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Potassium Iodide In Large Quantities
Potassium Iodide, the one prophylactic chemical every disaster conscious person should have in their arsenal in case of a nuclear disaster. Often mistaken as an “anti-radiation pill,” potassium iodide is taken prior to exposure to flood your thyroid with good iodine which in turn blocks the uptake of radioactive iodine. Standard warning, DO NOT confuse potassium iodide with iodine in tincture or other medical forms. These forms of iodine are poisonous! Many sources of potassium iodide tablets can be found online or in survival catalogs. My favorite source is KI4U. But what if you need a lot of it? You have a large family, a factory full of workers or perhaps you work for local emergency management and need a cheap way to protect a lot of people
Tiny Houses
Well I’ve been out surfing weird shit on the internet again and came across a rather fascinating concept: Tiny Houses. Tiny Houses are kind of like crossing an RV with a tool shed. Too small to be legally occupied if they were on a permanent foundation, they’re typically built on an 8’x12′ flatbed trailer. You know, the kind normally used by your local landscapers. They’re built from wood framing, just like a traditional house, but typically have around 65-130 square feet of living space. Now, I know what you’re thinking… How the hell does one fit all the features of a normal house into that small of a footprint? Well, this house is not exactly meant for people who likes to collect a bunch of stuff. If you
Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR)
Doing some web surfing on alternative energy projects I stumbled upon a few YouTube videos comparing nuclear power to things like solar and hydroelectric power. In the comments of these videos I kept seeing mentions of thorium reactors and how much safer they are than the plants currently in use. I didn’t think much about it at the time, I’m already of the opinion that nuclear power is the way to go. In my boredom today I decided to take a closer look and see what all the buzz is about. As I write this, I find myself excited and pissed at the same time. Excited because there’s a new kind of nuclear reactor that’s inherently safe, can’t melt down, doesn’t require active cooling systems, uses less material,
I Told You So…
Ahh yes, the words no one likes to hear… “I told you so.” And yet as smug as they sound, the person saying them never really wanted to have to say them in the first place. For years I’ve preached the need for people to prepare for nuclear disasters. Everything from nuclear power plant accidents to terrorism to all out warfare. We live in the nuclear age, nothing will ever change that. Yet mention preparedness measures to someone and they think you’re nuts. Until of course something DOES happen. The disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, damaged by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami, has created a run on potassium iodide (KI) supplies all over the world. This morning, KI4U.com had to stop
Japan’s Nuclear Disaster
When the Chernobyl nuclear power station melted down, the people of Europe remained unaware of the danger for far too long. As a result many people have died due to thyroid and other cancers simply because no one bothered to instruct them in basic radiological safety procedures. Now that the Fukushima Daiichi plant has started to burn, we are rapidly progressing towards a Chernobyl style disaster. Here is how the public needs to respond to protect themselves. Treat this as a radioactive fallout type of situation. Anyone down wind of this plant needs to begin taking potassium iodide pills immediately to protect their thyroid. KI floods the thyroid with iodine to prevent the absorption of the radioactive iodine (I131). Continue taking KI for two weeks after the fires
Why There Are No Jobs
John Smith started the day early, having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN) for 6 am. While his coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN HONG KONG), and put on a dress shirt (MADE IN SRI LANKA), designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE) and tennis shoes (MADE IN KOREA). After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (MADE IN INDIA), he sat down with his calculator (MADE IN MEXICO), to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN) to the radio (MADE IN INDIA), he got in his car (MADE IN JAPAN), filled it with GAS (from SAUDIA ARABIA) to continued his search for a good paying AMERICAN JOB. At the end of yet
eBay POCSAG HAMNET DAPNET Pager Battery
It took some tooth pulling, but I finally identified the battery used in the POCSAG pagers you can get on eBay from China. They don’t come with the battery because of shipping hassles. It’s an 802040 LiPo cell, 3.7v 600-700mAh. There’s plenty of them on Amazon. Update: Wait til the pager comes in. The seller may be freaking clueless, and it just takes regular old AAA batteries.
Ten For Survival – What Do You Know?
Presented by NBC in 1958, “Ten For Survival” was a ten episode series about man and the atomic age. This rarely-seen episode “What Do You Know?”, hosted by Chet Huntley, examined public perception of the survive-ability of nuclear war. Two “average citizens” give opinions concerning various Civil Defense questions, and Huntley cites various surveys of public opinion, that are then rebutted (or affirmed) by an expert named Dr. Dreyer. The vice president of the organization that conducted the survey, Mr. Alberto Castelli, also participates in the program. Below are the survey questions asked in this episode of “Ten For Survival.” Before watching the video, I’d appreciate you completing the survey so I can compare your answers today to those given in 1958.
FireFox Green Bars On Video
If you are getting green bars on video using FireFox this is the solution. I’ve found too many old sites with instruction on turning off hardware acceleration in Flash, but no one uses Flash any more. Duh. The reason you’re getting green bars on your videos in FireFox is your video card is old. You’ll need to change a setting in FireFox to disable a specific Direct 3D setting. 1. In a new tab, type “about:config” in your URL bar. 2. You will get a screen saying “This might void your warranty (like FireFox has a warranty, lol). Click the “I accept the risk” button. 3. In the search bar, type: “media.windows-media-foundation.allow-d3d11-dxva” 4. When the line appears on the screen, double click the line to change the setting
PDS Tornado Watch: The Particularly Dangerous Situation That Wasn’t
On April 26, 2016 the Storm Prediction Center issued a PDS Tornado Watch that included a large portion of the North Texas area. This is a special kind of watch issued only in a Particularly Dangerous Situation. That is to say when computer models are predicting the possibility of extraordinarily severe weather events, including strong, long-lived tornadoes, very large damaging hail and destructive winds. The Storm Prediction Center and the National Weather Service do not use this phrase lightly. Although on this particular day things did not exactly line up as the computer models had predicted, if they had, it would have been disastrous for everyone affected. There were indeed a few tornadoes that had hit in the area. And for anyone affected by these storms, the predictions
EMP 102: Details Missing From Discussions On EMP
EMP or Electromagnetic Pulse seems to be a pretty hot topic among disaster preparedness enthusiasts these days. For those who don’t know, EMP happens when a powerful electrical disturbance in the upper atmosphere races towards ground (more precisely, THE ground), causing massive power surges in electrical lines and devices, effectively burning them all out. The cause of this disturbance can be either natural or man-made. A natural EMP would likely come from the sun in the form of a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). The Earth’s magnetic field will block most of the event, but some energy does occasionally get through to cause a widespread Electromagnetic Pulse. The last major CME event was the Solar storm of 1859, which burned out many telegraph stations in North America and Europe.
Why Is LFTR So Important?
Why is the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) so important? A question no one ever has to ask me, but I feel the need to tell everyone the answer in great detail every time I’m engaged in conversation. Last night, a very dear friend of mine suggested I should list the answers to that very question in my blog. So here we go. I think most people have some societal or political issue they feel very strongly about. There are a lot of different problems in the world. Everything from pollution, to war and even to the very water we rely on for our very survival. For every one of these issues and problems, I see how LFTR can solve it. Directly, or indirectly. I really don’t think