Pierre M. sent this: Rise in Weather Extremes Threatens Infrastructure [1]. Here is a key quote: “Some utilities are re-examining long-held views on the economics of protecting against the weather. Pepco, the utility serving the area around Washington, has repeatedly studied the idea of burying more power lines, and the company and its regulators have always decided that the cost outweighed the benefit. But the company has had five storms in the last two and a half years for which recovery took at least five days, and after the derecho last month, the consensus has changed. Both the District of Columbia and Montgomery County, Md., have held hearings to discuss the option — though in the District alone, the cost would be $1.1 billion to $5.8 billion, depending on how many of the power lines were put underground.”
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To show their appreciation for the patronage of SurvivalBlog readers, CampingSurvival.com [2] will include a free gift (around $5 to $10 value) with each order if you put the word “survivalblog” in the comment section of their order.
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Obama takes on gun violence in New Orleans speech [3]. I guess President BHO [4] missed reading Title 10 of the US Code, Section 311 [5]. Weapons like AK-47s do belong on our streets, in the hands of our unorganized citizen militia. That is the law of the land.
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Belle Ringer of the Salvation and Survival blog has posted an early book review of my novel “Founders.” [6] OBTW, she mentions “reserve your copy”, but please wait until the Book Bomb Day–September 25th–to order, to give the book the maximum impact in Amazon.com’s book rankings. Thanks.
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The Aurora Shooting You Didn’t Hear About In The Media [7]. Oh, and speaking of gun politics, expect to see plenty of hand wringing and grandstanding in the fait accompli “debate” over the UN’s “Small Arms and Light Weapons” Treaty. In the draft, only nations have the right to possess firearms, and the citizenry is granted limited privileges, of course with full registration, et cetera. (Read PDF of the full draft treaty text, here [8].) Please contact your Senators and insist that they do not ratify the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) scheme.
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Oh so predictably: Mailorder Ammo Sales Limits and Magazine Ban bills introduced in congressd [9]. (A nod to J. McC. for the link.)