Still a month left in the Atlantic hurricane season: It’s a good time to check your supply kit So far, so good for Central and South Florida this hurricane season (touch wood). Not so for Northwest Florida, the panhandle of our state, which was devastated by Hurricane Michael last month. Especially now that we’re experiencing […]
The Select Oil Company charged the nightshift it cobbled together near Port Fourchon with preparing for the morning’s cleanup. The international petroleum and gas conglomerate had sent out teams of managers in the afternoon to gather local day laborers and whoever else they could find to help unload the 30 semi-trailers headed for different locations […]
We trust that FEMA, the Department of Homeland Security, and the National Guard would deploy to manage any catastrophe. Would they? … We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain— that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom— and that government of the people, by the […]
Government regulator seeks to repeal post-Deepwater regulations (because there’s money in doing so) I hope you’ll pardon me for saying this for the umpteenth in not so many words: There exists a breed of narcissist (perhaps he has always existed) who is also psychopathic and pathologically avaricious. Why should we be interested in these […]
Florida governor, media push “blameless catastrophe” narrative With Hurricane Irma churning like a demonic beast only a few hundred miles away, I find myself looking for the antonym for “mass hysteria.” The best I’ve come up with so far is “mass false contentment.” Let me say right away that I’m in no way referring to […]
As Eastern Seaboard braces for tropical storms, rest of continental U.S. must prep, too Here in Florida, we well know what June 1st means: the first day of Atlantic hurricane season. It used to be that when we saw our “neighbors to the north” dealing with dozens of storms in the summer, we were talking […]
Survival prep isn’t only “bugging out” to the boonies A few months ago here on my ULTIMATE ERROR blog, I wrote about the burgeoning real estate submarket for disaster preppers. Perhaps not surprisingly, places like rural Montana and the Rocky Mountains of Colorado are leading the way. However, the capitalist cheer of “different strokes for […]
Government opportunists: “The world is dangerous! Do what we say, and we’ll help you.” The master-of-disaster governors of the U.S. states love nothing more than a photo op—except perhaps a sales-tax holiday. “Help people shop, and voters will beat a path to your door,” is their cynical motto. Of course, the pomp and circumstance requires […]
At the junction of fear and entrepreneurship, survival lessons for cash What isn’t a commodity in America today? Capitalism is a robustly effective economic system, yet, as forces of industry and government embark on ever-bolder experiments towards purer exercises of it, every solid, liquid, gas, and concept—corrupt or otherwise—is up for sale. Consider an article […]
Cyber-security in the electrical grids has become big business, but is it safe yet? I recently stumbled upon a banner ad for a fascinating international conference: “Istanbul 2017,” a gathering of cyber-security professionals and a showcase for their businesses. Even more intriguing than this trade show ad was the website where it was placed: OSGP.org, […]