10 June 2012

Factsheet: I Hope I Am Crazy

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Some facts from Doomsday Preppers: I Hope I Am Crazy

In 1977, two lightning strikes caused a power failure, blacking out the entire city of New York for a day. It was called the “Night of Terror.”
The strongest possible solar flare is categorized as an X-level. An X-level flare occurred in February of 2011
More than half of the world’s corn comes from the United States.
Faraday cages are named after the English scientist Michael Faraday, who invented them in 1836
3 in 4 households used coal or wood for heat in 1940; only 1.8 percent of homes used these fuels in 2000
The National Association of Manufacturers estimates that an additional 14 million welders will be needed by 2020
Author Nassim Nicholas Taleb describes the latest mortgage crisis in the United States as a Black Swan event.
FEMA estimates that a major quake along the New Madrid fault line could displace over 7 million people
There are 15 nuclear power plants along the New Madrid fault line