WOMEN'S WEDNESDAY: Woman's Self Defense with a Female Martial Artist

Welcome back to the Changing Earth Podcast with author Sarah F. Hathaway and co host. Chen Gibson, blending survival fiction and fact to bring you entertaining education that will help you dream, survive, and thrive. And now here's your host Sarah F. Hathaway and Chen Gibson. Hello, and welcome back to the Changing Earth Podcast. This is episode number three and twenty nine of season eleven. Hey Chin, what's up? Hey? Chin's up? Man? I sure had fun last week doing that, uh, the big audio drama show. That was cool. Well, I had a blast listening Hey in the live chat, I. Was like, days, we're at, We're you at? That's okay. We were full and you know when you get all his voices together talking. Chance, Yeah, I barely have a chance and it's just the two of us. Hey, I do what I can, you know. I try to make spaces and everything. You know, I could just go on and on and on, no worries. Well, hello PBN community. It was great to uh to be able to do that show with you last week and everything. That so much fun. We just had a blast, and uh, I think the most classic part about it was when I asked Doug like how do you like playing Swinson? He's like, I like it. You gotta do what you gotta do for survival. I'm like, oh out, all right, I'm not good. I don't want to I don't want to meet him exactly. I'm like, dude, he's. A big guy. He's not small. I know. I'm like, you're not on my mag crew at all. It's not added. Yeah, that was classic m No. But it was good to get to talk to everybody and see them. So always good to catch up. I'm looking forward to the Christmas party. Yeah, no spike in the punch. Yeah yeah, actually spiking the punch is mandatory for the party. Yeah, for this exactly exactly now, But I got the picture out. All of us are prepper cap next time. We got to get you in that picture. You're the only one that's missing. Like imagine that. Yeah, imagine that. You're like Wilson from Home in. Prison, my forehead over the fence. Yeah. Well yeah, golf cart issue. You guys were getting ready to to talk for the that big you get together but split away. Yeah, you got to be a big mouth, you know, to get to get in on the oh my, yeah, because we just go and go alrighty, Well, let's see, last week we did the Meet the Cast, but before that we were on episode four of the audio drama, A pretty cool show. That's when Erica's, you know, with Henry and Carol. She's leaving for home. At the very end, Swinson's just kind of doing his thing. He captures another town, and Vergess is meeting with all these diplomats on how do we proceed here? Just another day capturing another town. Yeah, you know, just a day in the life of Winson. He's like, yeah, you guys, wrap it up. We'll be home before lunch. You know, it's not even worth my time. Oh man, his character's a lot of fun to write. I can't wait to see him on the TV show. So this week, if you're listening live, I didn't do Oh man, I'm off my game today. I'm sorry. PBN. You know the folks out for Christ the season. Yeah, exactly, exactly. So this week we're actually going over episode five. Oh and if you caught the Binge Show, then you're already hip on episode five. If you're listening to the record, I'll play that now. I always have to tell myself that because then when I'm listening to the audio later, I'm like, oh, oh, that's where it. Goes talking to yourself. Eh, yeah, exactly. Sorry, guys, you're all being used. It's not I think we're all kind of used to that these days. But we're not squirreling on politics. I'm gonna stay focused. That's that's what's happening right now. I know I could hear it like I could. Ready to experience the change in your audio drama brought to you by an incredible line up of the podcasters and survivalists from across the country, including listeners like. You Star. And a New Year, All the Streets to find you Away as You Too to the world. Artetas pobs travers a course that leads them along the edge of the Old Road, Erica dodges branches, aiming to knock her and her supplies off the horse. She listens carefully for noises on the old Road and stays keep feeling from it. As the sun begins to rise, she hears a noise. Hiding herself, she keeps the horses still and listens for the noise to come and go. We really need to bring back some week the camera with those people there. I don't know how that'll keep beating. If those damn scavengers hadn't robbed this blind, we wouldn't be in this position. We ain't going to just anyone anymore. They cannot die and go to hell for all I care. We'll expand sod perimeter. There's more out that. Erica became nervous listening to the men talk. She was thinking about Henry and Carroll. Her uneasy energy caused the horses to start fidgets lately. Just as the jeep starts to. Move off, Hey, Dave. Stop the truck. What's up, Doug? I thought I saw something in the bushes out there. I'll forget it. If it was a deer, you must have scared it off. We'll send out a couple of honeys this way tomorrow. Good idean. Let's finish the perimeter sweep and get. Back a wartas it was closed. Let's make sure we stay away from that perimeter and get the heck out of here. The horses struggle along through the broken landscape. The going is slow, and before long Erica's eyes are grouping. As day turns into night, she finds a little clearing camouflage into the horses and slides into a small space in the debris to fall asleep for a couple of hours. Swinson stands in mister Lee's office discussing the state of the expansion. How are things progressing? Loan Jack was a joke the leader of buffoon. Huh, don't be arrogant, DJ. What about the group that's been attacking our border in the south. That's the next focus. We can't go any further north or east up peaving off the Feds. We need more supplies for the winter. We're working on it, but I'm being very cautious. Ray Morris heavily fortified. We believe they're being supplied by Hendersonville. Whoever's in charge there has cast a wide web. Keep sending the scouts. Maybe if you take off the head of the leader, the whole web will fall with minimal casualties. That's not a bad point. Instead of chipping away on the outside, take it down from the inside. Exactly. You better guard yourself, will Son. They may be thinking the same thing. No one can take me, mister Lee. You train me. I didn't train you to be arrogant. That's for sure. Anyway, I'm off to check on your his progress. Watch yourself, son, I. Will mister Lee. Swinson leaves mister Lee's office, heading for the command center. His mind flashes back to his younger days at the gym as a boy, he watched Laudner comes through. The door with two young girls. Swinson notices their body language off and watches Laudner direct their wobbly bodies into the office. What are you looking for? Scre step there? I think you could handle a girl like that. Maybe shoot, we ask mister Lee if you could have one. No, are you scared of me? Kid? No? Look at this kid, Tim, he's rocking on you. You're gonna step up, kid, I'll step to anyone. I'm going to be the strongest spider any of you has meant. There's only one way to make that happen. Tim stares down at him in disbelief. David, come show TJ's place. The jovial young fighter smiles as he approaches. Come on right, really, ego? Then kid. David takes a fighting stance as Swinson squares off against him, closing the distance with poo well aimed jabs. David follows up with the cross s Whenson weaves, dodging his strike. Jumps off his feet and connects his fists with David's jaw. Stepping back, he notices mister Lee and Laudner watching out the window in the office. If David approaches, Swinton reaches down for his cleaning by it, he flings it up. And connects it with David's che David is knocked out cold on the mast. TJ did here? What the hell was that? Son? He started it? Don't you ever make excuses to me, Son. We all make decisions. They all require a choice. If you make the wrong choice, there will be consequences. Yes, sir, mister Lee. Put your hand on my desk, TJ. The pain will be a reminder of what happens when you choose the wrong choice. Mister Lee takes a pocket knife from his pocket and slashes a line across Swinson's arm. Swinton is careful not to show any emotion. Go finish your work, yes, mister Lee. He turns to go out the door. And TJ. Don't knock out any more of my fighters. They paying me to be here. I won't. Whinson remembers the endless nights of scrubbing he did at that gym and shudders, shaking himself free from the memory. Things were different now he became that fighter he dreamed of as a boy. Major Cole Burgess loads into a large military transport. Monroe sits next to him, and a team of eleven fighters, including Lapierre and Chappie right in the back. I always loved road trips, Major, which way we had it? I figured we'd go across North Dakota into Montana, drop down through Idaho into Nevada. That way we could scope out Grayson's operation ourselves. Sounds like a plan. They're putting the roads. Back together, but it's going to be a rough ride. The men drive all the way into Nevada before making a camp camp. Set up, sir, good setup for a reguards switch them out halfway through the night. You gotta sir, everything will be tight and right. I'd expect nothing less with the camp set. Burgess falls asleep until he is awoken in the early hours by gump light. Jumping from his bed, he wraps his right and heads out of his head rope. Report was an ambush, sir, but ifier took a unit to reinforce to watch. They want our food, Sir. You can't leave men behind. We'll have to defend ourselves. Kill them if you have to. Can't take them to a camp with this small unit. Hold the line. People were to pout our clue. Yes, we're gonna come the road. Look a line. They just jeeves come there's screamn sir. Hold them on. Sleep. Escaping her, Erica decides to ride on through the night. As she navigates the city, she suddenly stops. Stay still. Erica ties the horses in a secluded section of building debris and creeps in closer. By the light of the fallen flashlight, Erica sees a man pinning down a woman. The man strikes her hard in the side and finishes it with a strike to the woman's face. Paralyzed, Erica stands there watching. Him and zip his zipper. Erica can't take it. She runs out and kicks the guy across the hearth. The man flies off the woman, and Erica picks up two by four. Well, look you here, it's a two for one special. Tonight, not tonight. Erica smashes the two by four head he knows explode in the fountain of Blue, and he falls back on the ground unconscious. The man and the woman lay motionless at Erica's feet. Unsure what to do, Erica jumps back and shot as a little girl flies out of the bushet, jumps. On the man and thinks a knife deep into the. Man flings the tiny girl off of himself, rises to his feet and aggressively approaches Eric's up, rips her neck tightly in air like hands. But Erica reaches up, pushes the knife all the way in his chest and twists it around. You falls through, he said, his hands still clenched around Erica's neck. Erica pulls them off and grabs a hold of Star's bomb. What are you doing to my mommy? My horses are over there, We'll be safer. The little girl grabs her mother's legs to assist, and they take her to the corner by the horses. Twinston sits at his table eating his dinner when Uri storms through the door. They got one of their commanders. It's about time. Let's see what you brought me. The two men head out to the training yard. Or Surge stands with a small team watching over their captain. Actually it works, Sergey, I cool team. Your team is getting double rations for a week. Don't think ye these He's a stupid one. Oh, he's a. Pain, will solve that. Winson thinks back to as many lessons than pain with mister Lee while training in the gym. Despite the challenges, Swinson looks back on his memories fondly. Pain is the great equalizer. Son. No matter how big a man is, he can only take so much pain. If you can inflict more faster than your opponent, you win. The pain has to be your friend, your focus, your lover. Put your hands up and hit me, son. A young Swinson did as he was told, but mister Lee smacked his arm into his mouth, causing his lip to bleed. Swinson understood immediately, and instead of punching the next time, he threw a swift kick at mister Lee before mister Lee could hit him. Swinson's kick missed, but mister Lee smiled widely and praised his quick wit. What do you want me to do? V? Take him to my home. You know how I love entertaining guests. Okay, TG, I'll make sure he gets there. Safety, Sergey. I want to talk to you for a moment. What soap, TG? If we're planning to cut the head off the snake, they may be too. I'm concerned about mister Lee. I will make his safety my number one priority. What's about you? No one's going to take me. You just make sure mister Lee is safe. We'res is pinned down by a fire himself. Monroe and Chappie remain as a large course of refugees. They're down to their location. Now behind those rocks. Look they're still fighting the stars. Just getting the truck. Let's go. The road is blocked up ahead. You can't leave the fighters behind anyway. They can still get a lot. They came all the way out here, and he might be dead. Hellow me down. Look at there, measure, are they friendly? Spose fifty cows on those armored vehicle, dark firing, dark truck. Let's take him out. Boy, Well, her baby face heard you were in a pinch. I had fighters out to the door. Hop in. My crew will watch over your men. Here, Roach Hadby stay here. I'm going after Lopier's team. Bring it back. Passing steers her arm vehicle out to lop your black No notation. Up behind those locks. Look, we're still fighting. We'll get to the out. Sergeant Higgs, where's Lotier? He's here, Sarah, you've got a shot give me some cover. Gunner, we'regent. One's going to be a word. We would rock out cropping the man have been using to defend themselves. Get the vehicle, guys, Higgs, help with loopier life coming to Just relax, how men deep and get. Your there's a good medic Areno, it'll be safe there. He needs help now. Look, there's nothing out here anymore of our just we have to get to Rena. I've got a medic in my group. We'll get there. It's close to suppool. I don't need to do it. Okay, let's get spoils and do this. Erican Star hover over Star's mother, examining her body with a flashlight, Noticing intense bruising around the woman's ribs. Erica watches her butter blood. It doesn't look good, does it? No, it doesn't. We'll have to wait and see how she does. What's your name? My name is Star? How old are you Star? I'm eight? Where's your daddy? Star? Daddy is dead. He died when the house filled down. Mommy and I've been hiding here for a long time. We've always done a good job of hiding from the bad people till tonight. What bad people, Star, the me men that took all the food? Are you hungry? Star shakes her head positively, and Erica retrieves a big piece of jerky Henry packed for her. Don't eat two facts may give you a tell me ache here have some water too. Erica watches the small child devour the jerky, then she goes and curls into a ball to dream of simpler times. Erica's head bobs as she drifts in and out of sleep, but she suddenly awakes to Starr's mom's burting badly. The woman costs her a large a mouthful of blood and looks at Erica. I'm not gonna I'm not gonna make it, am I honestly I don't think so. Thank you, Thank you for helping us. No one else would Few and Star have to go leave me. I can't just leave you here. The men, the men from the compounds will come. You have to to save Star. They'll never leave you here. Then you must end it. You you must leave kill me. She'll go what I can't do that, You have to. I'm gonna, I'm gonna die. Do you have children or caressive realities through your mind? Listening to the woman grasping her life. Can't take it in your life. She grabs the blanket, blads it up and smothers the life from. Pacing angrily back and forth, Swinson stops for a moment and pours himself a shot from the bottle on the table. You understand, there's no end of your pain until you tell me what I want to know. Swinson turns to look at the back of the prisoner hanging in the chains on his wall. You can go to hell. Wrong answer, he's passing out. Dj oh, no, he's not. Swinson grabbed the smelling salts off the table and places the bottle under the man's nose. His eyes fly open. I said you could pass out? Did they? Did you tell him he could pass out? Yuri? I sure didn't teach you. You want to sleep? Tell him the name and his location. I don't know. Don't look so worried, Urie. They all break. The fun part is seeing how long they last. I'll give him two more hours. I disagree. This man here seems dedicated. I'm willing to bet two days. What are you willing to bet? If you're right, you get two days off. If I'm right, you give me two bottles of that Vodky you have saved up. I'll dig that bit. Would you have to let me ride? Don't kill him? I von't looked he is she was go for it. Amused by the banter with your aid s. Winston sits down in his chair, watching the man big for mercy. Winston eagerly awaits the information he knows. The man that's. Virgis stands with Cassidy at the entrance to a large brothel on the outskirts of Reno. Many guards stand attentively around the building, preventing the chaos that reigns in the city from entering the building. What are we doing here? Lavier needs help? Not a woman. Just wait, trust me. The beautifully dressed woman approaches. She commands authority with her very presence. Cassidy, interesting choice of friends you brought with you? Are they interested in a good time? No, Dolores, they have a man in need of the medical facility, Cassidy. That center is not for these times. Burgis and his men are different. Trust me. Bring me in, Philip, drive the truck around back, coupland Roe, Chappie and Higgs take him downstairs. I can take care of that. You're with me, Major Burgess, Yes, ma'am. Delorious Burgis capacity walks through the lively gotthold of Deloris. In the back office. What's the story? We're heading into California. One of my men had family in Sacramento. And how did you earn favor of miss Cassidy? You know she is not fighting in favor of the current government. I am fully aware. Let your superiors fight for the Feds, not all of them and not you. You can't have chaos. I've just lost eight soldiers on the here. We need to have order, but we also need a legitimate check to that power, a force that can make certain the Feds don't abuse that power. What about freedom for Americans? The landowners will have freedom, and the refugees will be treated with dignity, respect, but have to remain useful. To get fed. And what about the West? It's going to be under mercenary control with little federal interference. If you can survive, you can stay. We'll put a force in, say, to provide law enforcement if you want. I'm thankful for your help, my man. I can see why you chose him, Kssidy. Honesty is a rare attribute. See I told you. What about LaPier? Come with me. Exiting the office doors leave them to another room with a hidden door in the wall. They descend the stairs into an underground room. No one is to know about this. My lips your sealed. Turning left Dolores leading them down a hallway with other doors and curtained windows. But she juge the door at the end. The door opened into a brightly lit room that looks like hospital doctors are hard at work. I'm impressed. We'll do the best we can. Thanks for stopping by and listening to the Changing Earth audio drama. I hope you enjoyed the adventure. This content is copyrighted in twenty twenty one by author Sarah F. Hathaway. For a list of performers, music and noise attributes, head on over to www dot author Sarah Fhathaway dot com backslash Changing Earth. That's www Dot author Sarahfpathaway dot com backslash Changing Earth Special Thanks to zapsplat freesound dot com, free music archives dot com for all the work that they do providing great resources for free music and sounds. Without them, this project would not be possible. Much loved all of my volunteer performers who put hours in designing the characters that you love. We'll see you next time on the Changing Earth audiograph. And a New Years to find you as you. Love. So episode five is one that I have to put up a warning on when I play it actually because you know sensitive listeners. There's the star incident with her mom. And honestly, when I first because I wrote Day after Disaster is just like a it was just my hobby. I actually never intended on publishing it, and it was kind of a mental exercise of you know, stuff's going to be hard if we had a societal collapse and people were just kind of left to their own means, And what would you do if you came up upon the situation. You know, Erica could have just stayed in the bushes and never gotten involved at all. Yeah, So I was thinking me myself, I wouldn't be able to just stand there and watch that happen. I'd probably put my life on the line for somebody else at that point, and uh, you know, and then and then stars there in the bushes. Yeah, as a whole bunch of dimensions to it, because there's a lady getting beat and then there's there's a child there with him. It's like, holy smokes. Right, and if Erica would have stayed ahead and she might not have never known that Star was even there. Yeah right, and then Little Tenacious Star coming out stabbing them with the Yes, I have fans who are like they just love Star. They're all about, oh yeah, she's a rock star. Yeah. So yeah, so she turns into quite the character. But that was a you know, that was definitely an exploration of, you know, what kind of things are we going to see? And I mean I've shot a lot of guns. I've done a lot of things. I go hunting things like that, but taking a human life is a whole different aspect for me personally. So that was really a thought exercise on you know, what would you do in a self defense situation? And then with Starr's mom her requests yes right yeah, and you know, like you can't take her to a medical facility, No, there's nowhere to go. She's yeah, she's been logical, but still. Yeah but still like so, and then when I added the music to that whole scene too, like don't really amp it up that it just hits you that much harder. It was like Wow, Okay, that's powerful now. So we have that going on, and then Swinson finally captures one of the commanders of one of the teams that's coming in and messing with his compound. So honestly, I love Uri the most and that because he's like, uh and surgery, you know, I'll get him back there safely, coop bam, just yeah, yeah uh. And then they're making the bet over how long. It'll take him to break and everything. H So you know Swinson can't catch his crap for that later. But you know he likes to have fun too. That's he's just having fun. We need to talk to Doug about having fun and do what you need to do. Yeah, I even put that as yeah, I know, And he's like, I got to get into character, you know. Just when he gets to the character, I'm like, dude, I don't know if you want to get into that character. He needs to put a light up so everybody does not to go in there, you know, like on air in characters, so nobody goes into the room while he's doing his Swinson character, right. So I was like, wow, okay, dude, you are the perfect fit for the role. That's awesome. And then we got Vergess. He's finally headed west with Lepierre or Lapa or Lapeer, however you want to say it. Everybody said it differently. It's kind of the ongoing like family joke. Now we have the little cartoon pair man with the French hat on, so they go they go out there, and then Cassidy has to do the bailout, which is cool. She comes riding in on her truck with the fifty KL. I told my dad, I'm like, it's the bucket list for me. I still want to do that helicopter ride in the Panhandle where you can like shoot the hogs with the fifty cal. I'm all yeah, yeah, I was like, I love you forever. Come on. It would be such a great father daughter experience. You know, you can write off as a business expense you're doing studies. Oh yes, yes, that worked exactly. I need to experience these things so that I can use it for my books. Of course, I'm here to help you and guide you. Yeah. So now that that's pretty fun episode minus you know, well, it's a pretty dramatic episode coming into it. You know, we're almost at the season halfway point, so we had to kind of spike it out. And so today I was thinking about doing life without Loss, but she's like, no, no, no, no, no, you gotta. Do a better expert. We need to come bring on the show to talk about this. Uh yeah, that's it's pretty much what I do. I just don't like think about myself that way. So we need a strong female who can talk about diverse situations and how to handle them. Uh, kicking a little button, taking some n But one of the things when I wrote Erica's character, I tried to write it so that she was very relatable. She's not like the super over the top like I could kick any buddies butt in a minute, you know. I tried to write her so that she was, you know, she does had some training background and stuff like that, but relatable. And I still had a lot of women commenting to me that there's no way that a woman could be like that in opposed to collapse situation, that women would be victims, they would be owned and sold basically and working in menial positions. And I was like, wow, you know, your mindset is really your future, Like how how you see yourself, what you believe you can do. That's really your future. So that, yeah, that it really struck me because they were like these women like these don't exist, and I was like, well, come on out visit me. You know, we'll go do some classes. I'll teach you some self defense and you can walk with confidence. Then after that that because you can make the choice not to be a victim. You know, you don't need to be a victim if you don't want to be. No, don't get me wrong, I'm gonna talk about it later. But there are some circumstances that would be definitely challenging, no doubt, but in most cases, your training, your background is going to give you the confidence to either be a victim or not be a victim, so you can make that choice. So what I've found in my life is, you know, I had some experiences where I felt vulnerable and personally I looked inside and I was like, I'm never gonna feel that way again. I'm never going to be a victim. So I went to task training, and I've been training martial arts now for over twenty years, and even the most basic level of training provides you with confidence. And that's one of the biggest things about not becoming a victim. Is having confidence. You kind of exude it whether you have it or whether you don't, And anybody who's looking to pick a victim, they're not going to pick somebody who appears very confident. I've been in situations where there was no way I could have h you know, taken on as many people that I was up against, But because I was confident in in the situation and my abilities, you know, I was able to diffuse situations with just that confidence. So, like I've been telling Chin for years, I really really encourage some kind of kickboxing. You know, I'd rather it wasn't a cardio kickboxing because that gets kind of lame, but uh, kickboxing, boxing, taekwondo, uh, some type of martial arts training because not only is it great for your body, for your mind, for your stretching, ability to keep your you know, your body limber as you age, and things like that, but the confidence that it instills in you is based on a realistic understanding of what your capabilities are and aren't. Uh, when it's time to you know, use a weapon versus not using a weapon, that kind of thing. There's a lot of really simple self defense techniques that work, and so if you're honestly, guys, I'm five foot nothing, one hundred and nothing, you know, and I've had four hundred pound people back down for me, Like, no, I don't want to. I'm not even gonna like play your game or whatever. And so there's really simple self defense techniques that work. So when you're when you're tiny, you have to think about small points. You know, you rip somebody's finger backwards. These are the things hurt and they work. You know, you stab them in the eye, you hit them in the atoms apple, these types of things actually really work. And so it's just being confident in you don't need a lot of techniques, you just need to know how to use them. Well yeah, and for a chin, you just got to kick him really hard in the shins. I never got I never got time to get you up there during the. Other end of camp while you're doing your lectures. Yeah, yeah, I do the self defense class out at Prepper camp. So if you guys and I didn't get I didn't get Brock that shirt either, I totally should up. Yeah, poor Brock, he is my training dummy. So you know, training is just really important for staying strong. Learn a few techniques learn them well. I don't suggest learning off of YouTube. People are like, well can I learn online? Well, can you learn to swim online? I mean, you know. So that's why it's just really important to be in with somebody who can show you what's going on. Other people you can work with, You meet great friends, and you know, form lifelong relationships. So that's important too. So obviously for somebody who's smaller like myself, bigger people are going to pose a bigger threat and just because they can clobber you basically in one strike. So it's having the knowledge to know how to chop that tree down. So there's and it's true, it's true you bring them down to your level, you know. So that's it's a lot of footwork involved, and it's a lot of just understanding how to get in and out so that you can't get gripped on and chop that tree down. So tools are always good. You don't have to use your body if you have tools. So I do suggest you learn to train with a weapon as well. I chose the ascreama sticks. Do you know what? The aescreama sticks are sounds painful, So they're like they're like two sticks that are like two three foot long maybe a piece, right, And I chose that because, like, where can't you find a stick a baseball back, roll up a magazine and it works, you know. So that's why I chose to like really get good with a scream of sticks. And uh. At prepper Camp, we got these really cool batons that you can keep them in your car and you just shake it and it flies out. Now it's like three foot long baton. They're fun. Did you see those? Yeah, they're good. So, uh, that's why I like stick fighting. I always carry self defense tools. So you wanted me to talk a little EDC In my go bag kit, I got a window breaker and it's about a little bit longer than my hand. So I'm gonna say, like a six inch long baton that has a spike on the end for breaking your window if you're in extreme emergencies. I carry it in my hand all the time, like if I'm walking into the store or whatever. It took to my keychain, so that way I always have if somebody were to approach me and they weren't a welcome person. I mean, I know it sounds horrible, but I could like stab them in the eye or the atoms apple, and I'm going to be able to end that situation really quickly with very minimal threat to myself. I prefer something like that. I know, I know it sounds horrible, but guys, you know, you never know, and you don't see the biggest thing. If you're captured in a parking lot or something like that, you never want to go to a secondary location. So whatever you have to do to end it straight away, that's what you need to do, because you do not want to go to that secondary location they're at. That secondary location is where things can go really bad, really fast. A pepper spray is very popular obviously, personally, I don't care for it too much because if the wind changes, like if you're in the wrong wind now, you could have it in your eyes too. Yeah, right, So it's just not my choice. I carry around that keychain I also conceal carry and then I have my knife on me actually, the one that you gave me on my side all the time. Ye, and that's a fixed blade. I don't have to open it, I don't have to do anything besides grab it off my head. Yep. So really readily accessible tools are really really important. If you're going to carry pepper spray, please know how to use it. You know how many times there's different there's different type, there's sprays and gels and kind of figure out which is the best for your situation. Too, exactly. Yeah, I would think the gels would be better because you don't have to have the wind factor as much. It's more targeted you. That's that's what I have. Yeah, So personally I'm not a huge fan. What I am a fan of is the waspray. Like Survivor Jane gave me that tip of keeping the waspray in your car, keeping it at your doors. That stuff sprays like thirty feet and you can just cope people in that foam. It's much more non lethal, non threatening. But you're going to defend yourself. They're not going to be coming at you if you spray them down with waspray. So personally I do like that one. And from what I understand is they don't explode inside of your vehicle, Like if you have it in there and it's hot, the jar the can actually won't explode, so you can go ahead and keep it in your vehicle as well. Good stuff to have. Then, of course the firearm is the great equalizer. So as long as you know how to use that firearm, you have your fluid with it, you're comfortable with it, you've shot it a lot, you feel good. The firearm is the great equalizer. So an eighty year old woman can take down a three hundred and twenty pound man with firearm, and there's other ways you can do it too, but you better have been practicing for a while. So one of the biggest things that I always warn about firearms is that first of all, you have to know your space. And this was straight from Ben Brenham, who teaches a lot of the firearms that you know, once they're inside of that gosh, I think he says like, oh, I think it's like twenty feet. Once they're inside of that, they can cross that gap faster than you can. You know, get your firearm ready and do everything you need to do. So there's a big study about like a person with a knife inside that radius is more a big threat even if you have a gun, because they can move fast. If you're trying to draw cover exactly, then they could be on you and taking your weapon from you. That's worst case scenario. You know better to leave that weapon away. If and if you're going to take the gun out. Now, my mom is the one who taught me this, so tells you what my family's like. But my mom told me, you know, if you take a gun out, be prepared to fire it because a lot of a lot of people won't think that women will fire the firearm, so they're already underestimating you. So if you take it out, you'd be ready to fire it. Any tool that you're gonna choose, just know how to use it. You have to be really familiar with it. You have to, you know, feel confident and comfortable. As I said as I started out, you know, it's all about the mindset. And if you already feel comfortable, you know that firearm inside and out, and you pull that firearm out, they're gonna know you're serious about it. Dennis Touler was was the police officer that did that one foot right? Twenty one yeah? Twenty one foot yeah, I thought it was like twenty feet. It's just easier to remember that way. So even with me, because you know, he's like, once they're inside of that space, you're better to use your you know, your physical capabilities that you know how to do rather than pull that firearm out and then potentially have your enemy take your firearm from you. That would be worst case scenario. I had a instructor tivity, I should keep a knife next to the gun in cases scenarioly that happens where you can't pull the gun fast enough, you can pull the knight down to your knife. Yes, I do the same thing because Ben told me that. Yep, yep, yeah, yeah, so I do that. I keep my you know, my firearms concealed right by my knife. So whichever one, you know is what I need to do. Then okay, it's come on, yep. And that that poker thing is awesome. That it's metal like the windover. I mean, you do not want to get hit with that thing. It is. It is a stabbing tool, so it's like bring it, you know. Yeah, And a lot of places that you can you you can't carry a blade or a gun. You'll probably get away. With that, yes, yes. Or I even carry some pens and mechanical pencils. Yeah, those mechanical pencils. Do they have some tips on them? Yeah? Right, like the architectural professional mechanical pencil not the not the ones that you know staples, but they're a little longer and then they have a metal tip on the end and it's a pencil, right, So like if you're going someplace. I had Jerry duty and I couldn't bring my stupid seatbell cutter in that was on my keychain. They made me take that off because I had a blade on it, but I had I had a mechanical pencil, So I mean you got to think that way though. Yeah. When I was in Louisiana, we like went into this bathroom that or like into this gas station. In order to get to the bathroom, you had to go through a metal detector. I was like, oh, hold on, I got to go back to the car for a minute, you know. I was like, uh oh, so yeah, but if it's your pen your pencil. All right, just on my keychain. Yeah, yeah, so. Think about it. Yeah, maintaining your basic level of conditioning as you get older. We all grow older, and trust me, I know, I'm like the oldest one in my jiu jitsu class, So we all grow older and you have to maintain that conditioning. If you go to couch potato for twenty years and then you think you're going to get it back. It's it's a lot tougher than you think. So you need to do constant maintenance of your body. Your body's the most important tool that you have. And I could sit here and rag on nutrition for like an hour, but you know, honestly, I know we're all preparedness people. We all understand that tomorrow things could be drastically different. You know, tornado might rip through, and it's yeah, yeah, we're going to get into that one that you know, tomorrow could be a drastically different situation. So I'm all about eating the cake. You know, don't don't go to a party birthday party and skip the cake because you're you know, but we don't eat only cake, you know, like there has to be moderation there, and splurging is not about yeah. Ice cream and cake. Hey, as long as it's not every night, you know, that's that's fine. Right. Well, I had a friend who was like, oh, I couldn't eat the soda and the cake at the birthday party. And I'm like, dude, the if everything collapses tomorrow, are you gonna be kicking yourself or the cake you didn't eat? Yeah? You are? You know. So nutrition is also really important to keep your body agile. And for women this is even more important because it's one of the strengths that we actually have is that usually we are more agile than most men. So obviously there's exceptions to every rule, but smaller, more agile people, you know, can take on a larger, less agile person and have a chance at winning because you can use that movement to your benefit. So it's really important to stay, keep taking your vitamins, keep your body healthy so that you maintain that agility. I do a lot of footwork and stuff like that all the time because that that agility is what is my strength, you know, So I have to lean into that really big and that way I can take out chin too. Like you never see me coming, Chop down that tree. Chop down the tree. Ninety five percent of attacks on women are done by a single assailant, and they want to take it to the ground as fast as possible. So as much as I hate doing groundwork and doing jiu jitsu, it's not exactly my uh the thing that I love to do the most. Some women really do. Actually, there's like I know a good handful of women now that really enjoy it. But i'd much rather stand up and fight. But the facts are that you know, ninety five percent of the time it's going to be a single person taking you down and they want to get it to the ground as fast as possible. So if you don't know what to do when somebody takes you to the ground, you're in big trouble. Also, it's a very scary place to be on the ground, So if you haven't practiced that and been felt that, I mean, it's hard to even breathe when somebody's aggressing at you on the ground. So it's you got to turn that vulnerability into a strength because once you learn how to relax, and you learn what you can do, and you learn what you're capable of, then it's you're gonna feel more confident if that situation is imposed on you. Uh, sports like jiu jitsu, I mean they take you have to use every muscle fiber in your body to you know, survive the situation, let alone be able to win out of it. So I really encourage people to do the ground skills, even though it might be awkward. A lot of schools have like women's only classes, so you can start there and then advance up. You know, because I don't know, I'm married. It was like a little weird rolling around with sweaty guys and ill, you know, just ill, it's gross and I don't know. It was really awkward for me. So my instructor told me that he wouldn't have MMA classes anymore. It would just be jiu jitsu classes if I didn't start showing up. So guess where I am now showing up for jiu jitsu because I want to do my MMA classes. So yeah, yeah, when you were talking about the like women won't be able to handle it or will be victims all the time, that's the first thing that popped to my mind is these women that fight Mmm. M m a right, come on. Yeah, so it's the you know, there are exceptions to every. Rule, but yeah, but I think, yeah, a lot. There's a lot of mindset involved, Bengo. Yeah, it's all about the mindset. So if you can deliver tools to people to make them understand that they don't have to be that victim, and you can do more with it, and you can still be early and go train and have fun and learn to defend yourself. The nails do become a problem sometimes because you know they can get like ripped right off. Uh, so that is a problem. But I don't think you're going to be worried about your nails in a survival situation, you know, And if you are, then okay, we have to figure that out along the way. I don't know, but you know that kind of stuff. I do martial arts with a lot of very very feminine women that you would be you'd never know it, And that's really the best case scenario because then you're gonna be underestimated. So if you are a woman who has trained and you do know how to defend yourself, you do know how to use a firearm, you do know how to use a weapon, you're gonna be underestimated right off the bat, and then you're gonna have a big surprise for whoever decides to try and make you the victim. But is it like a lot of subconscious like being the confidence factor they're probably they won't be pull this the first target because that ore is going to be about him and the the the bad guy isn't going to pick them as their first typically. Right, typically, yes, absolutely, because the training and that just brings confidence to know that Okay, now I'm situationally aware. And just like how they hold themselves and how they walk. Through yep, exactly. We're not like, oh my god, somebody could attack me at any time and I don't know what to do and walking along with that fear versus walking along with oh man, I pity the fool, like yeah, yeah, you know, you're like, come on, grab my ponytail. Let's see how that works for you. Yeah, you know, I mean. And so one of the things is overconfidence that I wanted to because once you do start training and stuff, you need to understand that you never want to underestimate your opponent either. Right, So you're like, oh, train, yeah, exactly. I wonder who wrote that. Look, but yeah, you never want to underestimate your opponent either. Like I have the same kind of brain set if I'm walking in the ring with a white belt or a black belt, because that moment that you underestimate your opponent, your overconfidence takes over and you just think you're gonna blow this away, no problem. That's when you're gonna get you know, caught, and not good things happened. So also another reason why I suggest always practicing fighting skills before you're ever placed in that situation. So whether you're doing stand up or or groundwork, you're gonna feel that adrenaline rush. When you're in a self defense situation, you're gonna be an adrenaline overload. You need your your muscle memory and that to just be able to take over and get your brain kind of out of the game and let your body know do what it knows how to do because you've trained it so much. Because if you're too inten imitated to go to a school and spar with somebody or roll with somebody, then how are you ever going to survive the real thing when it's when you're when you're up to it. So that's, you know, just a little words of wisdom for me. Just you know, I don't don't want anybody to be a victim. Man. We're all capable of protecting ourselves, and uh I would rather you know, there's all the memes. You know, I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees. Well, absolutely, that's me. That's in a nutshell. I always told my boys, you know, if I'm in a situation like that, I might not come home. But just know that I did everything I could to you know, not become a victim. So that's just the reality of it. So let's get into some situational awareness things. And because situ suational awareness is the biggest component to not becoming a victim, don't stare at your phone. I mean, there's nothing worse you can do than walk along staring at your phone, especially if you're a woman, because an assailant doesn't want you to know who they are. They want to be anonymous. They don't want you to be able to pick them out of a lineup kind of thing. So don't stare at that phone. Make eye contact with people, make sure they know say Hi, Hey, what's up? You know, because the minute you acknowledge that they're there, that's less likely that they're going to choose you as the victim. Because you're aware when you're going shopping, when you're eating at a restaurant, know where the exits are, who's coming through the door, that kind of thing. Yes, it does take extra energy to maintain awareness of your area, but it's one hundred percent worth it if you don't become a victim. That day. Mm hmm. I went out to lunch with my mom. I was like, I gotta sit and look at the door. She's like why, Like, because I just do. That's just what I have to do. That's that's the only way I feel comfortable in a restaurant anymore is sitting and looking at the door. So uh, Brocks like, oh, I got it. I'm like, nope, you're fighting over that chair, right. Nah. He lets me sit with my watch a lot of the times because he knows I just won't be comfortable if I'm not. So who's watching you? Like, did they leave at the same time as you? You know, where they were they checking you out while you guys are at the bar, and now they're walking out the door at the same time. Kind of thing. I mean, these are red flags. Be aware of who is around you, how long they've been around you, that kind of thing, because they could be just waiting for that perfect moment when you're not paying attention. How many like movie scenes have been shot like that, right, But it's like fact and fiction, right, it's like real life. It happens where they're drawing from, right, exactly. How many movies have had, you know, like somebody walking out of the bar at the restaurant and getting it. Yeah, they get up at the same time follow them out. I'd be like, oh, oh, they're getting up at the same time as me. Get that baton in my hands. You know, it's even like getting followed by a car. Have you ever like been on your way home and like changed it up because you somebody was behind you. Yes, yeah, And we changed it up and with this different road and then they pulled into a different house and it was actually where that person lived. Dude. Yeah, we were just going over to my Bob's house this week, and and up I followed the car almost from my house, almost from my house right to a block away from my mom's house. And I told my wifefis, like, they must think. Of following them, right, Yeah, No, it's so true. We've done it before though, been like I don't know, you know, that car is kind of following us, and we just don't feel comfortable with it. We had an alteredcation on the road kind of thing, and now they're following us. We don't want them to know where we live. Ironically enough, when I first met my husband, he picked me up. He picked me up hitch hiking in town. I had to get a ride home, and his buddy was like, hey, but my Buddy Brock's going that way, so I had him drop me off, you know, at the end of my subdivision, and I just walked to my house because I didn't want this strange dude to know where I lived, you know. So little things like that. A lot of people don't think about things like that, but I definitely do. Sure it comes up to it. So attackers love ponytails. I may have mentioned this before, but they interviewed a thousand rapists in fulsome prison. What was the number one thing that you know these rapists look for? And it was women wearing ponytails. So, knowing that practice with somebody, what you would do if somebody grabs your ponytail, you know, and and come on out to my class at prepper Camp, feel free to hit me up. I also have my self defense stuff online at my website. I can always direct you in the right way, but know what to do. It's a scary feeling people have control of your head if you're wearing a ponytail, So you need to know what to do, and you need to understand that that's definitely something they're looking for. Again, I pity the fool. Go ahead, grab my ponytail. Dude, I practice this like a billion times. Man, I'd be oh, it'd be over their head, would be in my knee so fast you can even blink. Clothing too, right, there's a lot of different pieces of clothing could be. Yeah, yeah, hoodie for sure. Us in the jiu jitsu land, we love going against somebody as a hoodie on because you can just use that thing, you know, to strangle them pretty much. Yeah, I was gonna get into clothing, uh post collapse stuff. So you know, nowadays we have laws and fo you know, it should be a better scenario to wear whatever you want, be comfortable, you know, but in a collapse scenario, you might think about going with a little bit baggier clothing because that way you get you you don't look like you're muscled, You're not flaunting as much to get attraction your way, and uh really people will underestimate your abilities. You know. It looks kind of skinny, kind of ragged, that kind of thing. So personally, you know, I would go a little bit baggier look in that type of Anybody. Who starts concealed carry is going to find out that skin tight is not your friend. Well it depends, see I have a really cool pouch, so I can wear like my yoga shorts and I can just put my pouch on and I'm still concealed carry and it's like I have a cargo pouch that I can put on whenever I want. It's pretty cool. So there are like options like that because I was having that same issue. I like to wear tight jeans with you know, and where are you gonna put a weapon where people aren't going to see it? Yeah, So there's little tricks like that to the trade. My pouch is awesome, has my tourniquit in there, all my e DC stuff, you know, Plus I can put my phone in there and all my my normal everyday stuff. So nutrition post collapse, you know, of women will want to be feeding the kids and whatnot before themselves, and I understand that, but you need to maintain your nutrition level if you're going to be any kind of self defense ready. So as we march on in Swinson's story, we're gonna find all about that one. But it's really important that you keep your nutrition up so that you can protect yourself if needs be. The episode that we did on post apocalyptic clothing a couple of weeks ago that one. If you're wondering about clothing and stuff, go check out that episode. That was a really good one. Post collapse. Try not to travel in groups of women only. This goes for men too. Try not to travel in groups of men only. Women will, you know, attract stray guys kind of thing, and men groups of men seems like a threat. So if you can travel and groups, that's the best way to go. You're the least threatening and the least likely to attract attention to you. So law of large numbers. Even somebody that has training behind them, that has all the skills in the world, no matter how superwoman you may be, you can still lose the battle to law of large numbers. There's nothing you know, firearm. It is going to be your biggest equalizer in that situation. But the odds are against you when it comes down to the law of large numbers. So the law of large numbers is basically one on six. You know, it's if I had you know, six trains fighters up against me, that's I mean, unless I have a gun to be able to you know, equalize the field. I understand. That's the law of large numbers. You know, you're up against it. So it all comes down to the mindset. Are you going to be the victim? You know? And personally I wouldn't, but you know, I also have two kids that I'm living for and stuff like that. So it's just scenarios like that when you're really gonna have to dig deep and pray that the good Lord you know, takes care of you. You need to know how to survive. You need the tools, and you need the confidence. So guys, this is or gals, I should say, you know, it's all up to you. It's up to you, the training that you put into it, the training that you put into yourself, the training that you learn now to be able to protect yourself later. This is exactly what you need. And the confidence is one of the biggest things that will protect you when the chips are down. If you can avoid the situation before it ever begins, that's the best case scenario. Are you got any questions for me, chin, how. Do you defend against a badass chick? Now, I'm not going to tell you that way. You just don't want to know. No camp next year, no, come on, no, But yeah, anybody who's interested in learning, I'll be out of Prepper camp again, feel free to hit me up. I can help you, you know, figure out what schools in your area, things like that. So just never hesitate to reach out. I'm always available, especially to help out on that kind of situation because I never want to see anyone become a victim that is that breaks that would break my heart. Mm hm like you said, and like you said, skills and knowledge right are tools. Yeah, absolutely in your go bag, right your your your go bag. That's help in your brain. Yeah absolutely. All right, let's jump into some changing her stuff because we got some stuff to go over and you know, I can talk about women's self defense forever. All right, here we go. All right, change your Earth news welcome. That's fine. I was practicing that voice ahead of time. Our Earth magnetic shield is still weakening due to the polar caps shifting. If you guys have not heard about the movement of our polar the North and the South Pole, you need to do some research. You need to do it quick. You need to understand what's happening. The poles basically put up this magnetic shield that protects US from the Sun, from spatial radiation, from nova activity, and since at two thousand, they were in two thousand. Over the last one hundred years, we had ten percent of our field loss. That's not too bad, right, We got the North Pole heading to Siberia. The South Pole has now left, the ant has left Antarctica. It is now on the move as well. They're both moving out of their normal positions. So from two thousand to twenty ten we had fifteen percent loss, So that means it was moving like five percent less per century and now it's sped up to five percent per decade. And when this thing goes the forty five degree mark is where I've heard that once it hits there, it's going to go fast, and we're talking one percent every seventy two days when it hits that point. So now we're probably down like twenty percent or more, and it's it's pretty likely that it's accelerated again. So this is a major eyes on because they just don't know what happens to the planet when this happens. There's all kinds of theories on ocean slash, on massive weather change patterns. You know, we had the mammis that were instafroze, stuff like that, So we just don't have the understanding of what happens on our planet when the magnetic poles shift, and so we're we're going to find out. If you're looking for more information on that, head on over to Suspicious Observers and review their disaster playlist. It's your mind will be blown on Uh, what's happening. I just did a quick search. Even Forbes is talking about it. Yeah, Forbes magazine. Yeah, it's legit, dude. It is on the move right now, and it just got a little bit worse. It's definitely something to understand how it is going to affect our planet. And then if we have a CME when that magnetic shield is weakening, I mean, it's just it will blast us as opposed to you know, then we like the weaker CMEs will have a bigger impact. So obviously for a planet that is very electricity bound at this moment, that's very bad prospect. So looking at the Sun right now, we don't have to worry about any CMEs. There is a corona hole on the south that's kind of lining up with us, and there's an active region that's incoming. It hasn't turned in towards us. Yet. Well, we'll be looking at that over this next week. All right, let's get into So. I'm sorry we skipped a week of changing Earth news, but we had so much fun meeting the performer last week that I wasn't gonna, you know, take time with it. So let's get into it. I went back to December fourth, though, because that's when the Sumaru volcano erupted in Indonesia. It was a huge eruption in East Java. There was fifteen people killed, twenty seven missing, fifty seven injured, and that death toll was expected to rise big time. The ash blew up about fifty thousand feet above sea level, so it was a major eruption. And you know, Indonesia has a lot of volcanoes and it sees a lot of earthquake activity, but this one was very massive and lots of villages were completely wiped out from it. We had more flooding in Peru, Libya, and India. They all saw flooding again. India has just been getting hammered and hammered. December fifth, we had six hundred and seventy nine earthquakes two point zero or higher. We saw a major spike and the biggest of that. I wrote it down because it's Chin's favorite place five point seven in South Sandwich Island's baby. But we had a five point four in Indonesia that day, in a five point one in Alaska. Russia, it was five point eight degrees fahrenheight in South Petersburg. It broke one hundred and twenty eight year record that was set in eighteen ninety three. Like it is freaking cold up there right now. Man, I'm not going at all Russia ever, You're eat no way. South Africa saw a lot of flooding. Spain saw the severe blizzard and it melts later in the week, so that was good. Brazil also saw this hail that was golf ball size that injured about one hundred and thirty home were damaged, and flash floods in Ecuador with twenty homes damaged, twenty three people trapped in that flooding. December sixth, there was seven hundred and five earthquakes two point zero or higher, so that's when the activity spiked out, and there was a five point three in New Zealand that day. But that's when the ear the tornadoes kind of started here. They that day they saw in EF one in Kentucky that took out this mobile home park where fourteen of the thirty four homes were destroyed in this mobile home park. And then Sweden heavy blizzards there. Brazil there was severe flooding. Even the governor's home was destroyed in one town. Russia, we're seeing more and more blizzards up there, you know, but it's wintertime in Russia, so I only chirp up on those when it's like severe stuff. Indonesia severe flooding. So now Indonesia had that volcano eruption, they had all the earthquakes, and now they look forward to days of flooding ahead of them. It was poor people there. They need some prayers. Man December seventh we had the cyclone that hit Hawaii. Honolulu got hit really hard, flash flooding there. And then in Australia. It's supposed to be their summer right now. I've actually been talking with Ellen a lot about this. But Sydney and New South Wales got pummelled by hale and about ten to fifteen millimeter hailstone. So that's like getting hail in the summer when it's supposed to be one hundred degrees out. Okay, that's not a normal activity. Slovakia there was like this bright fireball that went over and then in Cyprus there was a water spout that damaged a lot of banana plantations. So I also try and queue you guys up when I see our produce and our production being affected, and that's why Brazil has been so much on my mind. And then the banana plantations just got hit in Cyprus, so you know, that's never good things for our food production. On December eighth, there was a series of earthquakes right off the coast of Oregon. Forty one quakes hit, the biggest of six point two miles deep. The biggest of those was a five point eight, so they were, you know, watching for tsunamis that kind of thing, and to see that much movement on the Cascadia fault is never a good thing because it tends the funnel down into California on the Pacific coast there, so we had eyes on that for a while. It's it's either good that we didn't see in any activity after that, because maybe it fizzled out, or it could be that it's stuck, and so that's even that's not good either. Ireland got hit with this massive storm on the eighth. They had like thirty thousand people out of power, and then Argentina saw eggs sized hail falling in Argentina as well. Yeah, and they should be like in the summer months as well. You know, southern Hemisphere is going summer while we're going winter, and they're still getting all this hail, which is really weird. Then this cyclone hit Brazil again for more flooding on their coastal. The other flooding was more inland. This was all coastal. Thirty municipalities proclaimed a state of emergency and three people died in that massive snow up in Austria. It broke a ten year high for them. Lots and lots of snow coming in. So we'll have to see what the United States does. But Canada got hit Halifax County. They had a severe blizzard up there, so it's it's headed our way. On the tenth, that was when we got hit big time. Nineteen tornadoes and five states. Arkansas. One person died there, five injured in a nursing home Leechville, there was one dead there. And then on the eleventh, that's when the huge one came through that tore up two hundred miles. That's crazy, two hundred miles. Yeah, from Alabama to the southern Ohio border, and Kentucky got hit the hardest. They're looking at you know, fifty to one hundred dead from that disaster. I haven't seen the final numbers on it yet. James posted a drone a video of a drone flyover. It was crazy. Just the town is just like we were thinking, like, imagine you were out shopping that day, you know, Christmas shopping, you just had dinner with your family, and then that night it just gets all ripped away. You know, that's just crazy stuff. Okay. And speaking of James, Prepper Broadcasting Network has partnered with the Grindstone Ministries and they're you know, so it's funding to help the people in Kentucky in that and we have a link to that. I'll put it in the show notes for sure, and then do you have a link to it check. I'm just yeah, I was just like I remember reading it. Let me see if I can find it, okay, because I can send it to you and we'll put it on PBN there, okay, okay, and we'll put it up on PBN and that way, you guys, if you want to go help out those people. That is some horrible, horrible stuff, So please, you know, do what you can to help those people there. What a horrible thing to happen right before Christmas, you know, just it's just it's crazy. One hundred year old buildings that you know are were destroyed and whatnot. We also saw on that day heavy snowfall in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. And then France got flooded as well. They saw three weeks worth of rain in twelve hours that flooded them out. So Spain they got all the snow, themult they're flooded, France is flooded. It's and then on that same day, also in Chile, one hundred and forty five houses burned down. Two firefighters were injured in that incident. So the tenth was a rough, rough day for a lot of the world. On the eleventh, we have some flooding, more flooding in Brazil. You know, they're dealing. It's it's basically kind of what Germany looked like after they had that massive, massive flooding. You know, the water's just not moving off, so they're still flooded out. Well, Bolivia saw flooding. Grease got hit by this huge storm. It was like Tsunamis were just pummeling Greece, so they saw severe flooding that day and then just heavy snowfalls up north. So interesting stuff going on with our planet and horrible. You know, people need our prayers out there. Guys, be thankful for what you have. If you're sitting cozy in your house tonight. Our earthquake numbers are up. We had one hundred and thirty six earthquakes that are one point five or more in the past twenty four hours, the biggest of which was a six point five off the Macari Islands. Alaska is still holding the year record at eight point five and we're up to in the last seven days, one thousand and fifty four earthquakes, so we are looking at a little bit of an upt tick of earthquake activities. However, volcanic activity, we're only seeing twenty six active on our planet right now. That's pretty average for the numbers we've been looking at. Thirteen showing minor activities, so that's actually down, but thirty six showing unrest, so that number is actually up. But I think it's just because some of those other ones slip down into the unrest category, so it looks like that might be chilling out a little bit, But the earthquakes tend to drive the volcanic activity, so we're gonna have to keep our eyes on that and see what that holds. We really don't need any more fires or volcanoes putting any more so two into the air because that's just going to make you know, the winter colder and the summer colder as we're coming into next summer. So we have to just keep our eyes on what's going on with that activity. I told you it was a big day with changing Earth news. There was there's a lot to report on. Yeah, it was a good thing that the week before that. It's kind of calm, you know. I could I could take the week off and not be like, oh my gosh, all this stuff happened we need to talk about. So yeah, please, um go check that link out. If you guys can give, that would be great. Here Chain, I'm gonna send you this too, because he sent me a different link for it. There's a PayPal link. Oh okay, yeah, if you go there, there's so there's a place to donate. But yeah, if you send me something else. On that order right now and you can put it up there, and I know that Jane. In Disaster Coffee they have a Grindstone mix and I think some of that goes to as well, So you can double down on. All you're giving there, you go, Yeah, I still have to send some out to some peeps as far as that goes, So maybe that's what I'll do as well, and that way, it's it's the gift that double gives. Hey, two is one, one is none. That is that is right. So thank you guys all for joining us live. If you guys ever have any questions you want to put comments in, I'm more than happy to answer any kind of questions. If you have it about women's self defense or anything that's going on, please feel free to comment and I'll go ahead and address that as we're doing the show. If you want to contact me directly, you can head on over to Changing ourth Series dot com and you can just use the contact there and it comes straight to me. You can contact me that way. Always open to discuss whatever you guys have on your mind and anyway can help. I'll definitely definitely do that because that's that's what I'm here for. That's what trying to prepared people make prepared communities makes us all ready to handle the disasters that are coming down the pipeline a lot easier if we can do it together rather than alone. So yeah, that's why we do the show. So I'm always happy to answer your questions and things like that. So already, well, it doesn't seem like we have any questions going up stuff like that, So let's just call tonight. I'm going to spend a few more hours with my parents before they got to fly out here. Nice. Yeah, well I hadn't seen them in a couple of years. And COVID, you know, all those bs got you know, cold, come down and visit and nobody wanted to travel and stuff. So yeah, already, how's everything on your home front? Look a good? Yeah? Doing well? Build goes on. You're ready for Christmas? Uh? Yeah? Yeah, oh we have our four Did you open up any of your twelve days of Christmas to survive the Holliday? I was doing like yeal days leading up, so I opened the first way today. I forget to go twelve days leading up to Christmas? Was it happened? One? Isn't the fourteenth? The twelve days leading up to Christmas? I don't know. I was like, I'll open it. See I counted it out. Yeah, Now I'm curious because now I want to open to see what you got, because I was going to do it with you. Christmas is twenty fifth, so I figured if I started on the twelfth and there's twelve of them, that'll that'll end New Year's Eve, I mean. Christ Christmas Eve. Okay, yeah, all right, I'm buying that as long as I could. I mean, come on in my living room. I know I've been staring at it too. In my office. I'm like, oh, oh, Sarah'd be good. It's the twelve day of Christmas thing. The first thing I did was I was like, twelve days, okay, so what's that day? Like? Oh yeah, easy, man, I like it some like official twelve days that it's supposed to start on. But can I just open it up the air now? Yeah? Go ahead? And the same so she she got an Advent calendar that Sarah said to me, it's twelve days of Christmas and it's a like an outdoors activity Advent calendar and they have Yeah, it's a big box with little boxes that you open up. It's available. I got it from Walmart Actually. That's pretty cool. And are you opening it? I am? I am right out. I'm opening in the first number one. Here we go. Oh carabineers. Yeah, okay, so it's the same yeah. Yeah, well I figured it would be, you know, and I. Was like. Something, Yeah, that's true, that's true. Yeah, that's what I got. Of course it came with two, but I only ended up with one. Oh haha. Ron Wine. Probably Brack Coo want it too. I think he needs a carabineer for something on the trailer. They're they're nice one. They're the lockable one so it doesn't just flip open. Yeah. I like you. Ye, I am what you're selling? Very all right? Sweet? Yeah, my my office actually got that for me, so very nice. Cool, that's so cool. Yeah. I can't remember what the outdoor company that is that that did it? Uh? What there? I would love to be able to say their name on air, but I can't remember what the Yeah. It's downstairs in my living room. It's funny you gave me that. Well, I got that in the mail one day and then the very next day my mom gave me like a traditional calendar, the little pictures and stuff. Yeah. Oh yeah, it's like everybody's gonna be having calendar. Okay, I'm gonna take a picture of it, and that way I can put it up on Uh yeah, oh, this is gonna be the worst picture ever to you guys. Don't mind the messy office there, I'll put it up there. Very cool gift for an outdoor person or preparedness person. Yeah yeah, let me go ahead and do that. All right, Well, we better get out of here. You know, I always run my shows too long, and once you add in the audio drama, holy smokes, then is really long. Wow. Alrighty, Well, we will be back next week with another hot topic. We're gonna be going over chapter or chapter episode six, So if you guys want to get ready for that, that's the one we're going over. And yeah, we'll be here. And if you have questions of that, think them up because I have no problem answering them and helping you guys out and getting some live chat going as well so we can have some some more interaction would be fun. Yeah, the chat's fun. Yeah, it's good stuff too. There's a lot of good information getting exchanged back and forth. Yeah, that's why I always love to learn. I'm I'm a learner. Man, that's what I do. Yeah, you're something else. Yeah, thanks Chid. I was showing off your hat to my mom, the one you got Christian. Yeah. She's like, oh, yep, that makes sense, makes sense. I'm like, oh, man, busted. But boy, I don't know. I can't figure out my phone. I'll get it up there eventually. That's why I have. I got to just send it to you and you'll put. It up for me. Go ahead, threw it up. I'll do it all right. Oh and there it is. See so easy to send a chin boo. There we go. Oh yeah, yeah, and you got the things on it. Yeah, I put the carabiners on it so everybody can see what we opened up. Pretty cool. So we'll do the update next week on what we got out of the box, and you guys get to have the twelve days of Christmas with us. We'll do the report and every once in a while what what we got? All right? Very nice? Okay, well that'll be up in a second. All right, let's get out of here. All right. Thank you very much for joining us. Always you can get a hold of me changing our series dot com. Hopefully I'll have big news and the works for you guys soon. I'm always working, you know, always working. What Until next time, remember dream. Right. Thank you for joining Sarah and Chen for this episode of the Changing Earth podcast. Don't forget to pick up your copy of Day After This ast or at www dot author Sarah Fathaway dot com. If you love the Changing Earth series and podcasts, become a supporter while you're