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	<title>The Preparedness Blog &#187; Disasters</title>
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		<title>Do You Now Understand Why You Need To Prepare For Emergencies? This Has Been The Worst Year For Natural Disasters In U.S. History</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2011/10/do-you-now-understand-why-you-need-to-prepare-for-emergencies-this-has-been-the-worst-year-for-natural-disasters-in-u-s-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a natural disaster that has caused at least a billion dollars of damage inside the United States every single month so far this year.  According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, there have been 10 major disasters in the United States this year.  On average, usually there are only about 3 major disasters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living in a Shanty Town</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2011/09/living-in-a-shanty-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The link goes to a photo article of a group of homeless people in NJ.  It shows life living in a shanty town.  If you study the pictures, you can learn a lot about what life like this is like and what is important for survival.  You&#8217;ll notice that being comfortable, even in a minimal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most Americans Can&#8217;t Afford A $1,000 Emergency Expense</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2011/08/most-americans-cant-afford-a-1000-emergency-expense/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2011/08/most-americans-cant-afford-a-1000-emergency-expense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most Americans can&#8217;t afford a $1,000 emergency expense &#8211; Aug. 10, 2011
Prepping isn&#8217;t just about doom and gloom, it&#8217;s about surviving the things that everyday life throws at you.
We&#8217;ve talked about the various levels of disasters on several podcasts and how the personal level are the most likely to occur to you. Things like car [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Storms Are Set to Hit the Earth</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2011/08/solar-storms-are-set-to-hit-the-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Latest Global Crisis: Solar Storms Are Set to Hit the Earth &#8211; Technology &#8211; The Atlantic Wire
The NOAA predicted four extreme solar emissions which could threaten the planet this decade. Similarly, Nasa warned that a peak in the sun&#8217;s magnetic energy cycle and the number of sun spots or flares around 2013 could enable extremely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Preparedness Podcast &#8211; Episode 110 &#8211; Staying Real</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2011/08/the-preparedness-podcast-episode-110-staying-real/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disaster Movies and Books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Staying realistic. Real life rarely goes like depicted in works of fiction, like movies or books. While these stories have great entertainment value and, to some extent, provide some really good what-if scenarios, you should keep in mind that the good guys don&#8217;t always win.
In this podcast, I discuss two pieces of fiction, a recent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Preparedness Podcast &#8211; A Four Pack of Prep Podcasts</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2011/07/the-preparedness-podcast-a-four-pack-of-prep-podcasts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2011/07/the-preparedness-podcast-a-four-pack-of-prep-podcasts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/?p=1037</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apologies for my lack of podcasts lately.  I&#8217;ve been terribly busy and haven&#8217;t been able to find time to get these pushed out.  So instead of sitting on them any longer, I&#8217;m just going to release all of them now.
105 &#8211; Talking about the two BBC Series called &#8220;Survivors.&#8221;
 
106 &#8211; Community, not Commune.
 
107 &#8211; What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Preparedness Podcast &#8211; Episode #104 &#8211; Update Your Prep Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2011/06/the-preparedness-podcast-episode-104-update-your-prep-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2011/06/the-preparedness-podcast-episode-104-update-your-prep-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the recent series of extreme disasters that we&#8217;ve been seeing around the world, now is a good time to update your preparedness plan and make sure you have a plan for even those events that aren&#8217;t likely to happen. Case in point, the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster that&#8217;s still happening in Japan and the &#8220;worst case [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Preparedness Podcast &#8211; Episode 99 &#8211; Potassium Iodide</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2011/03/the-preparedness-podcast-episode-99-potassium-iodide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2011/03/the-preparedness-podcast-episode-99-potassium-iodide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[﻿(Listen to The Preparedness Podcast on any of your favorite audio players.  Find us in iTunes here: Preparedness Podcast iTunes Link or go to PrepCast.info for direct links to the audio files.)
As you may have already heard, there is a plume of radiation headed our way from Japan and should reach the US west coast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Preparedness Podcast &#8211; Episode 98 &#8211; Avoid Being Too Narrow-Focused</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2011/03/the-preparedness-podcast-episode-98-avoid-being-too-narrow-focused/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2011/03/the-preparedness-podcast-episode-98-avoid-being-too-narrow-focused/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like me, I&#8217;m sure a lot of people who are preparing that take advantage of current events to focus on certain aspects of their preparedness planning.  For example, the nuclear crisis we&#8217;re witnessing in Japan is a good reminder that we need to have radiation detection gear and potassium iodide.  Some of you may be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Preparedness Podcast &#8211; Episode 97 &#8211; Thoughts on the nuclear crisis happening in Japan.</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2011/03/the-preparedness-podcast-episode-97-thoughts-on-the-nuclear-crisis-happening-in-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every day the crisis of Japan&#8217;s nuclear reactors that were damaged in the earthquake and tsunami gets worse. Currently, one of the reactors is on fire and there&#8217;s no way to know how much radiation the reactor is leaking and whether it will stay localized or of it poses a threat to other countries.
If you [...]]]></description>
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