One MicroSD card and Raspberry PI. With $35 + $24 you get totally off the grid planning environment for your tasks. Plan and coordinate regardless access to infrastructure like cellular or satcom. Sometimes it's also good if you don't leave traces to great firewalls. Edgemap is open source and available at my Github for free!
#edgemap #preparedness #offthegrid #opsec #tak #atak #mesh #manet #meshtastic

https://youtu.be/CMUB8S3AKzw

Question: my NET (Portland for "CERT") team uses FRS radios for communication. Now that I'm a ham, can I simply use my Yaesu FT-65 to communicate on the same frequency but with better range?

The existence of this frequency table suggests yes:

https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/FRS/GMRS_combined_channel_chart

Three Days Of Storms To Hit Greece, Attica On High Alert https://www.byteseu.com/880178/ #2025 #Attica #CivilProtection #ClimateCrisis #cyclades #Dodecanese #EasternAegean #EMY #FlashFlooding #Greece #GreeceNews #GreekNews #HeavyRain #March31 #preparedness #RedAlert #SafetyGuidelines #SevereWeather #Storms #Thessaly #thunderstorms #WeatherForecast

Given some talks I had about this: don't forget about drinkable water!

Having days of food is not really that hard, but many of us living in places with drinkable tap water don't have enough water reserves for us and our little friends

https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/news-stories/news/eu-preparedness-union-strategy-prevent-and-react-emerging-threats-and-crises-2025-03-26_en

#preparedness #preparednessUnionStrategy
#survival

Do you know what to do when #criticalinfrastructure goes down or some other major incident occurs? Here's the official Finnish #Preparedness Guide: https://www.suomi.fi/guides/preparedness/how-do-i-prepare-for-incidents-and-crises - While it is of course written from a Finnish point of view, it does contain some rather good advice in general.

March 18: France will distribute a “survival manual” for every household.

March 6: Netherlands said citizens need to prepare to manage "without the central government" in case of a "real conflict.”

November 2024: Sweden, Norway & Finland put out new advice on surviving war, with Sweden including this message:

“If Sweden is attack…we will never give up. All information to the effect that resistance is to cease is false.”

via @itskatarnett@threads.net

Time to get my first radio. Reddit seems to like the Yaesu FT-65R. What say you, Mastodon?

My main interest is emergency preparedness, including communicating following the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake.

I had the vague impression that my Midland LXT600PA had some additional modes that I would be allowed to access with a Technician license, but as there's nothing about it in the manual, I don't believe this is the case.

I guess my next step is finding some local hams (probably at the next Citywide Deployment Exercise) and asking to see their rigs. I imagine I'll get an earful.

Was ich echt mal gerne machen würde (und vielleicht auch mache, irgendwann in den nächsten Jahren):
Einen Preparedness-Stammtisch hier im Rhein-Main-Gebiet ins Leben rufen.
Da gibt's so viele spannende Unterthemen, und ein Austausch mit Interessierten wäre wirklich cool.
(Dumme Witze über Prepper gibt es bei dem Thema ja immer wieder. Aber komische Gestalten kann man wahrscheinlich schon damit abhalten, dass man in der Terminankündigung gendert. )
#preparedness #bevölkerungsschutz #vorsorge

Prepare now for a potential H5N1 pandemic — https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw3278
#HackerNews #Prepare #now #for #a #potential #H5N1 #pandemic #science #pandemic #preparedness #publichealth #biosecurity

Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark have signed a deal that harmonises ammunition certification and allows joint ammunition procurement. Harmonising the ammunition will be beneficial in case a crisis spills across the geographic area.

Source: https://yle.fi/a/74-20148027 (in Finnish)

Who in your family / friends circle receives Social Security benefits? Figure that out now & how your circle can help them survive if (when) something goes wrong with their benefits.

Seems probable that this also will hold true for those on disability, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Establish your mutual aid communication channels ASAP. Make sure folks know they aren't alone. Keep vulnerable folks fed, housed, & with meds.

We get through this together.

My reading list for holocaust pt 2 orange boogaloo
#resist #read #prepping #bookstodon #books #research #reading #learning #fascism #dystopia #preparedness #history #psychology #fucknazis

#introduction I'm a #queer #academic #metadata #librarian in the trenches of #DigitalLibraries & #DigitalArchives fighting the infowars. Into building #community #preparedness staying #healthy. Burner who no longer goes to TTITD. Supporter of arts, humanities, #science with too many hobbies and interests. Fuck fascism up the nose. Love one another.

ARTICLE: Is it Better to Plan or Prepare?

What's the difference between planning and preparing? Are they just semantic variations of the same thing, or do they greatly affect results and outcomes?

https://erep.com/blog/is-it-better-to-plan-or-prepare/?utm_campaign=social_media&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=post #preparation #preparedness #organization #DnD #ttrpg

Hello Mastodon! Excited to share resources through Unbound Library!
This is a digital archive of books, guides, & resources focused on preparedness, self-sufficiency, & open knowledge. Looking forward to connecting with fellow readers, DIYers, & researchers! #DigitalLibrary #Preparedness #KnowledgeSharing
https://unboundlibrary.org

#Maine #Winterstorm / #Icestorm Checklist:

- Woodstove cleaned and ready to go.
- Wood hauled out of storage and moved into the house.
- Battery packs fully charged.
- Water jugs filled up.
- Canned goods restocked.
- Safepaw ice melt and sand ready to go.
- Dug up battery operated fans (which helps to circulate hot air from the woodstove -- I do have an EcoFan that's pretty good at moving the air around. Meant to get another one. Put that on the 'shopping list'.)
- Grocery shopping.
- Charge up rechargeable batteries, laptops and phones [Still to do]