News for the week of 2023-10-02

The Prepared Support - October 2, 2023

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Prepper Chat Night is this Friday evening, Oct 6, on Discord at 6PM Pacific / 9PM Eastern. Join our Discord now at this link so you’ll be ready when the event starts:

https://discord.gg/X3H2aNq3?event=1148442158819450920

Prepper Chat Nights are on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month. It’s a (video optional) call where we mostly talk about our recent prepping experiences and lessons.

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Note: The Friday chats aren’t the only reason to join Discord. While the website remains the better place for guides, articles, and experience reports, Discord really shines for conversation or helping someone through an immediate situation. The two work well together, and I use both every day.

 

Today’s email newsletter “New articles + course access news” has quite a lot of news. If you’re not already signed up, you can find the signup forum in the beginner article. Look for the green box with text “Sign up for The Prepared’s free newsletter”.

https://theprepared.com/prepping-basics/guides/emergency-preparedness-checklist-prepping-beginners/

Here are some highlights from the newsletter:

Courses have moved to a new learning site.

https://learn.theprepared.com/

John spoke with the Wall Street Journal about how much cash to have on hand for an emergency.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/the-right-amount-of-cash-to-keep-at-home-for-emergencies-hint-not-480000/ar-AA1hi6wq

There are new guides on “prepping with pets” and “how to make pemmican”.

https://theprepared.com/situations/guides/prepping-with-pets/

https://theprepared.com/prepping-basics/guides/how-to-make-pemmican/

Reminder of an older guide on wildfires that’s especially relevant recently.

https://theprepared.com/emergencies/guides/wildfire/

 

National Emergency Alert on Oct 4th at 18:20 UTC: Did you all receive it?  If not, you likely need to enable it on your mobile phone.    FEMA Site here.

 

For anyone age 60 or above, it’s time to get your RSV vaccination. Ask your pharmacist for an appointment.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/uritheflu/106656

 

Appreciate the info 

 

“Dengue fever will become a major threat in the southern United States, southern Europe and new parts of Africa this decade, the WHO’s chief scientist said, as warmer temperatures create the conditions for the mosquitoes carrying the infection to spread.”

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/dengue-will-take-off-southern-europe-us-africa-this-decade-who-scientist-says-2023-10-06/

 

All over the world, wildfire seasons are getting longer and more intense. Currently, when one country has an intense fire season, other countries that are off-season send some firefighters to help. As fire seasons get long enough to overlap, it’s getting harder for other countries to send backup.

Firefighters are overworked and reaching a breaking point. Just as in early COVID, when medical staff didn’t have capacity to help everyone, I think we need to be concerned about firefighting teams not having the capacity to fight all the fires.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/07/australian-bushfire-season-summer-heatwave-fires-firefighters-rfs