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Episode-121- Pandemic Flu and Global Disease Threats

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Modern Survival| 6 Comments
Episode-121- Pandemic Flu and Global Disease Threats [ 36:41 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Today we discuss a subject that has been in and out of vogue in main stream media, the threat of Global Pandemic Avian Flu (H5N1) and other disease pandemic and epidemic potential threats.

Tune in today to hear about…

  • What does H5N1 mean, what are the meanings of H and N in flu varients
  • What is a “clade” and how does it apply to flu strains
  • A vaccine resistant “clade 7″ varient of H5N1 has turned up in Beijing China
  • There is a small human cluster of Avian Flu in Vietnam
  • There has just been a death in Egypt in Egypt and Cambodia
  • Large poultry infections are present in India and Bangladesh
  • A baby in Hong Kong has just contracted H9N2 (another type of avian flu)
  • H5N1s death rate is 56%, the death rate of the Spanish Flu was only 2.5%
  • A different threat, what about an animal or insect pandemic
  • Considering bugging out, do you have a quarantine area
  • What prior disasters can teach us about human arrogance and denial

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Episode-72- Audience Questions – Bug Out or Bug In and More

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Modern Survival| 2 Comments
Episode-72- Audience Questions - Bug Out or Bug In and More [ 38:14 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Today’s show answers several questions from the audience and provides some information about our new survival forum.  Tune in today to hear…

  • Another update on the Listener Appreciation Contest – We may have a new winner tomorrow
  • We have new boards on the forum including a “Swap Meet”, “Around the Campfire”, “Lady Survivors” and more.
  • Update on our Five Item challenge – please join it and keep the discussion on track.
  • When and where self promotion is OK on our forum and where it is not
  • The value of online collective intelligence in survival planning
  • Making the choice, bug out or bug in and several examples of each choice
  • There is no one right answer to “bug out or bug in” as each individual and threat is different
  • Examples of times when you always leave
  • More on the “fantasy world” of some fringe survivalists and how to keep it real
  • Caching food, weapons and supplies to make it safer
  • Remember to keep your prepping to yourself in many areas
  • How to not be paralyzed by “what ifs”
  • Thoughts on growth stocks in the new economy (not financial advice)
  • The real stuff on sale soon (trucks, boats, RVs, Houses, Land)
  • Why gas is dropping (the good news and the bad)
  • What the rebound from this global depression may look like and what it will do to oil prices
  • Where is the best place in the country for setting up a retreat or even to just make a permanent move to
  • Think about taxes, land use, cost of living – not just a remote piece of ground
  • Some spots that many would not think about to look for remote land
  • The area with the best “deals” today, combination, remote, low cost, long growing seasons, low taxes, etc
  • Getting a remote real estate agent doing your leg work

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