USMC81 - Marine Corps Web Log: 11SEP2011: MSgt Joel Weber

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USMC81 - Marine Corps Web Log: 11SEP2011: MSgt Joel Weber: Ramblings of a Deployed Mind From the confines of Camp Leatherneck ALMAR/ALFAM/ALFRDS Yep another week down. Today is Patriot's Day, ...

Powerline feeding southern California severed

More that 1.4 Million people throughout Southern California are without power after a major transmission line was severed. Officials are declining to comment on what caused the line to be severed but are saying that it was not a terrorist attack.

Orange County, Coachella Valley, eastern San Diego and parts of northern Mexico are all experiencing outages a will return.

Police agencies in New York City and Washington were alerted to a major terrorist plot earlier today but officials are denying that this has anything to do with that threat.

UPDATE: 7p.m. PST

• San Diego Airport completely shut down – All San Diego Flights grounded because of power outage.
• Outages also effecting Arizona and Mexico
• SDG&E say’s outage cause unclear, but “first time we’ve lost an entire system”
• San Diego – 13 police stations without power
• SDG&E  – two of the other main power supplies in the region are also down…. a transmission line from the north and one from the east

UPDATE: 8:10p.m. PST

• Boil Water notice issued for parts of Southern California
• Officials are asking people in the following water districts…. Fallbrook public, valley center municipal, Ramona municipal and Coronado to start conserving water so it doesn’t add extra stress to the system.
• All San Diego County schools closed tomorrow.
• California National Guard put on alert because of outage

UPDATE: 8:35p.m. PST

• Maj. Thomas Keegan from the National Guard Headquarters Sacramento – “We alerted our forces of possible call-up — to put people on notice that there may be an activation — guard on heightened state of alert.”

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Bee Knives.

I recently was able to get my hands on couple of Bee knives, the El-01 and the EL-02, I did my research before getting them, the opinions I saw were at both sides of the spectrum, some hate them because they are Chinese made, because they copy existing designs, or because the steel is too soft, the other site love them because they are cheap as hell, if you research the steels you can get a semi decent steel, you can beat the hell out of them.

The reason I picked these two is simple, they use the steel 8CR13MOV, which you can find in several brand knives, including the Spyderco Tenacious, Resilience, Ambitious, Persistence, which I own and love, they take a beating and you can get them back to scary sharp in no time.

Here are the specs on the EL-01:
,Total lengh 200mm,Handle Material:Steel Plating titanium,Blade width:24mm,Blade Length:85mm,Blade thickness:3mm,Blade material:8Cr13Mov,liner lock type,Blade hardness:57HRC+


EL-02:
Total Length: 21.5cm
Closed: 120 mm
Blade length: 105 mm
Blade thickness: 3.5mm
Blade material: 8Cr13mov
Handle material: (Black) Micarta
Blade hardness: 58-60HRC

Wow, I have been absent for a while

I guess work got to me, I haven't had any time lately top be online, there's so much stuff happening in this crazy world of us that I don't know where to start.

The bombing/shooting in Norway, prayers be with them, the death of a drug addict (Amy Winehouse) that created more media attention than casualties in Afghanistan , it is a sad day in the world the day that we cry over an addict but we do not care about the people that protect our freedoms.


Amy Winehouse dead...Because she SELF overdosed. I don't care. However I DO CARE about:
Army Sgt. Edward W. Koehler July 18, 2011
Army Sgt. Brian K. Mowery July 18, 2011
Army Sgt. Omar A. Jones July 18, 2011
Army Staff Sgt. James M. Christen July 19, 2011
...Army Sgt. Jacob Molina July 19, 2011
All KIA in Afghanistan.

Spyderco EDCF Manix

The wait is officially over, my check was cashed and I am just waiting for the shipping notice, this will be my first Spyderco Manix, and I am afraid to like it, there is about ten different Manix variations out there.

Here is a short video of the one I'll be getting.

My EDC Bag

I think this is the first post I make about my bag, It has been a progression to the current one.

I started with a Voodoo Tactical Level 3 bag in ACU, I think it was a little to flashy, and at the time I had other needs so I gave it to my nephew, I proceed to order a Maxped Jumbo and I got fool as a lot of people by the Maxpedition dwarf, basically if you look at the product page the bag looks huge in the guy on the pics, after having the bag load it and realizing it was too small I upgrade to the Maxped Mongo, This bag was perfect, It was big enough to load my stuff, it would fit my netbook, and it is really comfortable but, After a while I decided to add a first aid kit, and it killed the space in the bag.

I still have this bag, I use it from time to time when I need something smaller, after this bag I put a lot of though in what I wanted/needed at the time, so I order a Maxped MPB, once again I thought that was it, after carrying it for a while I kinda got frustrated with the "briefcase"type of the bag, I realize it was too uncomfortable to run with the bag, so once again I ditched this bag into my closet and decided to order a backpack, that's when the Voodoo Tactical Tobago arrived to my door, at first I was in love with this bag, big enough to carry everything and still had a lot of space left, I decided to test this bag and went on a hike, this bag is so big that it is easy to over load it, after a while on the hike the bag started to feel really uncomfortable, so once again another bag had to go.

I "stole" my wife's Maxped Monsoon, this bag loads pretty good, the only problem is that the organization of this bag sucks, you need smaller bags to actually organize it properly, I returned this bag as quickly as possible.

I debated on getting a Maxped Kodiak, but being a gear slinger with only one strap, I wasn't sure how much I would like this bag, so I decided to go back to the original bag I had, but in a more subtle color Coyote Brown, I started doing some research and discover that Condor makes the same bag, with better quality than Voodoo, so I order one and loaded it, I can say I love this bag, enough space for my stuff, it's not easy to overload, and it is pretty comfortable carrying it around.

I added a couple of extras like a Maxped M2 pouch, Monkey admin pouch, mini rolly polly, and some combat shears.

I'll make a new post with the contents of my bag later on, here are a few pics of the bag as it sits today.

First post of the year

It's been a busy beginning of the year, I have been going to the Red Cross to try to volunteer, work has been crazy and I haven't had to much free time.

I am still carrying my Millie and I added a Boker Wharcom as a less intimidating knife to have around sheeple, the Millie has proven to be an excellent all around knife, it has performed all the task thrown at it.

My EDC has been changing a lot lately, I have been pretty much set in my level 3 assault pack, with a couple of attachments, a rip-away emt first aid kit, a maxpedition M-1 pouch and a Mini rolly polly.

Also I recently bought a Spyderco Mule which i am still to do a review on it.