Day: October 11, 2022

Preparedness Notes for Tuesday — October 11, 2022

Today is the birthday of novelist William R. Forstchen (born, 1950.) He is best known for his survivalist novel One Second After. — The recent brouhaha over PayPal’s announced — and then “Oh, it was all a mistake” rescinded — $2,500 fines for Politically Incorrect Bad Boys led dozens of SurvivalBlog readers to cancel their PayPal accounts. I can fully appreciate and understand why they would do so. With their recent policy change debacle, the PayPal management team lost any remaining shreds of credibility. To maintain the continuity of Ten Cent Challenge subscriptions and advertising payments, I’ve just signed up …


For the Want of a Horseshoe Nail, by 3AD Scout

There is a very old poem, with many variations about for the want of a nail. Basically, the poem goes like this: “For the want of a nail the shoe was lost For the want of a shoe the horse was lost For the want of the horse the rider was lost For the want of the rider the battle was lost For the want of the battle the kingdom was lost And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.” On occasion, I get to teach disaster logistics and I use this poem to get students to understand the …


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, a roundup on demographic shifts in The American Redoubt. National and Region-Wide Trends Most Conservative States 2022. o  o  o Americans are fleeing to places where political views match their own. o  o  o The 10 U.S. states where income has risen the fastest since …