monkeylizard

Forget about the likelihood of an EMP, whether or not a Faraday cage would help, and what you'd put in one. I want to know about building one.   I've done some reading and it seems like for every "expert" who swears up and down to do X, another "expert" says X won't work, you should do Y. For example, one says ground it, another says never ground it and another says it doesn't matter. Some say a microwave works, others say they do no good, and others say they're partly good.   Would it hurt to do multiple "layers" for protection? I'm thinking of something simple like say an ammo can. For simplicity, let's just say I want to protect a radio in my cage.   What if I put the radio in an anti-static bag, wrapped the bag in aluminum foil, placed that in a Ziploc, wrapped that in aluminum foil, placed that in a plastic bag? And then I lined the ammo can with aluminum foil and thin sheets of Styrofoam. Placed the bag in the can, then taped it shut with aluminum foil air duct tape (not rubbery duck tape)?   Is that sufficient or do I need the fancier stuff like brass or copper mesh? Or are those multiple layers somehow hurting the effectiveness?   What if I put the ammo can (or several cans) inside a metal garbage lined with Styrofoam to insulate it and taped the lid shut with aluminum tape?

  If that laptop/tablet/smart phone contains a library of useful documents, and you have a small solar or crank charger to keep the batteries going, it could be VERY useful. How many of us would have access to the university library they had in One Second After complete with every issue of Mother Earth News along with various Army field manuals, small engine repair manuals, etc.? But you could get nearly all of that in electronic form and store it on portable devices/flash drives and keep those small items in a Faraday cage. That old nearly worthless iPod or iPhone currently sitting in a junk drawer at home could become priceless. Plus you could have family photos and a music library on there too. Keeping your mental state up is just as important as anything else.Toss in some walkie-talkies/GMRS/portable HAM radios with rechargeable batteries and you have the makings of a community communication center. EOTWAWKI doesn't have to mean 100% pre-industrial living.

  Speaking of next year.... I booked my Atlanta hotel today. There are still a few with great rates.   April 28-30th 2017 at the Georgia World Congress Center   Hyatt Regency has some good rates and so does the Hilton Home 2 Suites. That one's just a few blocks away and $125.10/night if you're a Hilton Honors member and book through the Hilton site. If not, it's free to join. $28/night for parking but that's pretty normal for everything in downtown Atlanta.

Jade Helm!

I'm going with 5 others. Staying down at the Brooks area (exit 121). I'm going to try to attend some of the seminars and workshops. I'm skipping the NRA-ILA meeting this year. It was pretty decent last year, but it cuts into several workshops. All of the speakers are recorded and posted online within a few days anyway, so I can hear what all of them have to say at my own schedule.   My list so far includes: SURVIVAL MINDSET: ARE YOU PREPARED? DEFENSIVE SHOOTING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT THE GUNS OF PEARL HARBOR SNIPING IN VIETNAM Per the usual, some of those conflict with the others so I'll have to make some decisions later.

Still no letter in my mailbox. They have my DL and 03 FFL.  SMH.

Boys and girls, that's what 18" looks like.

I believe we have a winner. Several dams around the state were built in the same style, but this one looks like an exact match to #1. Here's another photo of it.

Twin Arches in Big South Fork is my first guess. Natural Bridge near Sewanee is my second, but I don't think that's it.   I don't know where the bridge is located, but that's a great photo.

https://www.truthorfiction.com/owen-john-baggett-killed-japanese-pilot-mid-air/   Looks to be true, though his Obit. says it was a revolver while Air Force Magazine says it was a .45 automatic. Whether it was a 1911 or not seems to be somewhat in question, but the act itself sounds pretty solidly in the "True" category. Either way, what an amazing story.

Unless you need the cash or the space, I'd keep it. It will only continue to go up in value over the long run, and while your GSSF cert will let you get a G19, it won't let you get a Gen2 G19. That's just me, but I rarely sell any guns and then only when they're a commodity item like a current production Glock. I've sold a few older ones for various reasons and wish I hadn't, if only for the fact that they're now worth substantially more than for what I sold them. I won't do that again unless I have to.

enfield, you forgot that somewhere along the way Kirk gave the local alien ladies a tour of his own Starship Enterprise

#8 is very interesting. I have no idea what/where it is though.   Does anyone know what #2 is? Looks like some kind of sluice, but I don't know why it would be that tall. It's on the edge of a river or lake, so maybe that helps.

#5 looks like it was a horizontal quarry.

  That would be my guess too. The TVA built several dams and power stations throughout the state that look very similar, but that one does seem like the one in Shelbyville to me.

  Yep.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Burgess%27s_Treehouse

I couldn't find anything good for the BCG, but this is a good guide for the rest of the parts.

Ultimate Tazer Ball, anyone?   http://www.sportsgrid.com/video/ultimate-tazer-ball-is-the-shocking-new-sport-that-will-have-you-shaking-your-head-video/

:D

  They're considered less-than-lethal weapons, so I don't think there'd be a problem in using one to prevent theft of property. But I'm not a lawyer and did not stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

That's good advice for prison, too.

I think that's said tongue-in-cheek. Dragging the perp inside would likely show up during the scene investigation and can only make you look bad. Tampering with evidence and all that.

Last season was interesting. I'll tune in for this one too.

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