Canadian Prepper Podcast

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/
Shameless plug - Follow the amazon link
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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
 
Amazon link
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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

Apocalyptic Library

 
News -
C10 Won’t apply to the average Joe, until it does.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/minister-suggests-with-bill-c-10-regulations-could-apply-to-accounts-with-a-large-enough-following-1.5419170
 Really, Manitoba?
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/globalnews.ca/news/7842967/manitoba-covid-19-public-health-order-changes-may-7/amp/
 
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/08/colonial-pipeline-cyber-attack-485984
https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/oil-gas/a-very-bad-outcome-enbridge-warns-line-5-shutdown-will-hit-consumers-as-deadline-looms
 
PDFDrive.com. 
https://www.ontario.ca/page/topographic-maps
 
Calivin Rustrum’s new way of the wilderness (1958)
Down but not out 
Field manuals (Army FM and USMC manuals - open source)  
Ragnar benson Shelter books…. 
The survival medicine handbook.  Joe Alton and Amy Alton
 Where there is no doctor / dentist
Emergency food storage and survival handbook
When all hell breaks loose and “Keeping your ass above 98 degrees” by Cody Lundin
https://www.pdfdrive.com/
PODCAST CHALLENGE
Scott - Download books if you can, buy them if you like.  Printing is always an option.  But please gather as much relevant info as you can while we all have unrestricted access to the world’s complete compilation of knowledge:)!  (Fuck you, C-10)
 
Upcoming events
Free Canwarn course on RAC
https://www.rac.ca/emergency-services/canwarn/
 
Mapleseed events 
https://mapleseedrifleman.com/events
 
Deal of the Week
Ian - Chiappa little badger . 50 bucks off
179.99
https://www.rangeviewsports.ca/product/chiappa-little-badger-22lr/
 
Drone Pilot logbook
https://www.amazon.ca/Drone-Pilot-Log-Book-Maintenance/dp/B093B4M9V3/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2TXQ7BUZMPPSH&dchild=1&keywords=rowan+jetsets+publishing&qid=1620234578&sprefix=ROWAN+JETSETS%2Caps%2C257&sr=8-1
 

UHF VHF Expanded

 
News -
It’s national preparedness week! 
https://www.getprepared.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/ep-wk/index-en.aspx
Because they clearly never watched the Terminator .
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2021/04/army-explores-equipping-robots-living-muscle-tissue/173559/
Drone changes in the US, behold our future.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/28/22203398/faa-remote-id-rules-location-night-over-people
Canada not ready for the shutdown of Line 5
https://tnc.news/2021/04/24/canada-is-not-ready-for-the-shut-down-of-line-5/
 
Governor of Michigan intends to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline
brings the oil that creates half of the gasoline, diesel, propane and jet fuel that Ontario and Quebec consume
cost Ontario access to 540,000 barrels of oil a day
 
government to censor internet
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/heritage-committee-won-t-reverse-change-to-bill-c-10-despite-public-outcry-1.5409658
 
Use the “Repeater book” App
 
Ham Radio Crash Course on CHIRP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEpBo5lixsw&t=863s
 
MIKLOR
https://www.miklor.com/
 
CHIRP Beginner’s guide
https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Beginners_Guide
 
Baofengradio.ca - manuals and downloads
https://baofengradio.ca/pages/support-download
 
Summit on the Air
https://www.sota.org.uk/
 
Things to do with:
CANWARN - https://www.ecoa.ca/canwarn.shtml
ARES - https://www.rac.ca/ares/
 
PODCAST CHALLENGE
Try to learn some basic radio usage.  Even with some FRS toys.  Try utilizing some controls if you’ve never turned it on….  Muscle memory works better when pre-trained versus need to learn in the moment.  Find your max range for your terrain and your equipment…. 
https://canadafirstammo.ca/

Host Episode Picks For New Preppers

NEWS
 Rogers cell svc messed up
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-outage-1.5992954
BC travel restriction ‘on hold’
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-bcs-travel-crackdown-on-hold-until-next-week/
 
7 Emergency Preparedness Apps to Keep on Your Phone
 
https://www.wired.com/story/best-emergency-apps/
 
FEMA . . . 
Harbor. . . Trivia about emergency preparedness
First Aid Apps (red cross app is pretty good, so is StopTheBleed)
Zello
Echolink
PODCAST CHALLENGE
 
lan - Get one new listener for us, and get them to listen to the best fundamental episodes.  (According to you)
 
Upcoming events
April 26th 1pm - 3pm
Webinar: Chernobyl at 35: Recovery lessons for radiation emergency preparedness
https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2021/04/26/default-calendar/webinar-chernobyl-at-35-recovery-lessons-for-radiation-emergency-preparedness
Deal of the Week
Coleman instant tent.  149.  100 bucks off.
https://www.cabelas.ca/product/145477/coleman-instant-dome-7-person-tent
 
 

Wilderness First Aid

Locator beacon with messaging capability - https://www.greenbelly.co/pages/best-personal-locator-beacons-satellite-messengers
 
Maps.me “Offline” GPS App
 
What three words Location App
 
Movie recommend – The Edge
PODCAST CHALLENGE
Take any first aid course that will work for your recreational setting
Book club - One second after.  William Forstchen End of May.  If you don’t read it, are you really a prepper?
Deal of the Week
Ammo cans 50% off at Princess auto!
https://www.princessauto.com/en/product/PA0008747073?utm_medium=flyertown&utm_source=eflyer&utm_campaign=hosted
https://www.princessauto.com/en/product/PA0008747065?utm_medium=flyertown&utm_source=eflyer&utm_campaign=hosted