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May 1, 2013
by Celebrity survivalist Bear Grylls tweeted yesterday: "Our man vs wild producer suffering from a brutal snake bite -- fighting the injury with courage,” with the gut-wrenching photo shown below.
Since then, the photo (which shows the skin rotting away from producer Steve Rankin's foot) has gone viral and is creating quite a stir in the social media world.
[ Read Full Post ]February 7, 2013
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Meteorologists are predicting a massive blizzard will hit the Northeast bringing high winds and up to two feet of snow. The storm will likely hit the New York City area Thursday night and continue into Connecticut and Massachusetts through Friday.
According to ABC News: "Forecasts called for as much as 9 inches of snow across central Michigan, a foot and a half in the Hudson Valley region of New York, and 2 feet or more across coastal New England. Possible hurricane-force winds off Massachusetts and Rhode Island also made flooding a threat."
[ Read Full Post ]October 26, 2012
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With Hurricane Sandy, aka: Frankenstorm, barreling down on the entire Eastern seaboard, now is a good time to review some commonsense hurricane safety tips. We've compiled our best survival tips below, so you can stay safe and ride out the storm.
[ Read Full Post ]October 3, 2011
by A couple from Oliver, Pennsylvania was attacked by a black bear this morning after the bear chased a dog into their home.
According to FoxNews.com, the couple's dog was outside in the yard and was chased inside by a bear. The man inside the home was scratched and bitten and a woman was also attacked and injured. Both were taken to a hospital in Harrisburg with unspecified injuries.
[ Read Full Post ]May 18, 2011
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On Monday the Center of Disease control released a list of guidelines on how to survive an uprising from the living dead (no, the zombie apocalypse is not upon us, so put your zombie guns back in the gun safe … at least for now.)
The CDC post was written by Assistant Surgeon General Ali Khan and gives helpful advice such as "Once you've made your emergency kit, you should sit down with your family and come up with an emergency plan … this includes where you would go and who you would call if zombies started appearing outside your doorstep. You can also implement this plan if there is a flood, earthquake or other emergency."
[ Read Full Post ] February 9, 2011
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Shark attacks were up in 2010 according to a report from from the International Shark Attack File from the University of Florida.
Seventy nine people were attacked by sharks worldwide in 2010 which was the highest number in a decade -- in 2009 there were only 63 shark attacks worldwide. Six people died in 2010 from sharks which was up from the 4.3 10-year average.
But scientists believe that the increase is not because shark populations are on the rise or because they are growing more aggressive. Experts say the increase in attacks is actually due to an increase in human populations and a growing interest in water recreation.
[ Read Full Post ] January 26, 2011
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In a strange turn of events, a group of coyote hunters stumbled upon a mountain lion in Missouri and shot it out of self defense.
The group was coyote hunting outside of La Plata, Missouri when a 130-pound lion appeared just 20 yards away. Startled by the cougar, one of the hunters shot it and one of his partners also shot as the animal ran off.
Mountain lions are uncommon in the state and attacks are almost unheard of there. It's illegal to kill mountain lions in Missouri unless they are eating livestock or threatening a human life and the Missouri Department of Conservation ruled that this shooting was indeed self defense. No charges are being pressed.
[ Read Full Post ] January 24, 2011
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Ben Bellows and Hugh George filed a class-action law suit against Newfoundland earlier this month because they think there are too many moose in the province.
Both men were badly injured and are restricted to wheelchairs after crashing into moose in 2010. And the two men are not alone, about 40 people have signed on to the class-action suit which calls for financial assistance for the injured motorists and cutting moose-vehicle collisions in Newfoundland by 50 percent in five years. According to the BBC, there are about 700 moose-vehicle accidents in Newfoundland each year.
There are about 125,000 moose in Newfoundland, which means there is approximately 1 moose for every four Newfoundland residents.
"The government has decided to bury its head in the sand about moose-vehicle collisions, which have us all terrified," lawyer Ches Crosbie told the Toronto Sun newspaper.
[ Read Full Post ] January 4, 2011
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Massive die offs of fish and birds in Arkansas have some folks wondering if the end is near in the Natural State.
While the random deaths of thousands of red-winged blackbirds near Beebe, Arkansas combined with the mysterious deaths of about 80,000 drum fish in the Arkansas River only days earlier, may seem like signs of the apocalypse, experts say not the worry, the two events were not related.
On New Year's Day Beebe residents woke up to thousands of dead birds laying on streets, yards and cars. The birds are being analyzed by scientists for toxins, but most experts agree that either a thunderstorm or fireworks killed the birds. The theory is that a large shock could have stunned the birds paralyzing them or confusing them.
[ Read Full Post ] December 9, 2010
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The bear population in New Jersey has been steadily increasing over the past few years, and the influx of bruins has caused residents headaches. Garbage cans have been raided, pets have been eaten, and suburbanites who are not use to seeing black bears have been worried.
So this year, the Garden State opened it's first bear hunting season in five years. The state organized a six-day season that ends Saturday, and so far hunters have killed 441 bears. They're right on track to hit their management goal of 500-700 harvested bears … and everybody lived happily ever after right?
Well not exactly. The hunt has been highly controversial and has drawn heavy criticism from animal rights groups all over the East Coast.
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