Graphic of the Week:

Today’s graphic:  A map showing that 95% of ocean plastic originates from 10 rivers in Asia and Africa. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnail below is click-expandable.     — Please send your graphics or graphics links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) Any graphics that you send must either be your own creation or uncopyrighted.







SurvivalBlog Graphic of the Week

Today’s graphic:  Map of the Largest Metropolitan Areas in the United States. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.)  Note that only one of them touches the edge of the American Redoubt region. The thumbnail below is click-expandable.         — Please send your graphics or graphics links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) Any graphics that you send must either be your own creation or uncopyrighted.







SurvivalBlog Graphic of the Week

Today’s graphic: Map of Lead Service Lines per Public Water System. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnail below is click-expandable.         Reader Robert W. had these comments: “Pretty good fit, eh? This needs a real scientific study. The correlation is just too strong to be coincidence. It’s been long asserted that Romes decline was due in part to its lead pipes, so there’s considerable precedent. Could lead poisoning/brain damage lead to half the voters being disqualified for medical cause? Maybe the real reason cities lean democrat is because of lead poisoning.” Also see this map: The Real Reason …




SurvivalBlog Graphic of the Week

Today’s graphic: Economic Activity in the US. This map shows the nation’s gross economic activity, split in half. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) JWR’s Comments: This map is an oversimplification. The locations of major corporate headquarters skew the map. Here are just two examples: There are McDonald’s franchises all over the country generating revenue, but the McDonald’s headquarters is in Chicago, Illinois. General Mills is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It markets packaged farm products (predominantly grains) grown in rural areas of more than a dozen states. The thumbnail below is click-expandable.       — Please send your graphics or graphics links …




SurvivalBlog Graphic of the Week

Today’s graphic:  The silent spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), caused by prions, among Deer and Elk populations in North America. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit, using USGS data.) The thumbnail below is click-expandable.         — Please send your graphics or graphics links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) Any graphics that you send must either be your own creation or uncopyrighted.




SurvivalBlog Graphic of the Week

Today’s graphic:  The number of propane fueling stations, by State. (U.S. Dept. of Energy Map. See the original site, for specific locations, or use the Alternative Fueling Station Locator.) “Thousands of fueling stations across the country provide propane, also known as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).” The thumbnail below is click-expandable.       — Please send your graphics or graphics links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) Any graphics that you send must either be your own creation or uncopyrighted.




SurvivalBlog Graphic of the Week

Today’s graphic: A map showing Births by Unmarried Women, by State, in the U.S.. (Graphic by  “cookoutenthusiast” courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnail below is click-expandable.       — Please send your graphics or graphics links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) Any graphics that you send must either be your own creation or uncopyrighted.







SurvivalBlog Graphic of the Week

Today’s graphic: A map showing the highest natural elevation in each county in the United States. (Graphic courtesy of Peakbagger.com, via Reddit.) The thumbnail below is click-expandable.       — Please send your graphics or graphics links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) Any graphics that you send must either be your own creation or uncopyrighted.




SurvivalBlog Graphics of the Week

Today’s graphics:  Light Pollution, Around the World. (Graphics courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnails below are click-expandable.  We usually post just one graphic each week, but this set of color images was so fascinating that we chose to post the full set. In the image of East Asia, note the dark spot, for North Korea. Truly, a picture tells a thousand words. – JWR                                       — Please send your graphics or graphics links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) …