The first ETS EquippedCast podcast is available at:

http://www.equipped.org/podcast.htm

This is an experiment and we'll see what reaction is. Additional casts are in the works and eventually we'll hopefully be doing interviews and such. Hopefully, this will get lots easier <!> as we get more experience. Please be kind, this is our first effort. <~>

The casts are rated according to the audience at which they are directed. Many, especially in the beginning, will be oriented towards those with little or no experience. The idea is that these casts will, for the most part, reach a new audience that heretofore has either not visited ETS or who have only just begun to think about survival and emergency preparedness. EquippedCasts rated BASIC will contain simplifications and generalizations that may drive some with more experience a bit nuts, but they are necessary to fit the material into the allotted time frame and to make it easily understood by the novice, and also not scare them away or confuse them with too much information. So, please bear with me on this. <g>

Depending upon response, we may open a new section of the forum specifically for podcast related discussion, we'll just see how it goes.

Special thanks to Steve White, whose able assitance and support was instrumental in making this possible and to Joe Godfrey who composed and performed our theme music.

The server doesn't know about it- I tried to grab it, and got a 404.

Or, it could be that my curse is spreading.

<sigh> Fixed.....

Suggestion: Add the runtime to the webpage.

Edited to add: Make this sticky

Excellent! Done. Thanks.

*grins sheepishly* When I'm the first, it there is usually some quirk that was missed. No biggy.

Great work. I like it a lot.

One note. Granted I am the Adult ADD poster child <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> I have read and reread the Web text version of the 72 hour kit. I still picked up on several things which I had either forgotten or I had overlooked.

Anyways, keep them coming please.

Marc

Excellent webcast! I live in earthquake country and would like to hear a podcast about longer-term survival (weeks instead of days). After the Loma Prieta earthquake, the S.F. police and fire departments openly state they don't have the resourses to handle more than a small number of emergencies after a major earthquake. S.F. and neighboring cities are relying on trained neighborhood teams to do most of the hands-on work. Hopefully, this will help prevent small problems (fires, injuries, rescues) from becoming big problems. I'm half-way through their 6-week class and just got my HAM technical class license. Here's the local link: http://www.sfgov.org/site/sfnert_index.asp.

Best regards and keep up the good work!

Wow! Good stuff! <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I was going to ask where the "transcript" was, then realized it was the 72 hour kit page. Very nice. I look forward to the discussions that will inevitably take place on the new lessons (or reinforced lessons) that will occur after major incidents. It will be the best way to get the idea across.

We all know we have to take care of ourselves, and this is what we're about here, but perhaps in the future some discussions on how our "rescuers" operate so that we have a better understanding of what they do. It may help in the decision making process. Maybe there is some "standard operating procedure" of the Coast Guard that you might be able to exploit. Who knows, but it would definately help in the "big picture".