Posted on 11/27/2013 4:38:15 AM PST by Lazamataz
I was directed to a very useful app for the Prepper community. It's name is Canary, and it is useful in that it allows an alert Prepper to see if the system is in a collapse- or free-fall situation.
It tracks the following items:
It looks reasonably useful. I am in contact with the author and have suggested a Google Maps traffic road-load option. Google Maps does a good job with that, and it would be good to have online maps available anyways, just in case the grid stays up for a while.
This is a worthwhile endeavor. I cannot test it personally since I do not have a Smart Phone. I decided some time back, the dumber the phone, the better I like it. I have a simple $4.00 clamshell that I would think nothing of chucking into a river if I needed to.
But for those who like more expensive phones, this is something quite useful.
Preppers’ PING!!
Hat tip to Lazamataz for the heads up!
Also my condolinces to him, because even with this app poor Laz is still so screwed!
From my understanding, he likes it that way.
I believe he has a cell phone with a dial on it.
I only have an ancient 2006 Nokia 6060 "Clamshell" cellphone dumbphone.
This app means I am even more screwed. ;)
While tracking these things is useful, it is reactive instead of proactive. Being proactive is a LOT harder, but can be a lot more decisive. For example:
The FDA Current Drug Shortages Index (selected drugs).
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/DrugShortages/ucm050792.htm
(Avoiding “the flying, blunt, sharp and poisonous” things is all well and good, but if you have angina and can’t get your nitroglycerine pills, you are a dead man. And vulnerabilities like this are widespread.)
And it’s not just drugs. Medical equipment is stored in a “push” supply system. For example, the US has only about 102,000 oxygen ventilators. In a typical flu season, it uses about 100,000 of these. No way in heck are there enough for even a bad flu season. This means our medical system is always on a razor’s edge for shortage failure. During Katrina, hospitals in the region were getting resupplied by hospitals four states away.
Food and medicine recalls:
http://www.recalls.gov/food.html
US HAZMAT transportation routes:
http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=8c665f66734e4933a02c9157ea9d6e61
If you don’t get this app, I am so screwed.
Make that at least 3 of us.
Have you stopped to think that possibly signing up for the ap puts you on a list that defines you as a sure prepper. Then your phone’s GPS tracks you. The info can be sold so that the moochers can then find you and your stored food and supplies. ??????
There may be other similar apps that DO do what you have described. This one is not it.
Now there’s 3 of us. I’ve got a 4 year old Pantech slider phone. It’s got it’s own keyboard, so I’m happy. I’m too cheap to pay $30/month for a data plan.
works until the phone system is shut down or collapses! Then what are people gonna do? We have become too reliant on cell tech. Just my thought/s.....
Laz, that is good to know, and I certainly trust you if you say so. Thanks for taking the time to pass that assurance on. :)
I have ATT and most of the time a clam shell might be better. Visiting friends in rural area. NO SERVICE. They with Verizon have 4 bars. Grrr. Thankful as it is free under my brother’s family plan.. but even free can be annoying.
Happy Thanksgiving Laz
So its a porn app as well? ;-)
Sure... but you have to know the right button to tickle.
Who developed this app? Is this another way for big government to get a select list of pepper oriented people?
No. It was authored by someone I know and trust.
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