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Welcome to Prepping 101: Real World Prepping for Real World Problems. Before we get too far, let’s start with the very basics. Like the beginning of any new class, there are introductions to be made. I’m Rick Dembroski, your host in this series that I hope will get you on the path to self-security and self-reliance in the event that you are confronted with a disaster-type scenario.

I’m betting that your first question is something along the lines of “Who is this guy?” I am a veteran of nearly 10 years service in the U.S. Air Force. I’m a service-connected disabled vet who was honorably discharged in 2002. I had the honor of serving in what is the backbone of the U.S. Air Force, the Civil Engineers.

The wartime operations of the USAF Civil Engineers covers a wide range of missions, from force beddown, to bomb damage assessment, to the day-to-day operations of a forward operating air base. To explain 10 years of field problems and training in a paragraph is impossible, but in short terms, we learned to assess, evaluate and repair buildings, infrastructure, and basic services like roads, runways, fuel and power distribution systems after natural disasters or after some sort of attack, be it a bomb, missile, terrorist, or nuclear, biological or chemical incident.

The other large element was what we called “expedient methods,” where it’s just what it sounds like, get things that were broken back to operating safely as soon as possible using whatever was available. I believe the Patron Saint of ALL military engineers is MacGuyver. So you can begin to see that I’m very skilled in the way of prepping. It was my job for nearly 10 years and I have continued that direction in my current career.

What makes my experience different from anyone else?

I hear that a lot when I talk about prepping in general. Here it is, short and sweet: Like the title says, “Real World Prepping For Real World Problems.” If you are looking for zombie apocalypse prepping or some anti government prepping info, please go watch Walking Dead or National Geographic: Doomsday Preppers. Those shows are completely unrealistic and will only help you to 1) look like a nut job, or 2) cause you to spend huge amounts of money on things you will never need.

So if you are ready to get educated and prepared, read on.

What is a Prepper?

“Prepper.” It’s a word that instantly conjures up a thousand images ranging from people with poor hygiene, a whiskey still in the front yard, and on the fringe of society, to the rugged survivalist with the latest in gadgets and gear, usually armed to the teeth. What is fact and what is fiction? Is “Prepping” just paranoia, or is it an insurance policy that you hope you’ll never need?

You’re just paranoid. The Government will help us in an emergency, that’s their job.

This phrase is repeated over and over around lunch rooms in the work places of North America. It’s a phrase that eases some people’s minds, but makes me cringe. Recent history has shown that governments mean well and want to protect and provide for their citizens, but are often overwhelmed by the shear magnitude and chaos of emergency situations.

This is not the fault of some magnanimous government official in a secret bunker not wanting to help the citizenry. It’s just what I like to call the “Oh Shit Factor.” Things can get out of control quickly in emergency situations, especially when there isn’t a plan already in place that can account for the entire affected population. Which brings us back to the point…

Why should I prep?

Katrina, Sandy, Ike, Wilma, Andrew, Ivan…These aren’t the names of your neighbors. These are the six most deadly and destructive storms since 1992. Their combined total cost in damages is over $313 BILLION dollars. The loss of human life in these top six storms is over 2,500, not to mention the countless injured. In almost every case the combined forces of the federal, state, and local emergency response services were overloaded. Again, the “Oh Shit Factor” in full effect. The staggering numbers are hard to fully grasp. Also take into consideration that each of these hit the United States, a fully developed country with many resources, the latest in Doppler radar, early warning systems, and fully trained responders who knew the storms were coming days in advance.

You have my attention, but where do I start and for what do I prepare?

The first thing to do is simple: don’t panic. Beginning this process can be overwhelming, but it won’t be if you break the task down into smaller pieces. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the United States and Get Prepared in Canada can guide you in planning and laying out a basic framework for preparedness, which will help you to navigate the many variables and factors to consider in the process of “prepping.” Size of family, type of climate, and potential emergencies for your region are just a few of these factors to take into consideration.

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I encourage anyone who is even semi-interested in disaster preparedness to read the information provided on these websites for yourself. Be sure to include both governmental and nongovernmental entities when you research your plan. You are the person most affected by your planning or lack of planning, so do the research.

Starting small, piece by piece, item by item

So, you’ve decided to be a Prepper. You may ask yourself ,”What do I need and how of much do I need?” My personal philosophy that has helped me in my mission to be self-prepared without going broke is simple: Make a list and shop around. Chose your priority items and focus on finding those first.

Military surplus stores are a great source of gear, and may put you in touch with like-minded people. Big name sporting goods stores and outdoor recreation shops are also great sources, but be sure to look in the clearance and sale sections first. They are often a virtual gold mine full of last year’s models and discontinued items at reduced costs. I personally use these stores to see what gear actually looks like, and to try it on. It’s the best time to make a final decision on products and save money in the process.

Using these techniques you can begin to effectively and practically build your disaster preparedness kit. I know this seems like a lot of information, and it is, but don’t worry, we will start slowly and go through the process with you.

Tune in next week when we cover Prepping Basics on a Budget, and introduce a relatively inexpensive tool that not many people know about.

Be sure to ask any questions you might have in the comments below so I know what you’re really interested in.

Thanks,

Rick

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Although the central city covers just over 3 percent of Portland, the City Council has decided it should accommodate 30 percent of all growth between now and 2035 — including 38,000 more households and 51,000 additional jobs.

To help make that happen, city planners have prepared Central City 2035, a plan to be considered by the council on Sept. 7. Among other things, it adjusts the maximum allowable height of residential and office buildings in various parts of the 11 districts concentrated on both sides of the Willamette River. It is also designed to preserve historic districts and create more open spaces to improve livability.

“This plan makes sure there’s room and space for both, and that we have a welcoming, prosperous and equitable city for everyone,” says Susan Anderson, director of the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, which drafted the plan.

The council set this goal last year when it updated the state-mandated Comprehensive Plan intended to guide growth in the city for the next two decades. Planners believe it can be achieved because the central city has the highest concentration of infrastructure needed to support such growth, including the Transit Mall where TriMet bus and MAX lines cross.

Although the “comp plan” update has yet to be officially acknowledged by the state Department of Land Conservation and Development as required by state land use planning laws, work on CC2035 — as city planners call it — has been under way for seven years. Plans for each district have been drafted, along with transportation, environmental protection and other plans that cross their borders.

Most of the area designated as central city is located on the west side of the Willamette River. It includes the Downtown, Pearl, Old Town/Chinatown, Goose Hollow, West End, University District/South Auditorium, and South Waterfront districts. On the east side, it includes the Lower Albina, Lloyd and Central Eastside districts.

Key changes

Fitting so many more people and jobs into just five square miles is very challenging. The combined plans are as thick as a phone book and difficult for the average person to understand. But planners say the following opportunities help make it possible:

n The 13.4-acre U.S. Post Office distribution center at the south end of the Broadway Bridge will be demolished and replaced with a new neighborhood. The site was bought last year for $88 million by Prosper Portland, formerly known as the Portland Development Commission. The city urban renewal agency is preparing a master plan known as the Broadway Corridor that includes approximately 10 additional surrounding acres, allowing for 24 acres of redevelopment between the Pearl District and Old Town/Chinatown.

• A proposed Green Loop would connect both sides of the river with a broad, tree-lined pathway reserved for pedestrians and bicyclists. Described as “a six-mile linear park,” it is expected to encourage walking and biking within the central city, both for commuting and recreation. Although the exact route has yet to be determined, some parking and traffic lanes are expected to be eliminated on a number of downtown and central eastside streets.

• Creating incentives to encourage the redevelopment of underused properties, such as surface parking lots.

• Protecting and enhancing the environment along the Willamette River through the central city with a new overlay zone, while also encouraging small businesses such as ice cream stands and kayak rentals along its banks.

• Preserving historic districts by lowering maximum allowable heights in them and encouraging seismic upgrades of existing buildings by transferring their potential increases to new projects in other areas.

Even though maximum heights are proposed to be lowered in some areas, they would be raised in others, so total development capacity in the central city would be increased 7 percent, including bonus heights to meet such goals as increasing affordable housing.

The plan is not without controversy. In October 2015, the City Auditor’s Office ruled that property owners on a West End advisory committee should have declared potential conflicts of interest before voting to recommend denser developments. Although no one was penalized, public comments available on the planning bureau’s website show some people are concerned about encouraging tall buildings there.

“A building taller than 100 feet will block the sun from reaching my windows as well as hurt the community garden we have on the second-floor court yard. I also think taller buildings will create a less livable and communal environment, which is important since so many people live and play in the west end, as opposed to the business district, where livability is less important,” writes Don Hew, a resident of the St. Francis Apartments at 1024 S.W. Main St.

In addition, the Transportation System Plan approved with the comp. plan update includes rebuilding the intersection of I-5 and I-84 in the Rose Quarter to reduce congestion, a top priority of the Oregon Department of Transportation. That is opposed by environmentalists, who argue such projects encourage driving and more greenhouse gas emissions.

Building a denser central city

Central City 2035 builds on two previous landmark growth plans. The Downtown Plan approved by the City Council in 1972 coincided with a regional shift from freeway building to investments in mass transit and resulted in the downtown Transit Mall and Pioneer Courthouse Square. The first Central City Plan approved in 1988 expanded the concept of the urban core to include nearby neighborhoods on both sides of the Willamette River.

The 10 districts covered by the current Central City Plan encompass 2,972 acres, just 3.2 percent of Portland. Unlike the first Central City Plan, Central City 2035 proposes only a modest boundary increase. It would add the 18 acres known as the Clinton Triangle along the north side of Southeast Powell Boulevard just east of Southeast Milwaukie Avenue. Even if that is approved, the Central City would still be a small fraction of the 92,846 acres in Portland.

Despite that, the number of households in the central city is expected to grow from 26,000 to 64,000 by 2035. The number of jobs is forecast to increase from 123,000 to 174,000. Altogether, Portland is expected to add at least 132,000 more households and 140,000 jobs over the next 20 years.

The City Council held a work session on the plan Aug. 15, although only commissioners Amanda Fritz and Dan Saltzman were able to attend. Both were generally supportive. “It’s a good-looking plan. I like it,” Saltzman said.

Mayor Ted Wheeler has already told the planning bureau he intends to introduce some amendments, however, and Saltzman said he may do so, too, after the public testifies on it.

The council is expected to vote on the plan in January 2018.

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North Korea could be preparing its sixth nuclear weapon test, South Korea warned Monday.

The National Intelligence Service in Seoul told South Korean lawmakers that it’s seen signs that its northern counterpart is getting ready for another missile test at its Punggye-ri underground test site, according to CNN.

North Korea “has completed its preparation to carry out a nuclear test at Tunnel 2 and Tunnel 3 of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site,” Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Byung-kee said the NIS reported during a closed-door parliamentary meeting.

North Korea’s last nuclear test was last September when it claimed to have detonated a small nuclear warhead mounted on “strategic ballistic rockets” in its strongest test ever.

The country has been conducting such tests since 2006 — despite being banned by the UN and repeatedly sanctioned for doing so.

STUART, Fla. – Right now, Hurricane Harvey is bearing down on the Texas and Louisiana coasts.

Millions are in the path of the storm, with devastating flooding the biggest concern.

South Florida is no stranger to hurricanes and that’s why our local American Red Cross is stepping up to help.

Mary Armhurst of the Martin County Red Cross office in Stuart is gearing up to give back.

“I’m like a horse waiting for a race,” she told WPTV on Friday. “My adrenaline starts flowing.”

The Red Cross organization is taking the storm very seriously. Hurricane Harvey will be the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2005.

Red Cross chapters across Florida and the Southeast are gearing up to send supplies like water and food, and more importantly, volunteers like Armhurst who are more than ready to answer the call.

“This, they’re saying is going to be really really horrible… Even worse than what we’ve seen so far,” said Armhurst, who is one of four people in the entire country that makes up the Red Cross’ National Logistics Advanced Team.

If and when she’s deployed, she will be working to coordinate and set up shelters across impacted zones and will be in charge of directing resources to those areas.

“We’re like a family,” she said of the volunteers. “It’s like a family reunion when we go to a disaster, we’re used to working together.”

Well before Harvey’s landfall, the red cross has already positioned trailers and supplies in the affected areas.

“In just a matter of 24 hours, the storm has strengthened and intensified. So our volunteers are doing what they do best, which is on stand by to respond whenever there’s a disaster,” said Robin Nunley, executive director of the Red Cross for Palm Beach and Martin counties.

Armhurst said they’ll be deploying emergency response vehicles, or ERVs, with supplies like water, food and medical kits.

“People will donate water by the truck loads. That’s always one thing we have a lot of,” she said.

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“It’s unusual that we would have two systems approaching simultaneously, and of course in South Florida and some of the Treasure Coast areas. We’re anticipating 6 to 8 inches of rain,” said Nunley.

Hurricane Harvey also just happens to arrive on the 25th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew, which devastated South Florida in August 1992.

“It’s definitely not an anniversary we want to celebrate and it’s an odd way to mark it. But yes, here we are in the middle of hurricane season,” said Nunley.

Some areas of Texas could see up to 30 inches of rain. Armhurst told me she’s ready for anything.

“When I go to Texas, I’m going to take lots of rain gear,” she said. “Hopefully the people that have been told to evacuate will evacuate because they’re saying there’s supposed to be washed of 6 to 12 foot of flooding. So I’m hoping that they’ll heed the advice.”

Hurricane Harvey is expected to make landfall around Corpus Christi late Friday or early Saturday morning as a Category 3 hurricane.

The red cross says they’ve already spent a lot of money on prepping before the storm has even arrived so they’re always looking for monetary donations. You can donate by visiting www.redcross.org, call 1-800-RED CROSS or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.

The local Salvation Army chapter is also on stand by with 139 volunteers, ready to deploy to Texas and Louisiana. Click here to learn more.

The Northwestern 3A/4A Conference schedule is just around the corner for the Alexander Central Varsity Men’s Soccer Team.
Coach CJ Shook has his 2017 club off to a strong start which includes an 8-0 win over West Wilkes in action last week.
In that match, Lisandro Lopez led a balanced ACHS attack with a pair of goals, while Avery Bishop, Domenic Blackbull, Nathan Garcia, Oscar Lopez, Adam Richtmyer, and Alex Romero netted one tally apiece.
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Sophomores
* Drew Dyson – A sophomore that is coming off a strong season, and a player that adds creativity to the attack.
* Lance Garland – A sophomore that can play anywhere on the field.  He has the skill set and aggressiveness to control games.
* Oscar Lopez – A sophomore that has the ability to become one of the top strikers in Alexander Central’s history.  He has the size, speed, and ability to be a special player.
* Obed Renteria – A sophomore that is coming off a strong JV season where he helped lead them to a 13-6 record.  He is a player with tremendous upside, and his vision with the ball will give a huge boost to the Cougar offense.
* Alex Romero – A sophomore that works hard, and if he improves on his weakness can become a center piece for the Cougar defense moving forward.
* Hector Santamaria – A sophomore that works hard and can play multiple positions on the field.  Once he learns the pace of Varsity, he will have the chance to become a great player.
* Braden Walker – A sophomore that is one of the great surprises this season.  After a good year on JV last season, he spent the off-season really working on his weaknesses, and has now found himself as a starter on the Varsity squad.
Juniors
* Kyle Justice – A junior that comes in with great work ethic, and can provide depth at multiple positions.
* Jeremiah Medina – A junior that is stepping onto the Varsity squad for the first time.  It will take some time for him to learn the pace of play, but is a great addition to the team.
* Jacob Teague – A junior that is a true student of the game.  He has weaknesses, but he continues to learn and work to get better.  Has the attitude and effort that every coach wants in a player.
* Gavin White – A junior that is stepping into a huge role for the Cougars.  After splitting time as the JV goalkeeper last season, he has worked a ton over the off-season to solidify his spot as starting Varsity keeper.
Seniors

* Derek Aceituno – A senior that gives us flexibility in many areas of the field.  He has the aggressiveness and technical ability to control the game from any position.
* Avery Bishop – A senior that has made tremendous strides over the past couple seasons.  He is our captain, and leads the teams both on and off the field.
* Jordan Foster – A senior that does anything we ask of him.  He is a hard worker and a great teammate.
* Nathan Garcia – A senior that is settling into his role within the system.  He has exceptional ability, and must be a key factor if the Cougars are going to be successful.
* Edwin Gutierrez – A senior that is the only four-year Varsity player on the team.  He understands what it takes to be successful at the Varsity level, and will be relied on heavily this season to mentor the younger guys.
* Lisandro Lopez – The Cougars only returning All-Region Player.  A senior that is coming off a strong season, and if he commits himself he has the ability to be one of the top players in the conference.
* Christian Romero – A senior that plays with a ton of emotion and heart.  He can play multiple positions, and plays with a fire you can’t teach.

“As the Cougars enter their new conference, they are looking to build on their success from last season.  They are returning 11 players from last season’s team that saw two All-Region selections, and their first playoff berth in over five years,” Coach Shook commented. “There are some new faces to the team that must step up, but returning seniors Avery Bishop and Lisandro Lopez have the pieces in place to turn in a strong season.”     

A year ago I made a compromise with my husband. He could buy a single packet of water purification tablets, but that had to be it. He couldn’t start bulk ordering freeze-dried food or emergency antibiotics. We were not going to descend into full-blown disaster preparedness.

My husband has mild prepper tendencies. He spent much of his childhood living on a boat in Florida, with an annual hurricane season that prompted his family to literally batten down the hatches on numerous occasions. Add to this years of playing apocalyptic computer games and it’s little wonder he has a vivid picture of what the end of the world will look like.

Before I met him, I’d never heard of prepping. Now, it feels like part of the culture — from the viral New Yorker feature on tech billionaires buying remote luxury bunkers to the advice a US friend shared on Facebook last week, entitled “Where to Hide If a Nuclear Bomb Goes Off in Your Area” (“I live in a primary target so it doesn’t matter,” one person replied).

Lying awake in the early hours in our flat in Hackney, I have occasionally found a tiny, stupid sense of comfort in those water purification tablets. Not that they’d last long, my husband tells me, when I decline his suggestion that we stockpile more. At which point he starts talking about the baseball bat we keep by the bed in case of burglars, and whether this would achieve much when roaming gangs desperate to steal our precious clean water reach the flat.

It can feel preposterous to engage in this play-acting at disaster, when so many people around the world — in Iraq or Syria, say — face imminent danger. Yet as Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un have traded threats, it’s been hard to keep a sense of perspective on how close we are to civilisational peril.

Apocalyptic thinking has always been with us, but its power waxes and wanes. “We live in an extremely unstable and insecure time,” says Ash Amin, a Cambridge University geography professor who studies urban culture. “Risks are much bigger and globally integrated.”

The psychology of prepping rests on this sense of chaos, of needing to assert some control — any control — over an unpredictable reality. There is solace in practical, orderly steps you can tick off a list. Buy a three-day supply of non-perishable food, a few gallons of water, a torch, a multi-tool. Identify your family meeting place, evacuation route, shelter. These are achievable aims.

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Perhaps it’s worth preparing for this one-in-eight possibility of chaos. So when is prepping not paranoia — but planning? Tom Martin, founder of the American Preppers Network, which has 35,000 forum members and 230,000 fans on Facebook, tells me: “The definition of a prepper is quite simply ‘one who prepares’. So if someone stores extra food and emergency supplies in case of a disaster, then by definition they are a prepper . . . It’s all varying degrees.”

I find myself browsing ready.gov, a website run by the US government. The homepage shows a family sitting on sofas, smiling. “Plan Ahead for Disasters,” the text reads. “Talk with your family.” Perusing the list of items the government recommends, I am dismayed to discover how few we own. Should I buy a wind-up radio and a whistle?

Amin points out that the emphasis on individual prepping may be misplaced. “Where you find really resilient populations, they often share responsibility with their families and communities. And the history of managing for apocalypse is the history of governmental and infrastructure preparedness.”

I take this to mean that instead of building up supplies, we should invite the neighbours round for cake and pressure the government to invest in things such as transport and back-up energy. That’s the kind of prepping I can get behind. But I might buy a wind-up radio as well, just in case.

Esther Bintliff is deputy editor of FT Weekend Magazine @estherbintliff

Illustration by Harry Haysom

Apple’s first real-world use of some of the autonomous driving technology it’s working on could be a self-driving shuttle, according to a new report from The New York Times. The Times’ detailed progress (and some missteps) in Apple’s self-driving car ambitions, and one of those which still seems on track is a plan to create an autonomous shuttle to ferry employees from one part of its sprawling campus to another.

The report says Apple will use an existing commercial vehicle, equipped with autonomous tech it develops, to both offer service to employees and test its self-driving chops. This is not unlike what others in the autonomous vehicle space have done, including Waymo, and recently Cruise, which is offering its employees an autonomous on-demand ride hailing service that covers all of San Francisco.

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Other companies are targeting exactly this kind of inter- and intra-campus fleet service as the low-hanging fruit of autonomy, and as a way to test technology and gather data in preparation for more ambitious and wide scale public service launches. Startup May Mobility, which I profiled just this week and which graduated from the most recent Y Combinator accelerator class, is specifically working on this, for example, because it’s a far more technically achievable goal in the near term.