Re-: to do again. -actuate: 1. To put into motion or action; . 2. To move to action
Time is reporting that Marines in Iraq are using Silly String – the party favor in a can – to detect trip wires. They spray the string – which is really a foam – into a door way and it catches on the foam without tripping the device. Cool.
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I entered the Survival Blog’s writing contest and my entry was posted today. I’ve been thinking about writing on phsical fitness as a survival skill for awhile now. So when I decided to enter the contest it was the first thing on my mind. When people talk about preparedness they often focus on the stuff [...]
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A great article on Bruce Schneier’s site about the difference between Perceived Risk vs Actual Risk. Here’s some bullet points # We over-react to intentional actions, and under-react to accidents, abstract events, and natural phenomena. # We over-react to things that offend our morals. # We over-react to immediate threats and under-react to long-term threats. [...]
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A very indepth article and analysis of the story of Lance Thomas, a jewelry store owner in LA who was involved in gun battles 4 times against a total of 11 attackers. My favorite quote: “Each and every one of them had died from a sudden and acute failure of the victim selection process.”
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Haven’t posted in the survival post in a long time. Did you know there was a major natural disaster this week that took out power for an entire US state? Well here’s an article grading tech after Hawaii’s earthquake. We did a major clean out of the garage a couple of weekends ago and ran [...]
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Via Clayton Cramer: Signs of a stroke. During a BBQ a friend stumbled and took a little fall – she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food [...]
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So I ran away. Took us 20 hours to get to my folks house in North Arkansas, which normally takes about 10. 4 hours of that was my fault. I decided to try and get tricky and go east a little ways and then north, avoiding the main artery of 59. What I didn’t think [...]
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I’m writing this on the North side of Houston, Texas. Right now everyone is thinking and talking about Rita. It’s not unusual for Texans to talk about a Rita that will wipe you out, but normally it involves tequila and not Cat 5 winds. We’re doing some preparing. We like to think were “into” preparedness, [...]
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