Preparedness Notes for Tuesday — July 18, 2023

July 18th, 1954 is the birthdate of Ricky Skaggs, an American country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, mandocaster, and banjo. — At the request of a reader in Michigan, I’ve begun posting my SurvivalBlog meme creations to Twitter.  You can see them here.  Yes, that really is my Twitter account.  Now that Elon Musk has settled in at running the show, and seems to be keeping his Free Speech promises, I decided to reactivate my moribund Twitter account. By the way, your “Follows” and re-tweets are greatly appreciated.  …




Assembling a Stealth Prepper Group – Part 1, by PrepperDoc

On the wonderful pages of SurvivalBlog, I have read article after article about hardy souls setting up individual homesteads and gaining hard-won knowledge at significant cost. But also, of course, of people bemoaning the out-sized risks of “loners” in a truly desperate time, and the need to find some way to establish a like-minded group. That adventure is fraught with risks, as leadership, membership, and governance are sticky but important issues. I wish I were young enough and strong enough to have my own homestead, but that was not my path in life. (Someone has to be the doctor, engineer, …




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 focus on expanding grizzly bear territory.  (See the Region-Wide section.) Region-Wide In the Northern Rockies, grizzly bears are on the move.  Here is an excerpt: “Keane had lived on the plains 16 miles north of Loma, Montana, for 14 years. He married into the …