THREE ITEMS DRIVING TODAY’S PICTURE – Iran suspended US ceasefire talks on 01 June citing Israeli action in Lebanon, then reportedly restored them the same day per a regional source with knowledge of the talks. President Trump told ABC News a deal is reachable within one week. The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed at…
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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.
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DTR – 01 Jun 2026 – Iran deal clock, SE storms now active, FBI physical infiltration warning
Good morning – Three items driving the picture today. The Iran deal is not signed. Markets are moving as if it will be – Brent crude fell 19% in May, the worst monthly decline since COVID-19, and retail gas is at $4.322/gal nationally, down 7 cents from last week. But the physical picture is different:…
Two New Briefs – 29 MAY Daily Threat Report + Construction & Manufacturing Sector Brief
Two intelligence products are live. Bottom line on each below; full analysis, scored judgments, and tripwires at the link. DAILY THREAT REPORT – 29 MAY 2026 (PREP-CON 3, Trend STABLE) Iran: a tentative 60-day US-Iran ceasefire-extension MoU, brokered with Pakistani mediation and Qatari hosting in Doha, awaits President Trump’s final signature. It runs against a…
DTR 28 MAY – Iran strikes resume; Ebola Italy cases cleared; PNW severe storms
– IRAN: US and IRGC traded strikes near the Strait of Hormuz early 28-MAY as a 14-point US-Iran MoU draft circulates; oil up about 2 percent, blockade Day 46. – EBOLA: The two suspected Italy importations tested negative and are excluded; the DRC-Uganda outbreak keeps expanding past 1,200 cases. – WEATHER: SPC Day 1 SLGT…
The data center boom is coming to your county — here’s what it costs you
The data center going up across the county doesn’t stay across the county. It shows up on your power bill, draws down your water supply, and lands on your local zoning agenda — often before most residents even know a project is in the works. Most reporting on the data center boom is written for…
Podcast tonight
I’ll be on with Angery American and gang tonight 8pm eastern https://www.youtube.com/live/6FngtP_aY0M
Daily Threat Report – 27 May 2026
What we are tracking today: – The US and Iran are reportedly close to signing an agreement that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping. The strikes from 25 May are now behind us with no new fighting reported. – Severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts are forecast for parts of the Mid-Atlantic this…
DTR 26 MAY – US strikes Iran near Hormuz; Garden Grove threat eased; Ebola doubles
Daily Threat Report – 26 May 2026 Good morning. This is a 72-hour rollup covering the Memorial Day weekend. Three developments lead the cycle: US STRIKES IRAN NEAR HORMUZ US forces struck Iranian missile sites and mine-laying boats near the Strait of Hormuz on 25-MAY, concurrent with an advancing negotiating framework. Iran is threatening to…
COMMS Watch Vol. 1, Issue 5
This week: • A CVSS 10.0 Cisco SD-WAN flaw escalated to a CISA Emergency Directive, with confirmed active exploitation • HF propagation has recovered from last weekend’s geomagnetic storm • A new pending-legislation tracker: CIRCIA, spectrum bills, and active FCC proceedings https://fortunefavorstheprepared.com/comms-watch/ Semper Paratus, Semper Gumby.
New from FFTP: a free guide to how intelligence analysts actually think
When people picture intelligence work, they picture secret information. But the part that actually separates a professional assessment from a confident guess isn’t access — it’s tradecraft: the disciplined way an analyst weighs evidence, tests assumptions, considers alternatives, and states uncertainty honestly. Almost all of it is unclassified, and all of it is learnable. I’ve…