Reader C.D.V. kindly sent me a map of the most rural counties in the U.S. [1], compiled by Purdue University. This map is a great tool to help in selecting retreat locales [2]. By the way, you can right-click to zoom in on the map. Do you notice a correlation with my designated American Redoubt [3] states? Interesting. (And BTW, here is the source page [4] and there is an accompanying Rural-Metropolitan Levels map [5], and here is the key for the second map [6]. And it is also interesting to correlate that data with the Frontier designation [7] of some counties.
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The folks at Safecastle [8] are now providing a free hardcover copy of my new book “Survivors” [9] with qualifying purchases of Mountain House three-can packages [8]. They are also including a free Aurora Firestarter [10]. I may be biased, but that sounds like a great deal, to me!
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Meanwhile, Ready Made Resources is also having a 25% off sale on Mountain House foods (from Monday through Wednesday) and offering a free copy of “Survivors” when you order two cases Mountain House foods [11]. Note that this offer can be multiplied — i.e. you will receive five copies of the novel if you order 10 cases of Mountain House foods.
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G.P. sent this: TEOTWAWKI: The perfect solar storm [12]. (A nice succinct piece by Travis Kelly, a newspaper writer in in Grand Junction, Colorado.)
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Pierre M. spotted this: As Prisoner Exchange Begins, Los Angeles County Officials Predict Doom [13]
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Methinks that the “Just Us” Department has found their convenient scapegoat: New Fast and Furious docs released by White House [14]. (Thanks to K.A.F. for the link.) Oh, BTW, some have surmised that the entire BATFE might be disbanded [15]. But I’m afraid that is just wishful thinking. I suspect that there will be some grandstanding and organizational shuffling. But inevitably this rogue agency will simply be re-named and the same agents will be sent out to continue trampling our right to keep and bear arms.