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

Geez, I wonder how many times Florida has to get slapped around before people start thinking “Gee, maybe this time we’ll shop for batteries and bottled water before the hurricane.” And yet, you know theres gonna be some folks who just dont learn and are gonna be out there in line for ice and water again
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Mysterious unexplained mushroom cloud from an explosion in North Korea that left a crater visible from space. Nuclear test by the DPRK?…Another accident that wipes out hundreds? Or just a little something to remind the decadent west that we arent safe from the righteous fury of the proletariat? I read an article on one of the asian news wires a while back about parts of a DPRK ballistic missle being found in Alaska, the implication being they were testing things to see if they had the ooomph to hit North America. Gotta watch these people closely.

Alternative spin: disinformation ploy by the .fedgov to build support for missle defense system.
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I dont usually put movie reviews in here but………Resident Evil: Apocalypse observations:
1) Always carry more ammo than you think you’ll need
2) Always have an escape plan
3) Dont piss off Milla Jojovovich
4) Aim…dont spray and pray
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Found a Calico rifle yesterday but it was .22, not the 9mm I wanted. Still, it was pretty darned cute.
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Winter approaches. I’ve laid in a very good supply of kerosene that should handle things quite nicely if we have any outages this winter. (And we usually have at least one.) I still need to work on an auxillary electrical lighting system for running a small number of low-draw lights and radios. I was thinking of simply hooking a few marine batteries together to give myself a hundred amp-hours or so and then using them to runs some 12v. fluorescent lights. Im stuck on the charging aspect though….I want something I can plug in that will charge the batteries and then stop, maintain the charge within them, not overcharge them, and not result in me needing excessive ventialtion for the batteries while charging. (Gel batteries, perhaps?) Research is needed.
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Did I mention I was quite pleased with the Yugo SKS? I really need to get another one or two of these things. Still gotta come up with some stripper clips for it though.