Preparedness Notes for Tuesday — December 28, 2021

Today, Tuesday, December 28, 2021 is the 80th birthday of Jerry Wigutow — the founder (and still the owner and operator) of Wiggy’s. It is one of the last American sleeping bag manufacturers. All of his company’s outstanding products sold under their brand name are still made by hand in Colorado. Happy Birthday, Jerry! — December 28, 1793 is the day that Thomas Paine was arrested in France for treason. The charges against him were never fully detailed, but he was tried in absentia on December 26 and convicted. Best known as the author of Common Sense, he moved to …




Off-Grid PV Power for an O2 Concentrator or CPAP, by Tunnel Rabbit

With the advent of new variants of Coronavirus in mind, and other diseases that will be present in a collapse when no doctor can be found, we may be faced with the long-term care of loved ones. The production of oxygen, and/or running a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine could be necessary. What follows is my ‘notes on the back of an envelope’ attempt — a starting point that goes toward a solution. I am merely offering the reader my estimation of what it would take to get this done. This is the minimum PV power generation and storage …




SurvivalBlog’s News From The American Redoubt

This weekly column features news stories and event announcements from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. We also mention companies of interest to preppers and survivalists that are located in the American Redoubt region. Today, we again focus on the Greater Idaho Project. The image above shows the election results in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, with an overlay of the proposed expanded state lines for Greater Idaho. (See the Region-Wide section.) Region-Wide The Atlantic reports: Modern America’s Most Successful …