Tag Archives: TEOTWAWKI

An unexpected place in an unexpected place!

Posted on 29 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have been reading another dystopian novels by James Wesley Rawles, Founders. (The first in the series is Patriots, the next is Survivors.)
I was pretty surprised to read this paragraph, about a couple who wind up being part of a … Continue reading →

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NEW COMET! KABLAM! WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE! (Welllll? We are!)

Posted on 28 September 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

There is a new and very bright comet out there.  Which of course means that it is the end of the world as we know it… maybe.  Maybe not.  In any event, it should be bright! And we might need … Continue reading →

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Z-Swag: In The Wild!

Posted on 20 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
Hi FrZ ~
I never had a bumper sticker before. Then I just had to have one of yours…and then 2…now look what you started!! :o)
The little hearts between my husband & I are for our 6 wee ones … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: The “Three Days of Darkness” and You

Posted on 10 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
I see you’ve posted about CMEs again [HERE] (I *think* I remember you addressing CMEs as a TEOTWAWKI situation before…). [If a really big one hits us head on, yes, I think it could be.] This all sounds … Continue reading →

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CME Season

Posted on 10 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

If there is a massive ejection of material from the Sun, a coronal mass ejection (CME), billions of tons of charged particles hurled out into space, which strikes the Earth, and if the polarity of the mass lines up with … Continue reading →

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Twisted Ovaries

Posted on 5 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

We can do many things.  We will be able to do even more.
But we must start asking in earnest: Ought we do may of the things we can?
From the Daily Telegraph:
Women could delay the menopause indefinitely with ovary transplant: doctors
Women could remain … Continue reading →

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I use “protection”

Posted on 2 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have from time to time made a recommendation about getting Uninterruptible (or Uninterrupted) Power Sources (UPS).  My best experience for customer service as been with APC.
I received this note from a priest friend:
I got an APC BACK UPS ES … Continue reading →

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Bug Out Bags

Posted on 19 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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I just saw a government sponsored commercial showing people being tossed around.  Then dad grabs the “bug out bag” and they head for the door.
The slogan at the end: Get a kit.  Make a plan. Be … Continue reading →

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“A successful EMP would send the United States spiraling back to the 18th century”

Posted on 12 May 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From The Foundry:
U.S. Remains Vulnerable to an EMP
Bryan KimbellMay 12, 2012
An article recently published by the Los Angeles Times discusses how solar storms pose a grave threat to Earth. Mike Hapgood, a space weather scientist in England, says that the … Continue reading →

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One of these days… QUAERITUR…

Posted on 10 May 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The 11 year cycle of magnetic forces within the Sun is producing more and larger conditions for solar flares and coronal mass ejections, blasts of charged particles that rocket away from the Sun at millions of miles per hour.
From Spaceweather:
SOLAR … Continue reading →

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