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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 De
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 sev
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 elec
Tornado sirens, civil defense sirens, outdoor warning sirens, call them what you will. What to the sirens mean when they sound? And what SHOULD they mean?
The National Weather Service seems to believe there is a way to fix stupid. In a test that starts Monday, five weather service offices in Kansas and Missouri will use words such as "mass devastation," 'unsurvivable" and "catastrophic" in a new kind of warning that's based on the severity of a storm's expected impact.
Make sure you're educated enough in bomb shelter design to know the good designs from the bad ones.
I'm watching the weather today since severe storms are in the forecast. TornadoVideos.Net's Dominator is currently in Fort Worth, getting into position as are quite a few other storm chasers. I got a good laugh looking at imap.tv , seeing the storm chasers all lined up along I-35 like Rockettes!
Michael Janzen at Tiny House Design re-released his free Tiny Prefab plans in the wake of the recent tornado outbreak.
Andy Gabrielson, founder of FindTheTornado.com, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2012 in a car accident near Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was hit in a head-on collision due to a wrong-way driver near the town of Sapulpa.
FEMA FCC NOAA NWS Homeland Security Emergency Alert System (EAS) nationwide test on November 9, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern
The pot-in-pot or "Zeer Pot" evaporative refrigerator is an astoundingly simple but effective device.
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.