1 hr 17 min
Book Club - One Second After Canadian Prepper Podcast
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News -
JBS meats recovering
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2021/06/03/meat-producer-jbs-says-its-fully-recovered-from-cyberattack/?sh=35923dc47a80
Iran warship sunk
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/iran-s-biggest-warship-catches-fire-sinks-gulf-oman-n1269292
Iran refinery fire (Again)
https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/voa-news-iran/oil-facility-fires-reported-irans-southwestern-ahvaz-region
Half of businesses have increased priority on disaster preparedness since the start of COVID-19
https://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/inspress/half-of-businesses-have-increased-priority-on-disaster-preparedness-since-the-start-of-covid-19/
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/07/chip-shortage-is-starting-to-have-major-real-world-consequences.html
Chip shortage starting to effect the supply chain. Effects everything from TV’s to computers to cars. Thousands of cars are sitting in parking lots assembled but waiting for chips. Word is dealers only have a couple weeks of inventory instead of the unusual couple months
This week’s book had me thinking about other threats to the electrical grid, so this article kind jumped out at me:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/solar-storm-sets-off-mines?fbclid=IwAR1Sgn1mKD1z6dj7otzW5TmYPJeKX-Z6XarKdV-z0_hWk-Th1Ku50XByQMk
The Sun Set Off 4,000 Sea Mines During the Vietnam War
Only now do scientists fully understand just how strong a 1972 solar storm was.
Got me thinking about the Carrington Event, and the Quebec power blackout of 1989. Lloyd’s of London estimates (in 2013) that the event would have caused 0.6 to 2.6 Trillion dollars in damage (3.6% to 15.5% of annual GDP). Reading about Quebec I learned that different rock structures under powerlines have different impacts on the potential damage; the granite bedrock of Canadian shield being one of the worse because it acts as an insulator and the energy goes into the power lines and little is absorbed into the ground.
PODCAST CHALLENGE
Take some time to read this highly regarded fiction. It provides a break from the everyday, with the added bonus of providing motivation to keep prepping.
Perhaps endeavour to make a proper Faraday Cage… Or buy a faraday bag?
Upcoming events
Mapleseed events
https://mapleseedrifleman.com/events
Deal(s) of the Week
Ian - MIdland FRSs on sale
https://www.cabelas.ca/product/80562/midland-x-talker-xt-t10-radio
https://www.cabelas.ca/product/80566/midland-x-talker-xt-t75
Glock copy BB Guns
https://www.cabelas.ca/product/116943/umarex-glock-model-19-fixed-slide-bb-air-pistol
Amazon link
https://www.prepperpodcast.ca/support/
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B001AXLUX2/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_til?tag=cdnprepperpodcast-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=1a93d710ef716383443175d45fc64f04&creativeASIN=B001AXLUX2
News -
JBS meats recovering
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2021/06/03/meat-producer-jbs-says-its-fully-recovered-from-cyberattack/?sh=35923dc47a80
Iran warship sunk
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/iran-s-biggest-warship-catches-fire-sinks-gulf-oman-n1269292
Iran refinery fire (Again)
https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/voa-news-iran/oil-facility-fires-reported-irans-southwestern-ahvaz-region
Half of businesses have increased priority on disaster preparedness since the start of COVID-19
https://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/inspress/half-of-businesses-have-increased-priority-on-disaster-preparedness-since-the-start-of-covid-19/
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/07/chip-shortage-is-starting-to-have-major-real-world-consequences.html
Chip shortage starting to effect the supply chain. Effects everything from TV’s to computers to cars. Thousands of cars are sitting in parking lots assembled but waiting for chips. Word is dealers only have a couple weeks of inventory instead of the unusual couple months
This week’s book had me thinking about other threats to the electrical grid, so this article kind jumped out at me:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/solar-storm-sets-off-mines?fbclid=IwAR1Sgn1mKD1z6dj7otzW5TmYPJeKX-Z6XarKdV-z0_hWk-Th1Ku50XByQMk
The Sun Set Off 4,000 Sea Mines During the Vietnam War
Only now do scientists fully understand just how strong a 1972 solar storm was.
Got me thinking about the Carrington Event, and the Quebec power blackout of 1989. Lloyd’s of London estimates (in 2013) that the event would have caused 0.6 to 2.6 Trillion dollars in damage (3.6% to 15.5% of annual GDP). Reading about Quebec I learned that different rock structures under powerlines have different impacts on the potential damage; the granite bedrock of Canadian shield being one of the worse because it acts as an insulator and the energy goes into the power lines and little is absorbed into the ground.
PODCAST CHALLENGE
Take some time to read this highly regarded fiction. It provides a break from the everyday, with the added bonus of providing motivation to keep prepping.
Perhaps endeavour to make a proper Faraday Cage… Or buy a faraday bag?
Upcoming events
Mapleseed events
https://mapleseedrifleman.com/events
Deal(s) of the Week
Ian - MIdland FRSs on sale
https://www.cabelas.ca/product/80562/midland-x-talker-xt-t10-radio
https://www.cabelas.ca/product/80566/midland-x-talker-xt-t75
Glock copy BB Guns
https://www.cabelas.ca/product/116943/umarex-glock-model-19-fixed-slide-bb-air-pistol
Amazon link
https://www.prepperpodcast.ca/support/
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B001AXLUX2/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_til?tag=cdnprepperpodcast-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=1a93d710ef716383443175d45fc64f04&creativeASIN=B001AXLUX2
1 hr 17 min