Some Frequent Mount Rainier Rumblings. Switzerland is Updating Its Vast Bunker System.

SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is 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. In today’s column, news of some Ominous rumblings from Washington’s Mount Rainier.

Some Frequent Mount Rainier Rumblings

America’s deadliest volcano enters unprecedented 72-hour tremor phase as eruption threat looms over millions. Here is an excerpt:

“Starting on Saturday, Mount Rainier has been experiencing constant vibrations beneath the surface which can be best described as thousands of tiny vibrations blending together.

The constant seismic rumblings were spotted by the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN), where seismometers on Mount Rainier have recorded three straight days of nearly nonstop, high-energy seismic signals across the west flank of the volcano.

Unlike the seismic activity tied to major earthquakes, the patterns being seen in Washington look more like a volcanic tremor, a type of nonstop hum or roar that begins when magma, hot water, and gas moves around inside a volcano.

It doesn’t mean Mount Rainier is going to erupt at any moment, but it is a warning sign that volcanic activity could eventually build towards a critical level.”

NATO Jets on High Alert Over Poland and Romania

Several NATO Nations Scramble Jets as Russian Airstrike Kills At Least 20 Including Children.

Gallup’s World Emotional Health Survey

SurvivalBlog Editor Tom Christianson wrote to note: “I ran across a link to Gallup’s World Emotional Health Survey recently. It was in the context of comments about the angriest countries in the world. As I looked at the list, I noticed that of the top five angriest countries in the world (Chad, Jordan, Armenia, Northern Cyprus, and Iraq), four had something in common: Islam. I don’t think that it is a coincidence.”

A Rare Victory for Property Rights

Peter sent us this, from the WSJ: A Rare Victory for Property Rights. The article begins:

“Unfair government seizure of private property is all too common, so a victory by the Henry family in New Jersey is cause for satisfaction. It’s also a reminder that the Supreme Court’s 2005 Kelo v. City of New London decision continues to haunt the land.

In court papers filed last month, the township of Cranbury, N.J., surrendered its attempt to seize through eminent domain a working farm that a local family has owned for generations—all so that the township could hand the farm to a developer to build 130 affordable-housing units on the property.

About the same time, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said the state would revise a building rule that had prevented the township from using alternative sites to build affordable housing. And so the Henry farm is saved from the clutches of government.”

Switzerland is Updating Its Vast Bunker System

The leftist Washington Post reports: Switzerland is spending millions revamping its vast network of bunkers. A pericope:

“Being prepared is something of a national sport in Switzerland, where service in the military or civil defense force is mandatory and the country is pitted with a network of about 370,000 personal shelters ensuring a secretly assigned place for each of its nearly 9 million residents. Separate spaces are designated for civil protection forces and the military.

Now, the famously neutral country is spending hundreds of millions overhauling its vast network of personal shelters and civil protection sites in light of the “changing global security situation.”

In 2026, a new civil protection ordinance will come into effect that will see 200 larger bunkers modernized at a total cost of $276 million over 15 years. The fee property developers must pay to local authorities to fund public shelters will also rise, from about $1,000 to more than $1,700 per person.”