Below are the 2 most recent journal entries recorded in survivalsun2k's InsaneJournal:

Friday, April 1st, 2011
3:10 pm	Emergency Essentials List} Emergency essentials, incorporate numerous types of survival items necessary for urban survival in the event that a crisis were to hit home. The primary and foremost idea every property owner must look into is a cache of drinking water, The body is unable to go any longer than three days without having it. Aquiring a FIFTY-FIVE gal barrel would be great in case a known emergency scenario was likely to occur. You can top off the bath tub and sinks too. Obtaining stainless steel cookware would be perfect for boiling normal water in the event the known water supply is becoming polluted. Stainless steel is not going to corrode, can be cleansed without difficulty and is incredibly resilient. This particular emergency essentials manual is depicting a situation that is going to be Seven days prolonged. Considering this particular survival scenario is going to be taking place at home, shelter won't become the subsequent item to obtain. In a urban and wilderness survival situation water, shelter, fire, food is the way one would prioritize her or his actions. Communication would be a large priority. Your household will surely have to know very well what is transpiring in the outside world so that you can base a decision what is the best suitable measures to consider. Having a portable magneto type shortwave AM/FM radio with a integrated flashlight would be a fine choice, they do not depend on battery power and with a single minute of cranking you would have 2 working hours of airtime, Based upon the severity of the situation cellular phones may be difficult to rely on and ought to be kept powered down to preserve battery power since there would be no way to charge them, except if you have invested in a home gasoline powered electrical generator. An emergency essentials checklist would include a resource for fire. Ultimately in a home environment a white gas backpacking stove would give you a means for cooking food, as well as disinfecting water, This ought to be performed in a separate ventilated area to ensure nobody gets carbon monoxide poisoning. In the event this emergency predicament fell in the heart of a frigid winter. The household will need to situate themselves in one room with all the insulating material that could be obtained. The body heat alone should keep everyone comfortable. Some may be tempted to use the stove as a source of heat in the safe room but left unattended falling asleep could be deadly. Survival food, everyone knows what happens when NOAA is predicting 6 inches of snow or more, people go bat crazy and wipe everything off of the store shelves. What would happen if a regional emergency was forecasted involving a complete blackout or something of that nature? One would not even want to be on the road, let alone going to any food supply chain. Having one month worth of canned goods and water should be considered. If an emergency never occurs good, but if it does... Finally emergency essentials should include cash and a firearm. Most likely credit lines will be down and cash would be the only exchange for goods provided there is electricity. Survival preparation should be regarded as a social responsibility, one that each individual owes to his family and community and his nation. For more information on the Emergency Essentialsvisit survivalsun.com.Survival Sun is being developed to provide information obtaining to Urban and Wilderness Survival. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
3:45 pm	The Advantages and Disadvantages of Nuclear Power A significant amount of the electricity produced for the world's needs is generated by nuclear power. In many countries, the majority of the electricity comes from nuclear energy. Low cost fossil fuels seem to be a good resource. While the current reserves of fossil fuels are becoming exhausted, in some experts eyes, uranium is plentiful.Creating electricity from nuclear energy is not without inherent risks.. Managing those risks is possible and provides an opportunity to leverage a sustainable energy source. The two processes in producing nuclear energy are fission and fusion. Fission creates more than 10 million times the energy that is created in the burning of fossil fuels. Fusion, on the other hand , has not yet been safely controlled. Fusion happens naturally in the sun and in man made nuclear reactors. In order to transform nuclear energy into electricity, atoms must be split. This process is known as nuclear fission. A Uranium-235 nucleus is split by a neutron. This particular occurrence leads to two brand new atoms as well as numerous remaining neutrons. Once the atom splits, high temperature is generated. The heat is subsequently utilized to generate heavy steam which in turn powers turbines. The turbines run generators that produce electrical power. The procedure of nuclear fission proceeds as atoms are divided by remote neutrons. The disadvantages of nuclear power.Utilizing uranium is not a clean method. Nuclear fission generates significant toxic waste. This kind of waste material continues to be toxic for centuries therefore great attention needs to be utilized in its disposal. Second, nuclear power is not a replenish able power source. When the earth's supply of uranium is exhausted, it can not be replenished. A improperly designed nuclear facility imposes severe threat to the natural environment and the people that reside within close proximity to the nuclear facility .Recently, there has been greater interest in making use of nuclear energy to create electricity. The main challenge is the of managing and getting rid of the nuclear waste material, resulting from the reaction process. Radiation mishaps are among the primary issues of generating energy in nuclear reactors.. The nuclear reactor facility within the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic exploded twenty three ago and the location remains to be a wasteland. Supposedly thirty individuals perished in the primary explosion, however the number of deaths from cancer a result of the discharge of the radiation is more likely to be in the thousands. And more recently on 3/11/11 the Fukishima Nuclear facility had been hit by an 9.0 earthquake reported by the USGS. Three reactors had been DE-activate for maintenance and the other three were terminated just after the earthquake. Immediately following the earthquake a 46 foot tsunami struck the facility and flooded the backup generators rendering them useless, resulting in partial core meltdowns and hydrogen explosions. The effects of the Fukishima disaster will prevail for decades if not centuries if they do not entomb the reactors now. For more information on urban survival and the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear powervisit www.survivalsun.com. .Survival Sun is being developed to provide information obtaining to Urban and Wilderness Survival. (Comment on this)