Canadian Prepper Podcast

Hydrate or Die

It's a TRAP!

 
News -
Alan - Cubans protest the communist party in Havana and chant “freedom” while being beaten and pepper sprayed. Communist leader calls for those loyal to confront protesters. 
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/street-protests-break-out-cuba-2021-07-11/ 
Ian - Albertans asked to conserve power….. And not charge their cars.
https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/albertans-asked-to-conserve-power-during-level-2-alert-wednesday-1.5500786
Evac order issued for Sun Peaks houses….
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/132-properties-under-evacuation-order-due-to-wildfire-near-sun-peaks-resort-1.5504794
PODCAST CHALLENGE
Alan - Practice building a field-expedient snare/spring trap for small game, or playing with a live trap.
 
Upcoming events
Mapleseed Events
https://mapleseedrifleman.com/events
 
Survival PDF collection.
https://www.worldstudybible.com/moreonline.htm
 
Swedish civil defense doc:
https://www.dinsakerhet.se/siteassets/dinsakerhet.se/broschyren-om-krisen-eller-kriget-kommer/om-krisen-eller-kriget-kommer---engelska-2.pdf
 

The Million Dollar Doomstead

News -
 
Hottest temperature ever recorded in canada.  47+ Degrees https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/canadas-hottest-june-temperature-recorded-amid-western-canada-heat
Choppin 6 zeroes makes it all better
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/venezuela-chop-six-zeros-bolivar-3rd-currency-redenomination-13-years
Lytton Burns https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfires-june-30-2021-1.6085919
 
Eric - UFO report released
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/the-u-s-s-long-awaited-ufo-report-is-here-1.5486107
 
Jeff -  Bill C10 not passed before senate rises for summer
https://torontosun.com/news/national/canadas-bill-c-10-orwellian-senator
 
Another ransomware attack
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/02/kaseya-ransomware-attack/
 
The Finnish Reserve Sports Association RESUL is organizing an international four-day distance marching event open to everyone in Finland and around the world. The event will be held between 22-25 July 2021. You can march for any number of days during the event, and available distances are 6.2 mi / 10 km, 15.5 mi / 25 km and 24.9 mi / 40 km. So if you're really masochistic, you can march for 160 klicks in four days. That sounds like fun, right?
https://resulfourdaymarch.fi/
 
PODCAST CHALLENGE
Alan - If your current location is missing some of your ideal traits, what’s the number one shortfall?  Do one thing to remedy that!
 
Upcoming events
Ian - Mapleseed events
https://mapleseedrifleman.com/events
 
Deal of the Week
Goal Zero® Nomad 14 Plus Solar Panel
https://www.cabelas.ca/product/112710/goal-zero-nomad-14-plus-solar-panel
$159.97 (reg $219.99)
Eating worms
 
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/08/10/489302134/should-we-make-room-for-worms-on-our-dinner-plate

Movie Night!

 
News -
Alan - wildfire season is heating up, it’s going to be a bad year to be in the woods I think
Ian -  The world relies on one chip maker….
https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/the-world-relies-on-one-chip-maker-in-taiwan-leaving-everyone-vulnerable-11624075400
Masks cause economic damage.  Shocker.
https://summit.news/2021/06/23/england-set-to-drop-face-mask-rules-after-huge-economic-impact-revealed/
 
Eric - 
9 confirmed dead in Florida condo tower collapse, 4 Canadians among dozens still missing
 
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/condo-collapse-miami-surfside-florida-1.6082161
 
PODCAST CHALLENGE
What are some key things you’ve learned from your favourite prepper/survival movies?
 
Upcoming events
Ian - Mapleseed events
https://mapleseedrifleman.com/events
 
Deal of the Week
Alan - https://www.visions.ca/product-detail/64720/cobra_cxt395_frs_37km_range_2_way_radio_2_pack_reconditioned_?categoryId=0&sku=CXT395RB
Cobra FRS for 28 bucks a pair.  NO license needed.
Shameless plug - Follow the amazon link
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The Year Long Emergency

 
News -
Alan - https://globalnews.ca/news/7944744/christian-eriksen-collapses/ Danish soccer player collapses on the field, quick medical attention credited in his safety. Allegedly, CPR performed on site (unconfirmed). Carbon Monoxide NOT suspected as the cause.
 
G7 summit in England currently. https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/world-leaders-and-activists-descend-on-c-idUSRTXD67XL specifically picture 15 of this slide deck… unmasked, undistanced leaders thinking the cameras were off. Pretty sure if the 7 most powerful people in the world can hang out without a mask I can go to costco without one
 
Shooting in Austin Texas https://www.reuters.com/world/us/least-13-people-wounded-austin-texas-shooting-police-2021-06-12/ video shows some quick actions by Austin PD with TECC/TCCC skills and IFAKs saving lives in a hot environment. Great job by the officers involved to both stop the killing and stop the dying.
 
facial recognition software….
https://www.reuters.com/technology/canada-privacy-regulator-says-federal-police-broke-laws-using-facial-recognition-2021-06-10/
 
Hackers left a password handy for the man to find 
Either A) the FBI is full of shit, or B) crypto isn’t as secure as they say.  
.  https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/fbi-used-hackers-bitcoin-password-to-recover-colonial-pipeline-ransom-2021-6%3famp
Perth 'doomsday prepper' arrested with small arsenal of guns and ammo in suburban back shed
 
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-11/wa-doomsday-prepper-weapons-seized-in-suburban-perth/100209390
Jeff - Ford government uses “notwithstanding” clause after court says his 12 month ban on 3rd party political ads are “unconstitutional” 
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thehouse/doug-ford-notwithstanding-section-33-constitution-1.6062167
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/mps-accused-of-secret-law-making-in-rush-to-pass-controversial-c-10-broadcasting-bill
 
PODCAST CHALLENGE
Alan - Wargame a similar scenario
See where you need to play catchup
 
Upcoming events
Alan - Mapleseed events
https://mapleseedrifleman.com/events
 
Deal of the Week
Ian - Ruger American Predator AR mag version
https://www.gotenda.com/product/ruger-american-predator-rifle-223-rem-ar-magazine-and-threaded-barrel-moss-green/
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Book Club - One Second After

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
 
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Hiding in Plain Sight

 
News -
 
Ian - can’t say they didn’t warn everyone .
 
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-13/u-s-west-facing-white-knuckle-summer-with-power-in-short-supply?utm_source=url_link
 
“Water Cremation”
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/wisconsin-senate-approves-bill-to-dissolve-dead-bodies-dump-them-in-sewer
 
massive fire near Prince Albert.  
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/beta.ctvnews.ca/local/saskatoon/2021/5/17/1_5432217.html
 
PODCAST CHALLENGE
Figure out a way to diversify your supplies to prevent a total loss in case of unexpected access to your preps.
 
Upcoming events
Mapleseed events
https://mapleseedrifleman.com/events
 
Deal of the Week
Underground cache survival can.  25% off at bullseye
https://www.bullseyenorth.com/shop/mtm-survivor-ammo-can-sac-polymer-black-13859
 
The Digital Prepper
(His channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDigitalPrepper/videos) 

You Shook Me All Night Long

News -
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/gas-stations-run-dry-as-pipeline-hacking-will-take-days-to-fix-1.1602094
Stations out of gas
Global late to the party as usual
https://globalnews.ca/news/7854053/colonial-pipeline-gas-shortage/
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/ktla.com/news/nationworld/gas-crunch-continues-across-much-of-u-s-after-pipeline-hack-full-recovery-expected-to-take-weeks/amp/
Sad that this article is necessary 
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/plastic-bags-with-gasoline-government-warns-drivers-hoarding-fuel-202943869.html
  
Early warning system. But not Canada:(
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/05/in-major-milestone-us-earthquake-early-warning-system-now-covers-entire-west-coast/?
 
Enbridge gives Gretchen the middle finger
https://www.reuters.com/business/legal/enbridge-keep-great-lakes-pipeline-running-defy-looming-michigan-shutdown-order-2021-05-07/
https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/kinsella-in-every-way-bill-c-10-is-wildly-unconstitutional?fbclid=IwAR3y427VFCCZpT5_-wN9KIhGCFfypECl8zPiLXqJ3YC8XWVHC9Rz5A03Qfc
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1700_Cascadia_earthquake
 
Soil liquefaction - 
http://blogs.ubc.ca/julianaleungeportfolio/files/2017/04/LiquefactionDangerZones-2.pdf
https://blogs.ubc.ca/julianaleungeportfolio/2017/04/12/final-project-liquefaction-danger-zones-in-greater-vancouver/
 
Ensure you have realistic BOB.  Even the government suggests it. 
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/emergency-preparedness-response-recovery/preparedbc/build-an-emergency-kit-and-grab-and-go-bag
 
Ewan McGregor movie “The impossible”, regarding 2003 indian ocean earthquake and associated tsunami.  (I was in HKG)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d-EYIZAqXc
Earthquakes in the last 30 days - https://www.seismescanada.rncan.gc.ca/index-en.php
General info - https://www.seismescanada.rncan.gc.ca/info-gen/index-en.php
BC - https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/emergency-preparedness-response-recovery/preparedbc/know-your-hazards/earthquakes-tsunamis?keyword=earthquake&keyword=preparedness
Tsunami info - https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/emergency-preparedness-response-recovery/preparedbc/know-your-hazards/earthquakes-tsunamis/tsunami#risk
 
PODCAST CHALLENGE
ALAN - Make a point of assembling your BOB.  Earthquakes are just one reason, but a good one.
BC Gov list - https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/emergency-preparedness-response-recovery/preparedbc/build-an-emergency-kit-and-grab-and-go-bag#emergencykit
 
Upcoming events
Mapleseed events
https://mapleseedrifleman.com/events
Canwarn May 26, 7 pm EST
https://www.rac.ca/emergency-services/canwarn/
 
Great BC Shakeout (October)  - https://www.shakeoutbc.ca/howtoparticipate/
Food shortages, coming to a theatre near you…...
 
Deal of the Week
 Cabelas Folding knife.  5.99!  Put one everywhere.
https://www.cabelas.ca/product/120334/cabelas-small-folding-knife