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Spain’s Best-Kept Secret: World-Class Disaster Insurance

Why This Little-Known System Puts Other Countries to Shame
Spain’s Best-Kept Secret: World-Class Disaster Insurance
If you own property in Spain, you probably understand the importance of having insurance coverage to protect your investment. However, even the best insurance policies can't always protect you from unexpected events like earthquakes, floods, and other natural disasters. That's where the Consorcio de Compensación de Seguros (CCS) comes in. The CCS is a public entity in Spain that was established in 1954 to ensure that everyone in the country has access to insurance coverage for certain... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Friday, August 8, 2025 10:09:00 AM Categories: Envrionment Insurance Natural Disaster Spain Spanish Weather
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Are You Ready For WW3?

A Candid Journey Through Stockpiling, Strategy, and Survival in a Precarious World
Are You Ready For WW3?
In a fun year that seems to keep getting more fun every week (#ironyalert!) the EU (via the European Commission) has just launched a new “Preparedness Union Strategy” aimed at boosting Europe’s resilience to emerging threats. Among the 30 actions covering everything from early-warning systems to civil-military crisis exercises, it calls for “promoting population preparedness” by encouraging the public “to maintain essential supplies for a minimum of 72 hours in emergencies”. This follows on... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Thursday, March 27, 2025 1:57:00 PM Categories: America Andalusia Dystopia Electricity Food Geopolitics Spain WW3
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The demise of supermarket baskets.

I'm not a number, I'm a free man, and I don't want to use a trolley
The demise of supermarket baskets.
1st world problem I know, but I'm really cheesed off that my favourite supermarket here in Spain, Mercadona has phased out hand baskets - we're trolley only in my branch now, and while I've been suffering in silence about this for nine months or so, now is the time for the worm to turn. So I wrote them a letter of complaint about it yesterday in both Spanish and English, so let's see what happens. (My money is on nothing, as corporations always value profit over customer convenience). Here... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Thursday, March 20, 2025 12:11:00 PM Categories: Andalusia Dystopia Shopping Spain Spanish culture Tourism
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