General Preparedness

Issued at 2017-10-08 12:00 UTC by Environment Canada:Tropical cyclone information statement issued for: Simcoe – Delhi – Norfolk, Ont. (041100) Dunnville – Caledonia – Haldimand, Ont. (041200) Elgin, Ont. (041600) Oxford – Brant, Ont. (041700) City of Toronto, Ont. (043100) York – Durham, Ont. (043200) Belleville – Quinte – Northumberland, Ont. (043300) Stirling – Tweed…

Wartime Farm During World War Two Britain had to look to the land to provide the produce it had previously shipped in from abroad, meaning huge changes on both the agricultural and domestic scenes. Accompanying an 8-part BBC series and written by the three presenters who spend a year living on a reconstructed farm from…

Wartime Farm Back by popular demand is the entire series of BBCs Wartime Farm.  BBC’s “Wartime Farm” features the efforts of historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn, who run Manor Farm as it may have been run during World War II. The program focuses on all aspects of domestic and farming…

Since the end of the cold war in 1991, the threat of nuclear attacks has been forced to the backs of our minds, but in recent years, especially since the world trade centre attacks on 2001, the threat of terrorism has brought these fears back into our focus. The Scenario:A nuclear bomb has been detonated…

How to Communicate During an Emergency The following information is taken from ‘How To Communicate During A Disaster’ by GetVOIP. How communication is compromised ●     Strong winds or flooding damage cables between cellular towers ●     Seismic activity damages underground fiber-optic cables ●     Heavy rain or snow cuts off wavelength signals to important wireless links ●    …

C5 PRESENTS- B.O.B.- THE REALITY- BY SURVIVAL ACRES Posted on August 18, 2017 by Dark Green Mountain Survival Research Centre With your host, C5 and special guest writer, Survival Acres (A special welcome to the folks from The Doomstead Diner that have been trickling in. This site is not usually this dark…but it had to be done. Someone had…

With images everywhere of the devastation caused by hurricane Harvey in Texas, Americans are already preparing for the next impact from hurricane Irma.  In fact, there are currently 3 named storms in play on the CHC track map:. Irma Jose Katia Of these 3 storms, Katia is the least of our worries.  This storm is…

Keywords: North Korea, nuclear war, preparedness, self-defense Summary: The threat of a nuclear war between North Korea and the USA is very present these days, and people need to know how to protect themselves and their families in case such a disaster happens. FB summary: The tensions between the US and North Korea make us…

With the devastation in Texas right now, I thought it might be appropriate to bring back to memory what happened only 5 years ago in New York.  Many people think we are too far north to be bothered by hurricanes, but Canada is affected by about 3 – 5 of these storms per year.  In…

C5 PRESENTS- SURVIVALIST CHALLENGE- PUTTING THE BULLSHIT TO THE TEST- BY SURVIVAL ACRES Posted on August 6, 2017 by Dark Green Mountain Survival Research Centre With your host Category5 and special guest writer, Survival Acres This is a second post this week to help get me caught up on my huge backlog of posts and personal messages to friends…