Attached is this weeks report of data centers etc. Training update: I recently created some courses for my volunteer ham testing team and in doing so I realized that it would be good to have the ability to have a certificate of completion. That required some modifications to the format was needed to gate the…
Author: Nick Meacher
Nick Meacher learned preparedness planning from his extensive career in emergency services and emergency management. With over 25 years as an expert planner developing and teaching emergency response programs, Train-the-Trainer programs, developing a variety of exercises to include Emergency Operations Center and Continuity of Operations. He has worked on an All-Hazards Incident Management Team and in Emergency Operations Centers. He is an instructor for Continuity of Operations, Incident Management, Exercise Design and a number of other related courses.
He is a contributing author to several magazines and teaches preparedness, including developing family emergency plans, communications plans, Amateur Radio and other aspects of being prepared for the natural and man-made disasters that occur every year.
He has been a contributor to several Department of Homeland Security documents on encryption in public safety. He has presented at several state emergency management conferences, the American Association of Airport Executives Emergency Management conferences and Public Safety Communications Summits. He has appeared on a number of podcasts.
He runs a volunteer team that provides free Amateur Radio (HAM) classes and tests and has provided almost 2,000 test sessions in four years with over 1,200 new ham radio operators.
Todays DTR and online training update
US-Iran strikes continue for a second night with a third Gulf country now hit. A new Utah wildfire has passed Cottonwood as the nation’s largest. Here’s what actually matters for your household today. Good morning, Quick version of today’s Daily Threat Report: Iran situation continues to escalate. The US and Iran have now exchanged strikes…
DTR 07-JUL: Hormuz strikes resume, Cottonwood Fire progress, Ebola CFR climbs
Today’s Daily Threat Report is live. Three things worth your attention: Hormuz tensions resume. Two vessels — including a Qatari LNG carrier — were struck by projectiles near Oman today, the first renewed kinetic exchange since late June. Diplomatic talks remain on hold pending Iran’s ongoing state funeral proceedings. Oil markets reacted immediately. Cottonwood Fire…
DTR 06-JUL-2026: Hormuz Tolling Hardens, IAEA Access Denied, Second Grid Emergency Order
Today’s Daily Threat Report covers: GEO-CF-IRAN: Iran hardens its Hormuz toll-fee position and Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf denies IAEA inspectors access to bombed nuclear sites, citing new legislation — next diplomatic round deferred until after Khamenei’s funeral GEO-003: Venezuela earthquake toll has risen to 2,954 confirmed dead as recovery operations continue; displacement has improved to 10,700…
DTR 02-JUL-2026 — Grid record risk, sharp oil price move, critical KEV deadline today
Today’s Daily Threat Report tracks a grid demand record in progress, a sharp 48-hour drop in oil prices, and a critical vulnerability deadline hitting today: PJM is forecasting a potential all-time electricity demand record this afternoon under DOE emergency orders active through 03-JUL. Brent crude fell $4.37 (-5.8%) in the last 48 hours as Strait…
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You don’t have an OPSEC problem. You have six of them, and most are sitting in your driveway, your trash can, and your phone. Social media posts. The neighbor who means well. Photos with GPS data baked in. Mail nobody shreds. Location tracking you never turned off. Passwords sitting next to the laptop. None of…
Today’s briefing: record heat, record grid demand
Good morning, Tomorrow, the power grid serving 67 million people across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic may see its highest electricity demand ever recorded, breaking a record that’s stood since 2006. Here’s what’s driving it, and what else is on our radar today: Grid emergency: PJM Interconnection is forecasting 166,304 MW of peak demand tomorrow. DOE…
Monday morning. Here’s where things stand.
US-IRAN — MOU ACUTE STRESS US and Iran exchanged kinetic strikes across four days (26-29 June). The IRGC struck the Singapore-flagged Ever Lovely cargo ship, the Kiku tanker carrying 2 million barrels of Qatari crude, US 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, and Kuwait military bases. US CENTCOM struck Iranian coastal radar installations, missile sites, and…
DTR 25-JUN-2026 | Venezuela M7.5 Twin Earthquake | Ebola Reaches France | Lebanon Talks Collapse | Cisco KEV Sunday
Today’s brief opens with a disaster that broke overnight and was not in yesterday’s cycle. Venezuela was struck by twin earthquakes — a M7.2 and M7.5 that hit 39 seconds apart, the most powerful seismic event in the country in 125 years. At least 164 people are confirmed dead and 971 injured. Multiple high-rise buildings…
SUBJECT: DTR | 24 June 2026 | PREP-CON 3 | IAEA Grossi: Inspections “Going to Happen” | ENHANCED CO/WY Tonight | Ebola 1,000 Cases | Cisco KEV 29-JUN
Today’s Daily Threat Report is published. PREP-CON 3 BROWN SKY remains in effect. Six active watch items. THE LEAD THIS CYCLE The IAEA Director General spoke publicly today from Fukushima: nuclear inspections of Iran will happen under the MOU text — “This is going to happen.” He called the US-Iran public dispute a “war of…