Day: November 7, 2023

Preparedness Notes for Tuesday — November 7, 2023

On November 7, 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge connecting the Olympic Peninsula with Tacoma, Washington, broke up in a wind of about 42 miles (67 km) per hour.  The footage of the collapse became iconic. — November 7th is the anniversary of the death of actor Steve McQueen (born March 24, 1930, died November 7, 1980) — Mark Dice’s new nonfiction book The War on Conservatives was released today. Look for it at your favorite online bookseller. (Note: Given the leftist politics and the cutthroat business practices of Amazon.com, I prefer shopping through Books-A-Million.) — We are seeking entries for …


Transformative Tech: The AR, The Glock, and The Smartphone

In this brief essay, I’ll be discussing three relatively new technologies that have been nearly as transformative to modern society as Gutenberg’s 1448 invention of the movable type printing press. The AR The Armalite Rifle (AR) family of selective fire and semi-auto rifles, pistols, and shotguns have become ubiquitous in the early 21st Century. They have been produced for the U.S. civilian market since 1959. There are an estimated two million new ARs produced each year for private use by American families. There are now roughly 20 million in residential closets and gun safes. Many of those ARs have changed …


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 a Mountain Lion close call.  (See the Idaho section.) Region-Wide How does El Niño affect the Northwest? o  o  o Video Forecast: Current Winter 2023-2024 Prediction For the Inland Northwest: Overall WARMER & DRY! o  o  o U.S. drafts plan to bring …