Blog Heap of Links for the day 26 August 2015

'If the internet goes down, half the planet will come to a standstill': why 'preppers' will be the last ones standing…

…died of stomach cancer. She was 42… Marcy Borders… After the attacks, Borders spiraled into a decade-long deep depression and alcohol and drug abuse, though she eventually recovered. …no one had contacted her in the months that followed the attacks and her photo was beamed around the world. No aid organizations helped her and no one had told her that mental services were available for free for 9/11 survivors.…