10 Days and Two Candy Bars: Stranded student survives 10 days in her Toyota Corolla [1]. This underscores the profound need to carry survival gear and water when traveling. (Thanks to Ian in Virginia for the link.)
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Congratulations to Mac Slavo of the SHTF Plan blog [2], now listed as #1 in popularity by the Survival Top 50 survey site [3]! Congratulations are also due to The Survival Podcast [4], the top-ranked site in Survival Top 50’s ongoing Reader’s Choice Awards [5]. (Note: You have to scroll way down to the bottom of the Reader’s Choice [5] web page to see The Survival Podcast [4] and SurvivalBlog, in the rankings. Listing the top-ranked sites at the bottom of a deep page seems counterintuitive.)
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Emergency Essentials [6] (one of our loyal advertisers and a a prize donor for our bi-monthly writing contest) is running a Mountain House sale until the 28th, with 20-to-25% off all cans!
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Yet another reason to live in the boonies: Sniper Detectors Coming to America’s Heartland [7].
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Up in Montana, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Fanning [8] has selected Pastor Chuck Baldwin [9] as his running mate. I predict that the deciding factor in the upcoming primary elections in all of the American Redoubt [10] states may hinge upon which candidates align themselves with presidential candidate Ron Paul [11].