For a few weeks now, we’ve had our eye on the Three Gorges Dam, a true feat of human engineering, and the largest hydroelectric dam in the world. The Three Gorges Dam generates 2% of China’s electricity, and that’s remarkable, but it’s not why we’ve been watching the dam. China has experienced a lot of
The events of 2020 have brought a lot of new preppers into the fold, and many who’ve read our ongoing coverage of America’s food supply problems have contacted us to ask how they can get started by buying a handful of grocery preps with every paycheck. A free ebook, The LDS Preparedness Manual offers a
Welcome to the newly revamped Key Developments, now twice weekly and with non-COVID news. Right now, it’s actually still just COVID news, but we’ll be slowly morphing it into something broader as we go. The world has over 19.2 million cases. The world is adding more than a quarter million cases per day. There have
Because of the numerous supply chain problems with everything from food to consumer goods, many of us have been carefully planning our purchases ahead of time in a multistep process that involves budgeting, prioritization, checking inventories for in-stock notices, and using upgraded shipping options to avoid USPS delays. Well, now we can add cars to
Earlier this year, with N95 respirators in short supply, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued emergency authorizations for Chinese-made KN95 respirators. New manufacturers soon flooded the market, unfortunately with often-defective products that the FDA signed off on anyway. Now, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal (archive link), states that trusted
Welcome to the newly revamped Key Developments, now twice weekly and with non-COVID news. Right now, it’s actually still just COVID news, but we’ll be slowly morphing it into something broader as we go. There are over 18.7 million global cases. Cases are growing globally by about 1.5 million per week. There have been over
The past ten days have brought a mix of good and bad news for the United States and COVID-19. On the good side, the moving average of new COVID-19 cases in the USA has flattened after over a month of rapid growth. New cases have even fallen by about 3.4% in recent days. The bad
For the past two years I’ve been wondering if beeswax wraps were worth adding to my home preps. They’re reusable and environmentally friendly, which made me wonder if they lasted long and performed well enough to be a prepper’s alternative to standard cling wrap for food preservation. Instead of single-use plastic, beeswax wraps are pieces
If you’re a seasoned prepper, you likely already have stockpiles of certain things: food, water, ammunition, medical supplies, etc. We’ve linked to the guides for each category, but you can also take a look at the Emergency preparedness checklist: Prepping for beginners if you’re just looking to get started. In this post, I’d like to direct your
Wondering when it’ll be safe to plan or attend a gathering again? Georgia Tech and Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory have created a map that lets you calculate the odds of coming in contact with someone who has COVID-19. How to use the map The site offers several different risk-estimation tools, but we’ll focus on the map
Welcome to the newly revamped Key Developments, now twice weekly and with non-COVID news. Right now, it’s actually still mainly COVID news, but we’ll be slowly morphing it into something broader as we go. World events Many are worried about the flooding that threatens the Three Gorges Dam in China. This dam is one of
Publisher Simon and Schuster would like you to believe that Bunker: Building for the End Times is a study in the most extreme forms of prepping. The book’s jacket promises it will be “chilling” and “eerily prescient.” The cover itself pictures a set of concrete steps that open on a possibly-post-apocalyptic world. When Simon and Schuster
Here’s a strange story from Utah. A woman got a mysterious package in the mail from China. According to the box, it had earrings in it. She opened it, and found the box to be full of baggies of seeds—not earrings at all. And she didn’t order seeds. What’s up with that? And who sent
Welcome to the newly revamped Key Developments, now twice weekly and with non-COVID news. Right now, it’s actually still just COVID news, but we’ll be slowly morphing it into something broader as we go. The world has over 15.6 million cases. The rate of global case growth continues to increase. There have been over 635,000
The COVID-19 pandemic has ground America’s already overloaded legal system to a halt, and cases are piling up while judges stay home. Lawyers we spoke with say the resulting backlogs will likely take years to work their way through the courts after the pandemic ends. What this means for you: possible longer jail stays if
