Day: March 13, 2018

Preparedness Notes for Tuesday – March 13, 2018

Today is the birthday of the astronomer Percival Lowell, in 1855. His flawed “Canals of Mars” theories persisted from 1895 to 1909. o o o There are only a little more than two weeks left in this round of the SurvivalBlog Writing contest. For a chance at these great prizes, get your article finished up and sent in to us. o o o SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today features another entry for Round 75 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The nearly $11,000 worth of prizes for this round include: First Prize: A $3000 gift certificate towards a Sol-Ark Solar Generator …


Perspectives on Patrolling- Part 1, by J.M.

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Patrolling is something you may need to know how to do. In today’s world, if we want to find out what’s going on around us, we typically turn to the Internet, look at TV or newspapers, or call up a friend. In a post-SHTF world, we probably won’t have those options, but we’ll have an even greater need to locate resources and stay up-to-date on what’s happening around us that might have an impact on our health, safety, or well-being. One way to accomplish would be patrolling. Patrolling Defined For the purpose of this discussion, I define patrolling as “a …


SurvivalBlog’s News From The American Redoubt

Here is SurvivalBlog’s News From The American Redoubt. This weekly column features news stories and event announcements from around the American Redoubt region. We also mention companies of interest to preppers that are located in the region. The emphasis this week is on CeraTac LLC in Cheyenne, Wyoming. (See the Wyoming  section.) Region-Wide: Perhaps I’m just behind the power curve, but I finally noticed that Redoubt News now has a YouTube channel. o o o Radio Free Redoubt: Episode 18-08 Trained Strong Men and The Emerging Insurgent Political Arm I should mention that in this episode, host J.J. Schmidt announced …


The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods:

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SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods— a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from “HJL”. Today focuses mainly on medical drug issues. Why Democrats Would Lose a Civil War Another U.S. civil war is unlikely in the near future, but if it were to come to that, this article explains why a red vs. blue war would result in the blue losing. While the blue holds the ports, the red holds the heartland with the vast majority of resources. Even if the military were to fall on …


The Editors’ Quote of the Day:

“There is … a clever maxim which bears upon what I was saying to you some little while ago, and that is, that unless wicked ideas take root in a naturally depraved mind, human nature in a [[right] and wholesome state, revolts at crime. Still, from an artificial civilization have originated wants, vices, and false tastes which occasionally become so powerful as to stifle within us all good feelings, and ultimately to lead us into guilt and wickedness…” – Alexandre Duma, in The Count of Monte Cristo