our dog could talk, his eyes were saying, “You might want to go back to work.” On the coldest […]
DART: NASA Hits Bullseye with New Asteroid Defense Weapon
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the first planetary defense technology demonstrator, traveled ten months in space and successfully impacted and altered the path of an egg-shaped asteroid called Dimorphos. Dimorphos is roughly the size of a football field, and it orbits a parent asteroid five times larger than itself. DART, which was no bigger […]
Russia and China Flexing their Muscles in Alaska and Japan’s Izu Islands
A day after Russian and Chinese warships were spotted off the coast of Alaska, the Japanese Navy was put on alert on September 27th as 7 Russian and Chinese warships sailed between the Izu Islands. It was the day after the USS Zumwalt pulled into the port of Yokosuka, Japan, which is just north of […]
The Threat of a Cashless Society
UPDATE 9.19.22: At FEE, Brad Polumbo explains the dangers of a cashless society, writing: Of course, if a “digital dollar” was just kinda useless, that wouldn’t be the end of the world. But it’s much worse than that. While a central bank digital currency would offer none of the benefits of Bitcoin, it would offer […]
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