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Tag Archives: TEOTWAWKI
The aftermath of Sandy: How are you doing?
I was pretty concerned about lots of you on the East coast of the USA when Sandy was coming. I am not following American news much at the moment, but comments suggest that some people are just getting power back … Read More
An unexpected place in an unexpected place!
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 … Read More
Posted in Global Killer Asteroid Questions, Just Too Cool, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged Chicago, James Wesley Rawls, St. John Cantius, TEOTWAWKI
9 Comments
9 Comments
NEW COMET! KABLAM! WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE! (Welllll? We are!)
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 … Read More
Z-Swag: In The Wild!
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 … Read More
QUAERITUR: The “Three Days of Darkness” and You
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 … Read More
CME Season
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 … Read More
Posted in Look! Up in the sky!, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged CME, Coronal Mass Ejection, electromagnetic pulse, EMP, TEOTWAWKI
12 Comments
12 Comments
Twisted Ovaries
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: … Read More
Posted in TEOTWAWKI, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged fertility, ovaries, TEOTWAWKI
34 Comments
34 Comments
I use “protection”
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 … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, TEOTWAWKI, The Drill
Tagged APC, TEOTWAWKI, uninterruptible power source, UPS
39 Comments
39 Comments
Bug Out Bags
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! 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 … Read More
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", Global Killer Asteroid Questions, Linking Back
Tagged bug out, TEOTWAWKI, TSHTF
45 Comments
45 Comments
“A successful EMP would send the United States spiraling back to the 18th century”
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, … Read More
Gemma on YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS: “We are in very urgent need of prayers for a house to move to. After 20 yrs of paying rent…”
