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2024 Bird Flu Outbreaks: Massive Poultry Losses and Food Supply Threats
Currently, there is an unprecedented surge of bird flu cases in North America that should be deeply troubling to anyone who cares about their food security. Of course, the mainstream media won’t connect the dots for you, but here are the facts: According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 92.34...
What Is Hollywood Really Preparing Us For?
On February 22, 2024, I was anxiously awaiting news that my sister-in-law safely delivered twins. The phone call didn’t come until long after the twins had arrived. That’s because AT&T experienced a major outage that affected millions of customers, including my family members. As frustrated as we were, we were...
20 Survival Lessons from the Radioflash Trailer
2019's Radioflash, a movie about survival after an electromagnetic pulse kills power to more than 200 million people in the Western U.S., is looking like a film ahead of its time these days. The 2-minute trailer is not only a powerful reminder of how quickly society can descend into darkness and...
Black Swan Events We’re Preparing for in 2024
A black swan event is a term coined in the 2007 book, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. According to Taleb, a black swan event has 3 critical components: 1) Is so rare that even the possibility that it might occur is...
Why a Netflix Movie Has Americans Alarmed about Cyber Attacks
In the last few days, survival items have been flying off our shelves. Was there a major attack or severe natural disaster? No. A movie, executive produced by Former President Barack Obama, premiered on Netflix. This movie has stirred up a lot of controversy and made people more aware...
AI Will Disrupt the Food Industry
Growing up, my mom always said, “Everything in moderation.” A little bit of something is okay, but an extreme amount is dangerous. Unfortunately, this mantra is no longer being applied to the food industry – especially when it comes to modern technology. Gone are the days when farmers relied on...
Stay Incognito: Top Tips to Evade Facial Recognition Technology
There are many things we do because we believe they make our lives easier. For example, it’s a lot quicker to access your phone using facial recognition than it is to put in a passcode or even a thumbprint. The problem is that most people are unaware of how facial...
North American Plant and Factory Disasters in 2023
The large number of fires destroying food plants and factories in recent years is alarming. Fires that take place at processing facilities and food plants mean even more disruption to our already fragile supply chain…and even higher prices. Here is the roundup of North American plant and factory disasters so...
Preparing for AI: Lessons from the Past
When I was growing up, I imagined a future with robots like those in The Jetsons. While these types of robots are coming, what many of us aren’t aware of is that artificial intelligence is already here and it’s a major disruptor. And, as much as we want to, we...
The Next Black Swan Event: Preparing for Fail-Safes to Fail
What would you do if your fail-safe fails? Take the recent news story about a celebrity who found himself without a working vehicle,which was trapped in a parking deck for 24 hours after his Tesla’s fail-safes failed. Actor Glenn Howerton’s Tesla story went viral last week after he explained that...
The Turkey Problem and How to Prepare for the Impossible
Many people mistakenly set themselves up to fail when it comes to preparedness. They have the best intentions, but they are focused on what they know and expect. The problem is that the worst survival scenarios can result from the unexpected — events we would never anticipate happening. Enter the...
Potential Causes for Economic Collapse and How to Prepare
As much as we’d like to trust that our economy is safe, history shows that’s not always the case. Moreover, scientists and financial experts have identified multiple weak points in our economy that are ripe for collapse. That may be why an Axios study found, “Nearly nine in 10 Americans...
