Monthly Archives: October 2022

This weeks links (2022-10-30)

In brief: 🥔 Potatoes For Trick-Or-Treaters Become An Instant Hit In This Neighborhood, People Chime In With The Weirdest Halloween Treats They’ve Seen (2022-Nov-04) [boredpanda] 🌳 40 years ago, protesters were celebrated for saving the Franklin River. Today they could … Continue reading

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Wednesday Win (2022-Oct-26)

🛶 STAKEOUT | BIG WAVE PROGRESSION For decades, eastern Canada has had people from all over the world set their sights on its vast abundance of all types of white water. But there is one particular aspect that continues to … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2022-10-23)

In brief: 🏕️ Data Insights from 10,000 Garmin inReach® SOS Incidents (2022-Oct-24) [Garmin] 🏕️ Garmin Reveals Interesting Data From 10,000 SOS Calls (2022-Oct-26) [Bikepacking] 🏕️ Can Apple’s New iPhone 14 Replace Your Garmin inReach? (2022-Sep-12) [Backpacking Light] 📚 Rob Wilkins: … Continue reading

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Local Flood Guides (Eltham)

❝ BE PREPARED ❞ — the Scout motto Local Flood Guides can help you better understand your flood risk, how flood warnings work and how to prepare yourself, your home or your business. Plan ahead: Get Prepared ⚠️ Nillumbik Storm … Continue reading

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Safety is Dangerous

Safety is Dangerous: Spike Edwards | TEDxSantaBarbara ❝ as we look at the foundations of the three mission-critical elements we’ve listened to train for stupid and we’ve looked at taking calculated risks, the last one is essential, and the third … Continue reading

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Breaking down risk

Breaking down risk: Steve Fisher | TEDxAthens ❝ But you can’t use any of these tools until you demystify risk. We can mitigate risks purely by understanding them. And the way that we understand them is we take a seemingly … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2022-10-16)

In brief: ⚠️ Nillumbik Storm and Flood Emergency Plan. A Sub-Plan of the Municipal Emergency Management Plan (2019) [Nillumbik Shire Council] ⚠️ Flood information for Nillumbik City Council, encompassing local flood guides and a Municipal Flood Emergency Plan. [Victoria State … Continue reading

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Stay informed. #vicfloods

Watching the comments during the @vicemergency flood information broadcast, people don’t know which tools to use to stay informed. Here’s a good starting list; Tool 1.) Vic Emergency http://emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/ (also an app) Tool 2.) Vic Traffic http://traffic.vicroads.vic.gov.au (also an app) … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2022-10-09)

In brief: 🐻 Fat Bear Week 2022 [Katmai National Park & Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)] 🐻 Fat Bear Week 2022 | Vote [Explore] 📺 34 Awesome—and Awesomely Bad—Outdoor Movies You Can Stream Right Now (2021-Oct-09) [Backpacker Magazine] .. 🌳 … Continue reading

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Kids Don’t Learn from People they Don’t Like

❝ I am somebody. I was somebody when I came. I’ll be a better somebody when I leave. I am powerful, and I am strong. …I have things to do, people to impress, and places to go. …You say it … Continue reading

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