I must say one thing, Maxpedition gear is some of the best I have ever seen.
To discuss these videos, be sure to visit the Maxpedition Proteus Versipack review thread in the forum.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
North Korea and the next world war
Its simply amazing that this tiny little rogue nation is allowed to cause so much havoc. In the past couple of weeks north korea has tested 2 short range missiles and started up a nuclear reactor.
Are the major world powers going to wait until Kim Jong II nukes south korea or japan? It would be nice if it did not have to come to that, but it just might.
Are the major world powers going to wait until Kim Jong II nukes south korea or japan? It would be nice if it did not have to come to that, but it just might.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Are you ready for a Flu Pandemic
The chief of the world health organization said that people need to be ready for more severe form of the H1N1 (swine flu) virus. Here is a link to the article at yahoo news - WHO chief says world should prepare for severe flu.
Some important considerations for dealing with a pandemic is food production, and preventing the disease from spreading.
Food production starts with having a home garden. The less people have to go out into the public, the better. Going to the grocery store is one of the main reasons why people leave their house. So if you can grow a certain amount of food for your family, that help eliminate "having" to go buy food.
Then there is the supply chain to the grocery store. If tens of thousands of people were to get sick, there is a good chance that supply chains will become disrupted. In the middle ages when the plague would strike an area - it was common for people to starve to death. That is because the farmers and merchants died. Those people were the ones that grew and transported the food to the cities. Nothing has changed in the past 600+ years. People still grow the food, people still transport the food and people still buy the food. Any disruption in the supply chain can cause shortages. Long term shortages causes starvation.
I have seen a lot of survivalist talking about long term food storage, but that is not the answer. One day, sooner or later those food stocks are going to run out. Real survivalist need gardening skills. You must know how to raise and process your own food.
To help prevent the spread of the disease, people should limit contact with others, have some N95 mask in stock, use lots of hand soap and stay away from people that are sick. Isolation is one way to stop the spread of a disease. If you do not come into contact with anyone that is sick, usually you can not catch the disease. Lack of food is one of the main things that will drive people from their homes.
Some important considerations for dealing with a pandemic is food production, and preventing the disease from spreading.
Food production starts with having a home garden. The less people have to go out into the public, the better. Going to the grocery store is one of the main reasons why people leave their house. So if you can grow a certain amount of food for your family, that help eliminate "having" to go buy food.
Then there is the supply chain to the grocery store. If tens of thousands of people were to get sick, there is a good chance that supply chains will become disrupted. In the middle ages when the plague would strike an area - it was common for people to starve to death. That is because the farmers and merchants died. Those people were the ones that grew and transported the food to the cities. Nothing has changed in the past 600+ years. People still grow the food, people still transport the food and people still buy the food. Any disruption in the supply chain can cause shortages. Long term shortages causes starvation.
I have seen a lot of survivalist talking about long term food storage, but that is not the answer. One day, sooner or later those food stocks are going to run out. Real survivalist need gardening skills. You must know how to raise and process your own food.
To help prevent the spread of the disease, people should limit contact with others, have some N95 mask in stock, use lots of hand soap and stay away from people that are sick. Isolation is one way to stop the spread of a disease. If you do not come into contact with anyone that is sick, usually you can not catch the disease. Lack of food is one of the main things that will drive people from their homes.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Trip to Crystal Beach and Galveston
My wife and I made a trip to the Crystal Beach and Galveston, Texas area last weekend. Galveston does not look too bad, but Roll Over Pass and Crystal Beach look really bad.
As we were driving along the beach road, there was nothing but empty lots where houses used to be. Pillars were sticking up out of the ground all along the beach front, evidence of where houses used to be. Its eerie, to say the least, to see entire communities whipped out overnight.
Watch the video over at youtube Complacency with disaster preparedness
Over at my survival boards blog - an article was posted about Galveston, Bridge City, Hurricane Ike and becoming complacent with disaster preparedness.
One of the impressions I got from my trip to the beach, its amazing how quick things can happen, and how wide spread the damage was. Not only were hundreds of homes destroyed along the beach, but thousands of homes were flooded up to 20 miles inland from the storm surge. The damage goes from Galveston, all the way to Southwest Louisiana. Its going to take years for the area to recover. Maybe even a decade or more for the emotional damage to heal.
Now comes the big question, how well are we prepared for a wide spread disaster? How would the world, or the USA react if a replay of 1348 happened? I'am going to be making a video and making a big blog post on recovering after a disaster.
As we were driving along the beach road, there was nothing but empty lots where houses used to be. Pillars were sticking up out of the ground all along the beach front, evidence of where houses used to be. Its eerie, to say the least, to see entire communities whipped out overnight.
Watch the video over at youtube Complacency with disaster preparedness
Over at my survival boards blog - an article was posted about Galveston, Bridge City, Hurricane Ike and becoming complacent with disaster preparedness.
One of the impressions I got from my trip to the beach, its amazing how quick things can happen, and how wide spread the damage was. Not only were hundreds of homes destroyed along the beach, but thousands of homes were flooded up to 20 miles inland from the storm surge. The damage goes from Galveston, all the way to Southwest Louisiana. Its going to take years for the area to recover. Maybe even a decade or more for the emotional damage to heal.
Now comes the big question, how well are we prepared for a wide spread disaster? How would the world, or the USA react if a replay of 1348 happened? I'am going to be making a video and making a big blog post on recovering after a disaster.
Monday, May 4, 2009
12 million criminals want the laws changed
Lets do a little comparison, a thief breaks into a house, refuses to leave, and then holds a protest so that he/she can legally stay in the persons house they broke into.
Another comparison, someone walks onto your yard, sets up a tent, makes their self at home and refuses to leave. The police are called, but they dont do too much. The police haul the trespasser off, but he/she just comes back. The trespasser gets tired of being hauled off, so what do they do, they hold a protest that they should have the right to stay on your property.
And then, on top of all of that, the trespasser wants the property owner to pay for their health care, and all the social services programs they can sign up for.
The property owner is then stuck supporting the parasites that invaded their house or moved into their.
Society would not tolerate a child rapist (pedophile) or a murderer protesting to get the laws changed, so what makes illegal immigrants so different? What gives them the right to protest anything? Nothing, thats what.
The path to citizenship starts be obeying the laws of the land. And trespassing makes illegal immigrants criminals. If illegals are not willing to obey the laws of a nation, they do not deserve anything. Not even a free ride back home.
Illegal immigrants should be put into some kind of work camp. Where they are used a laborers for a few months - and with no pay. Their labor would be used to pay the US Government back for the tax dollars spent on food, water, shelter and transportation back to their home country.
Or better yet, implant an ID chip in each illegal immigrants hand. That way, if they are caught 2 or 3 times, a record can be kept using the chip.
The US government would not stand for an army invading the USA, but its ok for millions of illegal immigrants to invade this great nation? I think not.
Every illegal immigrant should be treated as a criminal. Because that is what they are.
Another comparison, someone walks onto your yard, sets up a tent, makes their self at home and refuses to leave. The police are called, but they dont do too much. The police haul the trespasser off, but he/she just comes back. The trespasser gets tired of being hauled off, so what do they do, they hold a protest that they should have the right to stay on your property.
And then, on top of all of that, the trespasser wants the property owner to pay for their health care, and all the social services programs they can sign up for.
The property owner is then stuck supporting the parasites that invaded their house or moved into their.
Society would not tolerate a child rapist (pedophile) or a murderer protesting to get the laws changed, so what makes illegal immigrants so different? What gives them the right to protest anything? Nothing, thats what.
The path to citizenship starts be obeying the laws of the land. And trespassing makes illegal immigrants criminals. If illegals are not willing to obey the laws of a nation, they do not deserve anything. Not even a free ride back home.
Illegal immigrants should be put into some kind of work camp. Where they are used a laborers for a few months - and with no pay. Their labor would be used to pay the US Government back for the tax dollars spent on food, water, shelter and transportation back to their home country.
Or better yet, implant an ID chip in each illegal immigrants hand. That way, if they are caught 2 or 3 times, a record can be kept using the chip.
The US government would not stand for an army invading the USA, but its ok for millions of illegal immigrants to invade this great nation? I think not.
Every illegal immigrant should be treated as a criminal. Because that is what they are.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
US schools close due to swine flu
Even though the number of reported cases of swine flu seem to have leveled out in Mexico, numbers are going up in the USA. Because of this, the US Government is asking schools to close that have had confirmed cases.
New guidance for schools were issued, asking schools to close for at least 14 days. This is because people that are sick can be contagious for seven to 10 days from when they get sick.
As of today, an estimated 350 schools across the USA have closed because of the swine flu outbreak.
New guidance for schools were issued, asking schools to close for at least 14 days. This is because people that are sick can be contagious for seven to 10 days from when they get sick.
As of today, an estimated 350 schools across the USA have closed because of the swine flu outbreak.
Friday, May 1, 2009
WHO changes name of Swine Flu
Due to people thinking that they can catch the swine flu from eating pork, or from pigs, the World Health Organization wants the public to stop using the name "Swine Flu". And start using the real name of the virus - H1N1.
There were several things that promoted the changed. But most noticeably was when the government of Egypt ordered that all pigs - hogs - swine - inside Egypt should be killed. This totaled around 300,000 pigs that were killed - without a single reported case of swine flu in Egypt, and no evidence that pigs can transmit the disease.
There were several things that promoted the changed. But most noticeably was when the government of Egypt ordered that all pigs - hogs - swine - inside Egypt should be killed. This totaled around 300,000 pigs that were killed - without a single reported case of swine flu in Egypt, and no evidence that pigs can transmit the disease.
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