- SurvivalBlog.com - https://survivalblog.com -

Preparedness Notes for Friday — February 12, 2021

February 12th is the birthday of theologian and journalist Cotton Mather [1] (1663–1728).

SurvivalBlog Writing Contest

Today we present another entry for Round 93 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [2]. The prizes for this round include:

First Prize:

  1. The photovoltaic power specialists at Quantum Harvest LLC  are providing a store-wide 10% off coupon [3]. Depending on the model chosen, this could be worth more than $2000.
  2. A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate. This can be used for any of their one, two, or three-day course [4] (a $1,095 value),
  3. A course certificate from onPoint Tactical for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses [5], excluding those restricted for military or government teams. Three-day onPoint courses normally cost $795,
  4. DRD Tactical is providing a 5.56 NATO QD Billet upper [6]. These have hammer forged, chrome-lined barrels and a hard case, to go with your own AR lower. It will allow any standard AR-type rifle to have a quick change barrel. This can be assembled in less than one minute without the use of any tools. It also provides a compact carry capability in a hard case or in 3-day pack (a $1,100 value),
  5. Two cases of Mountain House freeze-dried assorted entrees [7] in #10 cans, courtesy of Ready Made Resources (a $350 value),
  6. A $250 gift certificate good for any product [8] from Sunflower Ammo,
  7. American Gunsmithing Institute (AGI) is providing a $300 certificate good towards any of their DVD training courses [9].

Second Prize:

  1. A Front Sight Lifetime Diamond Membership, providing lifetime free training at any Front Sight Nevada course, with no limit on repeating classes. This prize is courtesy of a SurvivalBlog reader who prefers to be anonymous.
  2. A Glock form factor SIRT laser training pistol and a SIRT AR-15/M4 [10] Laser Training Bolt, courtesy of Next Level Training, that have a combined retail value of $589,
  3. Two 1,000-foot spools of full mil-spec U.S.-made 750 paracord [11] (in-stock colors only) from www.TOUGHGRID.com (a $240 value).
  4. Naturally Cozy is donating a “Prepper Pack” Menstrual Kit.  This kit contains 18 pads and it comes vacuum-sealed for long term storage or slips easily into a bugout bag.  The value of this kit is $220.
  5. An assortment of products along with a one-hour consultation on health and wellness from Pruitt’s Tree Resin (a $265 value).

Third Prize:

  1. Three sets each [12] of made-in-USA regular and wide-mouth reusable canning lids. (This is a total of 300 lids and 600 gaskets.) This prize is courtesy of Harvest Guard (a $270 value)
  2. A Royal Berkey water filter, courtesy of [13] Directive 21 (a $275 value),
  3. Two Super Survival Pack seed collections [14], a $150 value, courtesy of Seed for Security, LLC,
  4. A transferable $150 purchase credit from Elk Creek Company [15], toward the purchase of any pre-1899 antique gun. There is no paperwork required for delivery of pre-1899 guns into most states, making them the last bastion of firearms purchasing privacy!

Round 93 ends on March 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail [16] us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging.

Comments Disabled (Open | Close)

Comments Disabled To "Preparedness Notes for Friday — February 12, 2021"

#1 Comment By ThoDan On February 12, 2021 @ 9:17 am

Has the cammenga 360 degree markings on the “dial”

#2 Comment By Anonymous On February 12, 2021 @ 5:53 pm

Sheeple, Censorship, and Impeachment: What is Making Me Start to Hate America
(YouTube Video, 12:45)
Reid Henrichs
Feb 11, 2021
[17]

#3 Comment By Jonathan Gardner On February 13, 2021 @ 12:03 am

Just purchased my first survival Blog thumb drive. Thanks for compiling all this knowledge!

#4 Comment By Anonymous On February 13, 2021 @ 1:08 am

Kick Microsoft off of your Raspberry Pi
(YouTube Video, 14:51)
KM4ACK
Feb 12, 2021
[18]

Incredible, all these folks trying to leave the MS universe only to have a link secretly inserted into their Pi…

#5 Comment By Anonymous On February 13, 2021 @ 9:52 pm

Microsoft Compromising Raspberry Pi
(YouTube Video, 17:06)
Switched to Linux
Premiered Feb 6, 2021
[19]

“Today it came to light that a Microsoft signing key and repo was quietly added to Raspberry Pi OS. Today I confirmed this silent change on a production Raspberry Pi Lite. We will look at other options and what we can do to protect our system if we need to run the default Pi operating system.”

#6 Comment By Batteau On February 13, 2021 @ 12:37 pm

Our daughter is home and nearing full recovery from pneumonia. Thank God, and thanks for the prayers.

A granddaughter has recently married and she and new husband are addicted to camping. Talking of relocating to northwest US. We need people like that.

My wife is a retired BMT RN, and does not have a confident opinion of modern doctors and their methods, especially during the past year. We have not yet had our vaccinations.

It’s been extremely cold in our area with frequent light snowfall. Can’t remember a cold period lasting this long with temperatures this low since the ‘70s into early ‘80s. It was really good trapping back then with high fur prices.

God Bless All, especially the children.

Semper Fi