So, an associate is looking for some recommendations for books for so-called "doomsday" prep, including one or two specializing in an EMP/Hacking attack. While I have done these sort of preps for clients, I haven't read many such books because back when I did, I found many of them filled with BS or unrealistic. He wants to see what's involved besides talking to me. Any recommendations welcome. TIA.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0w7xx0kk5o

"A 27-year-old university student who climbed Mount Fuji outside of its official climbing season was rescued twice in four days, after he returned to look for his mobile phone."

Really?? Twice?? For a phone? The trails are officially closed. *Facepalm*

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/pilot-recounts-ditching-off-mexico/?oly_enc_id=1916G9512189H7F

Worth a read if you fly over water. He was reasonably well prepared and was lucky besides. Appears his C-182 was unlucky in that he flipped over, but they both got out ok. Lesson learned, stay calm and you have to unlatch your seat belt. He wasn't able to retrive the life raft which was stored in the cargo area. Lesson is to place the life raft where you can grab it on your way out of the aircraft, If it had been secured in the back seat he could have done that.

I would guess from his description of his " personal GPS transmitter" originally intended for SCUBA use that it was a McMurdo FastFind PLB. Plus they had a Marine VHF radio. Best to have this gear on your person and attached via a lanyard. Also, a lanyard or waterproof pouch with a neck lanyard for your cell phone is useful.

Not sure what to make of the life vest issues they had. I have never had a vest fail to inflate after yanking on the inflation tab. Good that he recognized he had some issue and used the oral inflation tube. (In training we sometimes use an expended CO2 cylinder to simulate a failure to inflate)

I always include a buddy line so you can easily link with another survivor because it is much more difficult and tiring to stay together if you have to hold onto someone and impossible if you become unconscious.

Swimming with a life vest on is extremely difficult and tiring, The best practical way to do so is to go backwards using your arms to pull you backwards. Multiple survivors and link up laying to each others crotch and can actually get moving quite effectively as a "chain" of swimmers.

.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCvb5A99ejM

Not as much details: https://www.advnture.com/news/a-lost-tee...-2-hikers-lives

Curious as to what long term food strategies folks here are taking and what choices they have made WRT specific Brands?

How long do you prep for?

Grocery store canned foods? What brands?
Grocery store self stable foods? what brands?
Bulk dry/dehydrated/freeze dried foods? What Brands?
MREs? What brands?
Water?

ETC??????????


For us, we live in a major metro area. We keep about 2 weeks worth of various canned and dry foods that we use regularly and replace as used from the store. Nothing specific to "survival"

We have 3 weeks worth of boxed military MREs stored in the home climate controlled, changed out every 7 years

We have about 3 weeks worth of SOS Water packs (expired taken from kits I repack, perfectly fine) + 10 gallons which is changed out yearly

We have about 3 weeks worth of SOS brand survival rations (expired taken from kits I repack, perfectly fine)

We don't have any freeze-dried long-life foods