Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

Im waiting for self-appointed spokesman for all things enviromental, Al Gore, to appear at a podium somewhere and proclaim that the recent two-fer of massive earthquakes is the result of global warming. You know its gonna happen, right?

After the Haiti quake, folks probably thought “Wow, that sucks. I guess it could happen here but what are the odds?”. I’m sure now its more along the lines of “Uhh…coincidence. Yeah, one-in-a-billion shot. Nothing to see here. :::pause::: Uhm, where can I find a map of tectonic plates and fault lines?”

As Ive mentioned, Montana isnt impervious to earthquakes but Im putting the risk of a devastating one at somewhere between slim and none. Yeah, theres that whole Yellowstone supervolcano stuff but, really, if the thing goes kablooey every 10,000 years or something what are the odds that my fifty year lifepsan in Montana coincides with when the next 10,000 year eruption occurs? (well, statistically, I guess 1:200..which is, what?, a .5% chance?)

Again, like Haiti, this episode in Chile will be a rare and precious opportunity to examine disaster on a national scale. Chile is at least somewhat more modern and civilized than Haiti so Im curious to see how the whole thing is handled. So far all Im taking away from the Haitian episode is that you cant have enough shotgun sheels, drinking water or long-term food.
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Gun show this weekend. So far havent seen anything truly compelling although I have an awesome find on ammo cans that I need to post about later. I did see a S&W 940 9m revolver I wouldnt mind having. ARs and AKs were in short supply although magazines were not. AR mags are coming down and it appears that $15-20 is the new norm. Primers and ammo are still outrageous and out of stock. I did find a fella selling surplus UM-84/M12 military holsters and I might need a few of them for my P35s. Did pick up a nice UM-84 4-mag 1911 pouch for $10. Thats a ncie little find. Trochmann wasnt there so the pickings in the ’survival and milita stuff’ were a little thin. Did see a semi-auto belt-fed 1919 for $2k. Nice but it seems like those things never work right. I need to go back tomorrow and pick up a few things so perhaps Ill have some pictures when I get back.