by hcooperblog | Jul 1, 2019 | 9/11, America, Crime, Current Events, Domestic Terrorism, First Responders, International Terrorism, International Travel, Joint Special Operations Command, Lou Alvarez, Military, NYFD, NYPD, Politics, Preparedness, President, Quality of Life, September 11, 2001, Situational Awareness, Social Media, Terrorism, Travel, Travel Risks, Travel Safety, Twin Towers, War on Terrorism
Lou Alvarez…back in the day! Oh, you don’t know who Lou is! Well, let’s review. You see, once upon a time there was this place called the Twin Towers, New York City. The towers stood tall and proud. Thousands of people worked in the towers and many...
by hcooperblog | Jun 30, 2019 | Exercise, Gratitude, Health, Health and Fitness, Make Your Bed, Nothing Is Promised, Preparedness, Quality of Life, Situational Awareness, Travel Risks, Travel Safety
What improves the quality of life for you? Could it be healthy eating? Is it exercise? Is it a spiritual or religious practice? Or, is it living on some tropical island far from civilization and absent other humans? Or perhaps it is a bizarre cocktail of all of these,...
by hcooperblog | Jun 16, 2019 | A.I., Amazon, Amazon Echo, Artificial Intelligence, Cell Phones, Connectivity, Current Events, International Terrorism, International Travel, Phone Spying, Situational Awareness, Social Media, Spying, Technology, Travel, Travel Risks, Travel Safety, Uncategorized
This week there was a publication by Mashable on the subject of “phone spying” that was, to say the least, disturbing. And apparently, it does not matter whether it is an iOS or Android, or any particular maker. Further, when you must have an add-on of...
by hcooperblog | Jun 3, 2019 | Active Shooter, America, Assault Weapons, Assaults, Bombs, Burglary, Crime, Current Events, Domestic Terrorism, Gun Violence, Health, Homelessness, Human Trafficking, Illegal Immigration, International Terrorism, International Travel, Politics, Preparedness, President, Rape, Robbery, Schools, Second Amendment, Sex Trafficking, Sexual Assault, Situational Awareness, Terrorism, Travel, Travel Risks, Travel Safety, Uncategorized
These are the headlines of the day, an Active Shooter in California, an Active Shooter in Virginia. Worried that your community, your office, your mall, your entertainment venue is missing out on all the excitement? Never fear, there are more knuckleheads out there...
by hcooperblog | May 29, 2019 | A.I., Amazon, Amazon Echo, Artificial Intelligence, International Travel, Politics, Preparedness, Schools, Situational Awareness, Technology, Travel, Travel Risks, Travel Safety
I came across an interesting article today that talks about your cell phone privacy, or lack there-of. It seems that while you and I sleep, our phones, iPhones, Androids, whatever, are busy with apps sending data to…who knows where? A bit of a dramatic...
by hcooperblog | May 28, 2019 | A.I., Active Shooter, Amazon, Amazon Echo, America, Artificial Intelligence, Assault Weapons, Assaults, Bombs, Burglary, Crime, Current Events, Domestic Terrorism, Gun Violence, Health, Homelessness, Human Trafficking, Illegal Immigration, International Terrorism, International Travel, Joint Special Operations Command, Military, Politics, Preparedness, President, Rape, Robbery, Schools, Second Amendment, Sex Trafficking, Sexual Assault, Situational Awareness, Technology, Terrorism, Travel, Travel Risks, Travel Safety, Uncategorized, War on Terrorism
Back in the day, in the rear belly of a Russian Hind Helicopter, on the tarmac of an airbase in Afghanistan, alternately smiling and choking on the toxic air (believe me, you don’t want to know the details on the air situation) during a calm in what was sometimes a...
