News & Articles By Frances Bloomfield
04/01/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield
Breakthrough construction material for earthquake protection will mean safer buildings and bridges
Earthquakes can cause immense damage to infrastructure, in turn hindering the operation of important public services. A team of researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València reportedly developed a new construction element capable of overcoming that problem. Dubbed “Smart Seismic Concrete Connection” (SSCC), this material is a combination of two “symbiotic” components: Shape-memory metal alloy bars and […]
02/14/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield
Do you have a water contingency plan? What happens when your city runs out of water…
Water is a necessity, plain and simple. Human beings can’t go for more than three days without it. Unfortunately, water is also a finite source. As the looming water crisis in Capetown, South Africa, has shown us, water supplies can be depleted. No one in their right mind wants that to happen to them, but you […]
02/05/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield
Finding food in a famine: Tips for survival used throughout history
Nobody wants to experience famine. History has shown us that famine can make even the best of people do the worst things. Yet at the same time, scarcity has also allowed human ingenuity to shine. From nettle soup to bread made from tree bark, these are just some of the creative foods that the people […]
01/28/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield
Practice makes perfect: Choose to live like a survivalist before it becomes a necessity
Living the survivalist lifestyle is a big decision. Choosing to live off the grid entails making big changes, ranging from growing your own food to finding your own water source to downsizing your home for maximum efficiency. It isn’t easy by any means. But with those big changes come even bigger benefits. Becoming a survivalist […]
01/24/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield
Preparing your family for disaster: How to develop your emergency plan
Formulating an emergency plan: It isn’t always easy to make or pull off, but it’s an absolute must in this world. You never know what will hit you and when, making it all the more important to get your entire family involved in disaster preparedness. Ensure that your family is ready for just about anything […]
01/20/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield
Do you have a safe source of water for a SHTF situation? Top 5 water purification mistakes
Everybody knows that you need water to live. Without it, you’d be pushing in as little as 72 hours. What isn’t as common, however, is knowing how to purify water properly. If you think making potable water simply involves running it through a filter — you’ve just made one of the most common mistakes in water purification. […]
01/15/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield
Putting together a three-day survival kit: What you’ll need in an emergency
Where do you begin with emergency preparation? Well, if you’re new to preparedness and survival, you start off with a three-day or 72-hour survival kit. As you can glean from the name, it’s a survival kit that’s supposed to get you through three days of an emergency. Anything can happen in 24 hours, much less […]
10/11/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield
Insider warns of martial law and millions of deaths when “big one” hits California
The Big One is a hypothetical, long-overdue mega-quake that’s expected to strike the west coast at any time, with California suffering the brunt of the devastation. The idea of a massive earthquake hitting the heavily populated state already conjures up images of rattled people weaving their way through crumbled wreckage. Yet according to one first […]
08/29/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield
Just one asteroid strike thrust the planet into YEARS of darkness, killing almost everything
Around 65.5 million years ago, an asteroid about six to nine mi — or 10 to 15 km — in diameter collided with the Earth. Known as the Chicxulub impactor, the meteor created an enormous impact crater underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It’s believed that the Chicxulub impactor was what caused the mass extinction […]
08/26/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield
The great outer space LAND GRAB of the near future: Conflicts over space rock mining rights
Space has become a veritable goldmine of natural resources for many companies, yet can anyone lay claim to them? That’s the question legal experts claim will become relevant in the future as firm turn to the stars for precious metals and minerals, and it’s one that also needs to be answered as soon as possible […]
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