SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods— a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from “JWR”. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. Today, we further examine the Solar Storm CME threat.
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Andre mentioned this, at SpaceWeather: Huge Farside Explosion. Yet again, we’ve witnessed a large CME that would be devastating, had it been Earth-facing. We are playing Russian Roulette. Get ready, folks! Here is a quote from the article:
“Something just exploded on the farside of the sun–and it was big. NASA’s STEREO-A spacecraft recorded a magnificent coronal mass ejection (CME) emerging during the late hours of Feb. 15th.”
Why Solar Storms Could Be The Biggest Risks To Technology
Over at Forbes: Why Solar Storms Could Be The Biggest Risks To Technology.
Moving to Texas, Florida and Alabama to Work At Home
Reader H.L. spotted this: Americans move to Texas, Florida and Alabama as more work from home since COVID.
A Bad Solar Storm Could Cause an ‘Internet Apocalypse’
Reported by Wired, last August: A Bad Solar Storm Could Cause an ‘Internet Apocalypse’. Here is the opening paragraph of that piece:
“Scientists have known for decades that an extreme solar storm, or coronal mass ejection, could damage electrical grids and potentially cause prolonged blackouts. The repercussions would be felt everywhere from global supply chains and transportation to internet and GPS access. Less examined until now, though, is the impact such a solar emission could have on internet infrastructure specifically. New research shows that the failures could be catastrophic, particularly for the undersea cables that underpin the global internet.”
Did Trudeau Trigger a Nationwide Bank Run?
Rumor from The Great White North has it that conservative Canadians are withdrawing most of their bank deposits, in retaliation for Comrade Trudeau’s martial law move. This could get very interesting, very quickly.
Hackers Framing People for Crimes They Didn’t Commit
News from India, reported by Gizmodo: A Hacker Group Has Been Framing People for Crimes They Didn’t Commit.
The Army Vet Who Was Prepping Civilians for a ‘Pending’ Civil War
Here is a news story that illustrates how to do everything wrong: OPSEC, staying legal, vetting, the whole works: The Army Vet Who Was Prepping Civilians for a ‘Pending’ Civil War.
Chris Weatherman: Training, Geopolitics, Civil Conflict
Over at the Radio Contra podcast: Chris Weatherman on Training, Geopolitics and America’s Looming Civil Conflict.
Tucker Carlson: Trudeau’s Canadian ‘Dictatorship’
Linked over at the Whatfinger.com news aggregation site: Tucker Carlson slams Trudeau for using Emergencies Act to create Canadian ‘dictatorship’.
Hemorrhagic Fever?
Reader K. wrote:
“The following three interviews, articles, and podcasts about hemorrhagic fever caught my attention over the weekend.
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