Number Of Large Earthquakes Around The World Fell In 2014
One might think the number of large earthquakes around the globe keeps growing every year with all the news about tremblors these days. However, Stephanie Pappas reported on the Live Science website...
View ArticleFormer Astronauts Push Effort To Locate, Track Threatening Asteroids
Here’s another natural-disaster related post where I’m going to send you straight to the source. David Perlman, science editor for San Francisco Chronicle, wrote on SFGate.com Sunday: A group of former...
View Article‘Earthquake Lady’ Lucy Jones Helps L.A. Prepare For ‘Big One’
The first time I mentioned Dr. Lucy Jones- aka the “Earthquake Lady”- on this blog was back on December 12, 2013. Back then, the U.S. Geological Survey seismologist was warning whoever would listen...
View ArticleOn TV: The Next Mega Tsunami
Seeing that I don’t have an “In Print” post for readers this week (will be discussing The Ultimate Situational Survival Guide: Self-Reliance Strategies for a Dangerous World by Robert Richardson of...
View ArticleHow To Survive A Mall Shooting
If you’ve been following the news the last couple of days, you might have heard about the threat by the terrorist group Al-Shabaab against a particular “family” of shopping malls (blogged about this...
View ArticleIllinois Emergency Management Agency: Prepare For Severe Weather This Spring
A reminder from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency for “local” readers of Survival And Prosperity: IEMA Urges People to Prepare for Severe Weather February 27, 2015 Tornadoes, floods and severe...
View ArticleIllinois Emergency Management Agency: Develop Post-Disaster Communications...
Severe Weather Preparedness Month is almost over here in Illinois. But the Illinois Emergency Management Agency is still passing along valuable information to state residents on what to do when a...
View ArticleEarthquake Rattles Far Northwest Suburbs Of Chicago
Back when I worked for a fire department in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, one of my duties was to find grant money. I would point out to potential sources of disaster funding that our response area...
View ArticleU.S. Geological Survey: Around 7% Chance California Will Experience Magnitude...
Like that “Project Prepper” post yesterday, it’s been a while (January 13) since I talked about the danger of a really big California earthquake. Why do I continue to bring up the subject, even though...
View ArticleHigher Food Prices From California Water Restrictions?
After hearing about the new water restrictions in California, I wondered if Americans wouldn’t be seeing higher food prices (particularly on items from that state) at the grocery store as a result....
View ArticleIndiana Prepper & Survival Expo To Be Held May 2-3 In Valparaiso
Chicago-area blog readers- I know of two preparedness/survival-related shows planned for May next door in Indiana. The first of these is the Indiana Prepper & Survival Expo, billed as the “largest...
View ArticleCamp Independence 2015 To Take Place On May 16 In Winamac, Indiana
Last night, I informed Chicago-area readers that I knew about two preparedness/survival-related shows planned for May next door in Indiana. The first of these is the Indiana Prepper & Survival Expo...
View ArticleIllinois Adults Invited To Enter Contest For Free Weather Alert Radios
Illinois residents 18 years and older are being offered the chance to win free weather alert radios in a contest launched yesterday by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) and the Illinois...
View ArticleQuote For The Week
“Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all time low over the world.” -Isaac Asimov (American author and professor. 1920-1992) Christopher E. Hill Survival And Prosperity...
View ArticleChicago Magazine Article On Area Preppers
This morning I read an article on the Chicago Magazine website that focused on Chicago-area preppers- particularly those in the suburbs. Rod O’Connor spoke to preppers residing in Downers Grove,...
View ArticleThe Survival Podcast’s Jack Spirko On Nationwide Riots
If you’ve been following the news the last couple of days, you’re probably aware of the renewed tension in Ferguson, Missouri, on the first anniversary of the riot there. Back when I started this blog...
View ArticleGood Article On British Preppers
“Damian McBride @ DPMcBride- Aug 24 Advice on the looming crash, No. 1: get hard cash in a safe place now; don’t assume banks and cash points will be open, or bank cards will work” “Damian McBride @...
View ArticleProject Prepper, Part 37: Getting Back Into Shape
As I approach another birthday, I smile when I think back to the early nineties when a friend and I would head down to Chicago’s lakefront and regularly jog a good portion of the 18.5-mile Chicago...
View ArticleSeptember Is National Preparedness Month
I am wholeheartedly behind Survival And Prosperity readers “celebrating” the following. From the Federal Emergency Management Agency earlier today: National Preparedness Month Kicks Off on September 1...
View ArticleProject Prepper, Part 45: Top 3 Threat Priorities
“As a result of my research and this blog, I’m now aware of the myriad of man-made and naturally-occurring threats to my life and lifestyle (and those of my loved ones), and think it’s probably wise to...
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