NatGeo Prepper Facts

S02 ep01
yes its a new season ... and hopefully some new facts ...but they've got a new theme song written for them.

the US and Russia have 2000 nuclear warheads on standby

In February 2012, Putin stated that Russia also plans to build more than 500 ballistic missiles.

It would take less than 30 minutes for a Russian missile to reach the US-- half that if its fried from a submarine.

a nuclear attack would contaminate any above ground water supdply and very likely any underground source as well as it trickled down from radioactive rain

The USSR once dropped a 50 megaton bomb {1200 times more powerful than the Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombs COMBINED}

Naturally occuring gamma-ray bursts in space can release more energy in 10 seconds than the Sun will emit in its entire 10-billion year lifetime

For blocking Gamma rays, steel only needs to be 3.5 inches thick as opposed to 12inches of concrete or 18 inches of dirt.

The largest nuke the Russians tested was powerful enough to inflict third-degree burns on people more than 12 miles away

Practical Preppers, a consulting company in the preparedness field, specializes in sustainable solutions.
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51% of Americans believe a financial collapse could happen in the next 25 years

in 2008, nearly 6 in 10 teenagers were worried that the country's economic problems might hurt their families.

The .22 Ruger is considered the top selling autoloading 22-caliber pistol of all time.

12 billion bullets are manufactured each year, twice as many as bullets as there are people on earth.

Most fire related deaths are caused by smoke inhalation, not burns.

{these teenagers nearly burnt their shelter down when they had the hair brained idea of building a fire INSIDE with out benefit of fireplace or wood stove ... where is child protection??}
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in the 100 Small Pox killed more people than in all the 20th century wars combined.

Survivors can be left with permanent scars, pockmarks, blindness, or sterility.

Small Pox was believed erraticated in 177, so vaccinations stopped being given.

a single case will give the government the authority to confine and isolate entire communities.

5000 troops can be on the ground within 2 days.

the biological response team will take 24 hours to get to an outbreak area.

Biological weapons have been called "The Poor Man's Atom Bomb" because they're comparatively easy to make.

No one has been placed under federal quarantine for small opx in the US since 1964.

If Exposed, experts say:
a)dispose of your clothes
b)3-5 minute shower using soap and water {they obviously don't have long hair}

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Episode 4

(as an aside - I think it's interesting that the truck driver in this episode is a retired police officer, yet he says he hates the police - what's up with that?)

Most grocery stores would be empty in 3 days if there was a stoppage of trucks

In a recent survey, 45% of Americans say they collect and store canned food in preparation for a potential catastrophe

Diesel engines average 30% better gas mileage than their gasoline counter parts, and are made to withstand more punishment and last longer

A semi weighs around 105,000 lbs

The defense industry is developing "active camouflage" that detects and projects a vehicles surroundings onto its exterior, rendering it invisible

In 1920's Germany, hyperinflation devalued the currency so much that a wheelbarrow filled with cash wasn't enough to purchase a newspaper

There are 2 million truckers ... There are 2 million prisoners in the US ... Hmm

At 65 mph a semi is bigger and faster than a military tank, but it's weakness is in turns when it must slow down and has a very wide turn radius - 2 cars parked could stop it

In 2009, 859 truckloads were high jacked on American roads - worth almost $500million

(another side note here - they've done studies that have shown you have a better immune system if you do NOT have an immaculate home. Your immune system will already be active and ready. They also found kids who were allowed to eat dirt tend to have less illness growing up because their bodies fought off those germs at an early age and already had an immunity to it - as opposed to kids who were constantly washing their hands nd keeping clean)

Over half a billion passengers flew on US carriers in 2011 well I'm sure that it was only around half this number since one could assume that most of those people were making round-trips and would have been counted twice, if not more for frequent fliers

It would take less than 24 hours for a single infected passenger on a commercial airline to spread the disease to every populated continent of the world (this lets out Antarctica, since there is no native population there)

40% of Americans say they are not prepared for a catastrophe because they can't afford to stock up on certain supplies

The CDC estimates that a pandemic flu outbreak could last up to 8 weeks, infect over 100 million people, and cause death in 1 million of them

When fitted properly N95 masks can filter out 95% of small particles in the air, and are 75% effective against flu germs

80% of infectious diseases, including the common cold, are spread by physical contact

Flu germs can survive for as long as 48 hours or more on some surfaces

According to a recent study, 29% of Americans say they think a pandemic might happen in the US over the next 25 years

For much of geologic history FL was actually under water my brother used to install fences in FL - he says that houses do not have basements there nor do they dig down to set their posts for fences in cement because most of the state is either at sea level or below ... This also explains why hurricane do such big time damage to it

Rice has a shelf life of 2 years when stored properly in air tight containers, in a cool dry place

According to industry sources, 200,000 US homes use some form of solar technology

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Hey - where did the Preppers Facts for episode 4 go???

I'm asking the same thing - not only is it not on my blog bit it's not in my draft section either ...

I will have to check my other blogs and see if I accidentally posted the facts on one of them ...

I'll be back!

UPDATE
Not on my other blogs ... Hmmm ... Where did it go?

I will have to see if the episodes are being put OnDemand ...

Sorry

UPDATE
I found where episode 4 went ...

COMCAST ATE IT

Actually the service they use to update their on-air schedule mislabeled the episode as #5 instead of #4 ...

It took a trip to the NatGeo DP website to learn about the mistake though since IMDB didn't have any episode beyond #1 listed ...

What's up with that?