Odds ‘n Sods:

With a web search, I came across a couple of Tsunami e-mail alert pages. One for coastal Alaska, coastal Canada, and coastal United States, and one for the entire Pacific Ocean. Speaking of alert e-mails, Weather.com provides free regional e-mail/cell phone severe weather alerts. And, as I’ve mentioned in SurvivalBlog before, anyone interested in radio propagation can get free solar flare alerts. (The latter is also useful for those of use that enjoy watching auroral displays.) But presently, of course, we are at a sunspot minimum.

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David F.sent us a link to an article that confirms my prediction for a recovery in the price of nickel: Poseidon’s Singleton Says Nickel Price at `Bottom of Curve’

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The recent discussion of night vision prompted reader Bill N. to send us a link to a useful article on night adaptation and off-center viewing.

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Foreign Bondholders – and not the U.S. Mortgage Market – Drove the Fannie/Freddie Bailout

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Paul from Kentucky and Rourke both sent us this: Miraculous survivors: Why they live while others die