Episode 89-Wilderness Hazards (and Midterm Election Predictions)
It's November 1st. How crazy is that? Didn't 2010 just get underway? Oh well.... Since it's the beginning of November it also means that the Midterm Elections in the US are tomorrow. So... Although I try to keep this show relatively politics-free I did use the first 8-9 minutes of today's show to make my predictions so that you can all laugh at me on Wednesday if I'm way off or be awed by my prescience if I get it right. If you'd rather not spend time on that, just fast-forward to around the 9 minute mark or so....
The bulk of this long-ish 49 minute episode is about things you can do to prepare for various wilderness hazards ranging from high winds to flash floods to lightning strikes to plague-carrying squirrels (no, I'm not kidding about the squirrels... why do you ask?)
Hope you all find it interesting and informative. 
Chip,
Reflecting on the election results, how would you grade your predictions?
-Sean
Sean said this on November 3rd, 2010 at 10:23 am
I would have to say when the final votes are tallied I fared fairly well in my house prediction (although it won’t quite reach 70 it appears, but will be in the 60s) and kind of blew it in the Senate. I was somewhat surprised by a couple of the races as virtually every polling outfit seemed to be. I think that uncertainty is part of why I’m an elections junkie…
chipmonk said this on November 3rd, 2010 at 6:01 pm