Survival Homestead

Certain Pepperoni Products From Cowichan Valley Meat Market May Contain Dangerous Bacteria

Joshuah — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:47:55 +0000

Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency OTTAWA, July 28, 2010 – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Cowichan Valley Meat Market are warning the public not to consume the pepperoni products described below because they may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum. Toxins produced by these bacteria may cause botulism, a life-threatening illness. The following pepperoni products, [...]

Bear attack in Montana leaves 1 dead, 2 injured

Joshuah — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:27:39 +0000

Source: The Associated Press "We don’t know if it was one bear, two bears, a black bear or grizzly bear," Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks spokesman Ron Aasheim said. "Obviously, the bear’s gone now. Will it come back tonight? That’s the question." Authorities were collecting bear hair and saliva and measuring the bite wounds of victims to [...]

4 feared dead in Alaskan C-17 crash

Joshuah — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:53:31 +0000

Source: Press-Telegram A plume of smoke is seen after a plane crashes on the Elmendorf Air Force in Anchorage, Alaska, Weds., July 28, 2010. The Alaska National Guard says a military cargo plane has crashed at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage. Alaska National Guard spokesman Maj. Guy Hayes confirmed the Wednesday evening crash of [...]

Doomsday shelters making a comeback

Joshuah — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:07:32 +0000

Source: USATODAY.com There are signs that underground shelters, almost-forgotten relics of the Cold War era, are making a comeback. The Vivos network, which offers partial ownerships similar to a timeshare in underground shelter communities, is one of several ventures touting escape from a surface-level calamity. Radius Engineering in Terrell, Texas, has built underground shelters for more than three [...]

North Idaho Suffers Through Whooping Cough Outbreak

Joshuah — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:29:46 +0000

Source: OPB News Whooping cough is hitting Idaho hard. Seventy-seven cases of pertussis have been reported, about twice the average. Cynthia Taggart from the Panhandle Health District says there’s no particular reason for the outbreak. She says the illness tends to go in cycles. … California public health officials say their state is enduring its worst pertussis outbreak [...]

Midwest floods close Chicago interstate

Joshuah — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:00:29 +0000

Source: Washington Times CHICAGO (AP) — Standing water on Chicago-area expressways turned what should have been an easy Saturday morning drive into a soggy, snarled mess after heavy rains across the Midwest closed roads, stranded residents and punched a hole through an Iowa dam.

Car, driver tumble into giant sinkhole amid rainstorm

Joshuah — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:35:47 +0000

Source: JSOnline This is the account of the man who rescued the driver of a Cadillac Escalade from a sinkhole shortly before 8 p.m. at N. Oakland and E. North Aves.:

Rick Warren Hopes to Recover After Firestick Plant Accident

Joshuah — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:53:12 +0000

Source: HUL… Pastor Rick Warren, of the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, is expected to recover from an incident involving the toxic sap from a firestick plant, which left him hospitalized. The incident occurred on Monday. Rick Warren tweeted the following on Wednesday, "My eyes were severely burned by a toxic poison. Hospitalized Mon. Excruciating [...]

Pertussis (whooping Cough) is increasing in Michigan

Joshuah — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:38:51 +0000

Source: publicbroadcasting.net There have been more than 600 cases of pertussis in Michigan so far this year. That’s compared to only 278 last year by this time.

YouTube – Boondocks

Joshuah — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:11:09 +0000

Elevator motor overheats, forcing evacuation of Statue of Liberty

Joshuah — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:42:22 +0000

Source: NJ.com The Statue of Liberty has been evacuated this afternoon because of a smoke condition inside the monument, officials with the New York City Fire Department said. … Fire officials said the cause of the smoke conditions is an overheated elevator motor.

PUEBLO, Colo: Cat Tests Positive For Tularemia

Joshuah — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:04:00 +0000

Source: KRDO A cat in Pueblo West tested positive for tularemia, a potentially serious illness that can be passed on to humans. The Health Department said the cat was an indoor/outdoor cat and officials are working with the cat’s owners regarding medical concerns. Tularemia is a potentially serious illness caused by a bacteria found in animals, [...]

Canada (Northwest Territories): Bison death toll up to 37 in anthrax outbreak

Joshuah — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:49:38 +0000

Source: HQ Yellowknife The Dept of Environment and Natural Resources continues to battle an outbreak of anthrax in bison in the Slave River Lowlands. Officials have now found 37 carcasses in the region, up from seven found in late June.

More than 1,000 exposed to dengue in Florida

Joshuah — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:41:37 +0000

Source: Reuters Five percent of the population of Key West, Florida — more than 1,000 people — have been infected at some point with the dengue virus, government researchers reported on Tuesday. Most probably did not even know it, but the findings show the sometimes deadly infection is making its way north into the United States, [...]

CDC says mumps outbreak continues in N.Y.

Joshuah — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:11:47 +0000

Source: Vaccine News Daily According to the data, New York City’s mumps outbreak continues, though the number of new mumps cases in upstate New York and New Jersey appears to have declined. Preliminary numbers indicate that New York City has reported 927 cases of mumps in 2010 through June 26. Upstate New York has reported 644 [...]

More and more Americans preparing for social unrest

Joshuah — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:06:12 +0000

Here’s a handy tip: Avoid the (ostensible) urge to appear in newspaper articles and televised human interest stories where you tell everyone about your plans. Source: Raw Story From the outside, Jerry Erwin’s home in the northwestern US state of Oregon is a nondescript house with a manicured front lawn and little to differentiate it from [...]

Bahamas Police Catch ‘Barefoot Bandit’

Joshuah — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:08:16 +0000

He had one heck of a run… Source: KHBS NW Arkansas Bahamian police captured a teenage U.S. fugitive Sunday, bringing to an end the "Barefoot Bandit’s" two-year flight from U.S. justice, a senior police official said. Colton Harris-Moore was arrested before dawn on northern Eleuthera island, the police official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because [...]

Urban farming: Detroit gets growing

Joshuah — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:00:08 +0000

Source: The Observer Now the seeds of a remarkable rebirth are being planted – literally. Across Detroit, land is being turned over to agriculture. Furrows are being tilled, soil fertilised and crops planted and harvested. Like in no other city in the world, urban farming has taken root in Detroit, not just as a [...]

Baghdad kills 58,000 stray dogs in 3-month span

Joshuah — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:48:41 +0000

Source: Yahoo! News Teams of veterinarians and police shooters have killed some 58,000 stray dogs in and around the Iraqi capital over the past three months as part of a campaign to curb an increasing number of strays blamed for attacks on residents. The Baghdad provincial government said in a statement released Sunday that 20 teams [...]

13260 cans of Chicken of the Sea Tuna recalled over Botulism concerns in 10 states

Joshuah — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:23:48 +0000

Source: Food recall On July 1, 2010 Tri-Union Seafoods announced a recall of Chicken of the Sea 12 ounce cans of solid white tuna packed in water, citing that a production error caused some issues with proper sealing. The FDA has specific guidelines on canned foods and the sealing process and the tuna recalled did not [...]