Day: August 18, 2022

Preparedness Notes for Thursday — August 18, 2022

August 18th is the birthday of Meriwether Lewis, an American explorer, soldier, politician and public administrator that is best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. — I just noticed that we’ve now archived 36,344 blog articles, columns, and quotes. Please let your friends know that the entire SurvivalBlog archives are available free of charge. (Subscriptions are entirely voluntary.) The archives can be accessed by category, by date, or via our search box at the top of the right-hand bar. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 102 of the …


Solar Storms, EMPs, Nukes, and Cyberattacks – Part 2 by Pulse Prepper

Part 2: Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons (EMPs) and Nukes How EMPs affect the power grid An Electromatic Pulse (EMP) can be natural, such as a lightning strike or a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), which are both forms of an EMP. However, here we will discuss a man-made EMP, which is accomplished by exploding a nuclear bomb at a high altitude. A nuclear bomb exploded at ground level (or an air burst a few hundred feet from the surface) causes extensive damage within a certain radius. However, the damage is limited to a specific area. The blast radius of the nuclear bomb …


The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods

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, a special listing of blogs, vlogs, and podcasts that are recommended by JWR. Note: When I updated these lists (on August 11, 2022), I found a lot of blogs that have gone “404”, …