Day: September 12, 2010

Notes from JWR:

Tomorrow is the last day of the big sale at Ready Made Resources on Mountain House freeze-dried foods. Be sure to order soon.  — Today we present another entry for Round 30 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round will include: First Prize: A.) A course certificate from onPoint Tactical. This certificate will be for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses. (Excluding those restricted for military or government teams.) Three day onPoint courses normally cost between $500 and $600, and B.) Two cases of Mountain House freeze dried assorted entrees, in #10 cans, courtesy …


Managing Medication Withdrawal in a Prolonged Crisis, by Charles D.

As a pastoral and chemical dependency counselor who has worked in a variety of mental health, ministry and addiction settings, I would like to address one of the unique mental and behavioral health needs that may be experienced in a prolonged disaster. More specifically, I will speak to the possibility of running out of psychiatric and pain medication, and the non-medical ways of dealing with pain and mental health symptoms as well as medication withdrawal. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, almost 58 million adults in the US (one in four) suffer from mental illness, and 45% of …


Letter Re: Massive Explosion and Fire Rock San Bruno California

JWR: Here’s an example of quick reaction in a disaster: Massive Explosion and Fire Rock San Bruno. Move decisively and quickly. It highlights why your G.O.O.D. plan has to be “pre-loaded”. Your car must have your 72 hour or 1 Week kit in it. There may not be time to do anything other than run for your life. – F.J.


Letter Re: A Visual New Zealand Earthquake Web Site

Hey Jim It has been a while since I’ve written, but we still read you every day. Have a look at this site, with a map that show the recent Christchurch New Zealand earthquake and it aftershocks. It provides a very graphic ‘time to relocate’ signal for anybody with a little common sense. Regards, – Joe Ordinary Voortrekker


Letter Re: Airsoft for Survival Training Adventure

Jim, You nailed it with your caveat to the guest article “Airsoft for Survival Training Adventure”. I work at a military college with ROTC cadets, and unfortunately have to spend a lot of time “unteaching” the deadly habits they developed with paintball and Airsoft. I’ve seen the same in the military, especially when conducting urban training- people grossly under-estimate the penetrating power of modern small arms. Examples are soldiers attempting to engage a tiny exposed portion of a target, when the rest of the enemy soldier was concealed behind an interior house wall, or a storage shed, or a similar …


Economics and Investing:

Rosenberg: Here Are 13 Signs That We’re Actually in a Depression Right Now. (Thanks to P.D. for the link.) Greg G. sent us this: Michael Burry is Long Farmable Land, and Agrees With Paulson on Gold (But Not the Other “Recovery” Themes). (Greg’s observations: “Michael Burry, a famous hedge fund manager has stopped investing other people’s money altogether and has gone ‘all in’ on farmable land with water on site and physical gold. I think that this guy is a undercover prepper.”) Americans Saving More as Debt, Job Worries Mount. Steve K. mentioned the “I Want Your Money” Official HD …


Odds ‘n Sods:

M.O.B. sent us a link to an article about MREs: A Taste of Home in Foil Packets and Powder    o o o An easy-to-make and free project for survivalist time-telling: The Ring Sundial. (Thanks to Jeff S. for the link.)    o o o M.& K. sent this: Asteroid Near-Misses Actually Common, Scientists Say    o o o The Nanny State Run Amok: Toy guns will have to be licensed in Queensland under new firearms laws. My advice to Australians: Take The Gap.


Jim’s Quote of the Day:

“Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things. Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first [month]. And the floors shall be full of wheat, …