March 5, 2026 – Survival Place Blog

The 90-Day Survival Checklist: Preparing Your Home for Three Months of Disruption in an Unstable World

If the past few years have taught us anything, it’s that modern systems are far more fragile than most people…

Trump says White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to leave post
August 12, 2026
Leavitt will depart from her role to spend time with her young children and family, the president says.
US immigration officers to be equipped with gloves that deliver electric shocks
August 12, 2026
The US immigration agency is buying enforcement officers and agents $20m worth of gloves, which the maker says are safe […]
Major Russian grain export terminals hit in Ukraine Black Sea port attack
August 12, 2026
Grain exports from both Russia and Ukraine are falling as both countries attack each other's shipping facilities and ports.
US inflation eases as food and fuel costs cool
August 12, 2026
Annual US inflation dipped to 3.4% in July, with food costs slowing and housing keeping prices slightly higher.
Thousands of Canadians call for US ambassador's expulsion
August 12, 2026
An online petition accusing Pete Hoekstra of diplomatic interference in Canadian domestic affairs has garnered more than 60,000 signatures.
Members of Trump's cabinet remained on decoy plane, after president's quiet exit
August 12, 2026
Trump boarded a different plane in Turkey during a Nato summit for security reasons involving Iran.

Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
August 12, 2026
000ABNT20 KNHC 121750TWOAT Tropical Weather OutlookNWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL200 PM EDT Wed Aug 12 2026For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America:Active Systems:The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on newly formed Tropical Storm Cristobal, located over the Atlantic west-southwest of the Azores.Central Tropical Atlantic (AL92):An area of showers and thunderstorms […]
Central Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
August 12, 2026
000ACPN50 PHFO 121742TWOCP Tropical Weather OutlookNWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center Honolulu HIIssued by NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL800 AM HST Wed Aug 12 2026For the central North Pacific...between 140W and 180W:Active Systems:The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories onPotential Tropical Cyclone One-C, located about 900 mileseast-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii.* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 […]
Eastern Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
August 12, 2026
000ABPZ20 KNHC 121742TWOEP Tropical Weather OutlookNWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL1100 AM PDT Wed Aug 12 2026For the eastern and central North Pacific east of 180 longitude:Active Systems:The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone One-C, located about 900 miles east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent.* Formation […]

Magnitude 4.5 earthquake injures at least 2 dozen people in Italy, causes buildings to collapse
August 1, 2026
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake rocked southern Italy near Naples on Friday afternoon, injuring more than two dozen people.
Hawaii's Kilauea sees 52nd eruption episode, creates towering 500-foot lava fountains
July 29, 2026
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted Tuesday night after a brief nap, sending lava hundreds of feet into the sky. The eruption began shortly before 7:30 p.m. local time, according to USGS.
See it: Wisconsin tornado rated EF-3 after leaving trail of destruction through Menasha, Appleton
July 27, 2026
The tornado that tore through Wisconsin's Fox Valley, about 35 miles south of Green Bay, on Monday afternoon has been preliminarily rated as an EF-3 by the National Weather Service (NWS) after leaving a trail of destruction.
Fourth firefighter dies from injuries caused by now extinguished Knowles wildfire in Utah and Colorado
July 25, 2026
A fourth firefighter has died due to the now extinguished Knowles wildfire near the Colorado-Utah border.