Author Archives: whmumfrey

A Zombie Apocalypse? Ignore it at Your Peril.

Posted on April 7, 2011 by whmumfrey

If you put your ear to bunker doors across the nation in the quiet before the dawn of the apoc­a­lypse, you will hear a fer­vent mantra whis­pered by many diehard sur­vival­ists as they pol­ish the bar­rels of their pump-action shot­guns … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Bunkers Galore …

Posted on April 7, 2011 by whmumfrey

While brows­ing the National Geo­graphic web­site recently I came across a link to Jonathan Andrew’s impres­sive land­scape pho­tog­ra­phy port­fo­lio which fea­tures a few bunker pic­tures. They may not be all that suit­able for dooms­day accom­mo­da­tion, but are worth view­ing nonethe­less. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Is this a dagger I see before me? 5 things to remember when choosing a knife for doomsday.

Posted on March 30, 2011 by whmumfrey

The impor­tance of hav­ing good qual­ity sur­vival gear is never more impor­tant than when fac­ing the rig­ors of the apoc­a­lypse. This is par­tic­u­larly true of the hum­ble knife. Since the very dawn of human inge­nu­ity, mankind has been sharp­en­ing imple­ments … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Delighted to meet you…

Posted on March 22, 2011 by whmumfrey

Isn’t it inter­est­ing how the high and mighty so read­ily rub shoul­ders with tin-pot dic­ta­tors one moment and drop bombs on them the next. Don’t you think it would be emi­nently more sen­si­ble to use offi­cial meet-and-greet ses­sions for pre-emptive … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Coming Solar Storm

Posted on March 20, 2011 by whmumfrey

If you thought the radi­a­tion dan­gers in Japan of late are a con­cern, then you may wish to con­sider the haz­ards posed by a thermo-nuclear reac­tor a mil­lion times larger than the earth – the sun. Apart from the threats … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Pick the Android…

Posted on March 18, 2011 by whmumfrey

‘She’s’ the one in the mid­dle. The metal­lic legs are a give­away. With advances in tech­nol­ogy, androids will be increas­ingly more dif­fi­cult to iden­tify, par­tic­u­larly from a dis­tance. This Japan­ese HRP-4C model will, in the future, seem as advances a … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Post-Apocalyptic Cannibalism

Posted on March 18, 2011 by whmumfrey

If recent Hol­ly­wood films (i.e. The Road, The Book of Eli) are any­thing to go by, then we may be fac­ing more than just the hor­rors of no wire­less con­nec­tion in the post-apocalyptic world. We may lit­er­ally find our­selves in … Con­tinue read­ing →

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You Can Never Be Too Careful…

Posted on March 17, 2011 by whmumfrey

With all the con­cerns in Japan over radi­a­tion con­t­a­m­i­na­tion at the moment, I was brows­ing YouTube and came across this 1950’s nuclear attack edu­ca­tional film. With delu­sional dic­ta­tors like Kim Jong-il still run­ning amok in the pri­ma­tive back-waters of our … Con­tinue read­ing →

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A Glowing Review…

Posted on March 16, 2011 by whmumfrey

Here is a glow­ing review on Ama­zon of my 2012 Dooms­day book; and no the author isn’t a friend/relative, or on the pay­roll. CAN YOU SURVIVE “THE END?” And if you do…what then?, March 14, 2011, Don Blanken­ship. Finally we … Con­tinue read­ing →

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6 Things to Remember When Facing a Tsunami

Posted on March 16, 2011 by whmumfrey

Sur­viv­ing a tsunami is basi­cally a mat­ter of chance. The odds of sur­viv­ing one are greatly enhanced by being in an ele­vated posi­tion or even bet­ter, nowhere near it. But if you are, then here are a few things to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Storm in a tea cup

Posted on March 13, 2011 by whmumfrey

The Japan­ese tsunami of March 11, tragic though it is, is lit­tle more than a rip­ple in a tea cup com­pared with some of the waves which have pum­melled our shore­lines in ancient his­tory. The largest wave ever recorded was … Con­tinue read­ing →

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