Day: January 12, 2024

Preparedness Notes for Friday — January 12, 2024

On this day in 2010, a magnitude-7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti, especially Port-au-Prince, killing more than 200,000 people and leaving more than 1,000,000 homeless and touching off a massive international relief effort. — Today is the birthday of Edmund Burke. (Born 1729, died 9 July 1797.) — On January 12, 1888, the “Schoolchildren’s Blizzard” killed 235 people. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 110 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: The photovoltaic power specialists at Quantum Harvest LLC  are providing a store-wide 10% off coupon. Depending on the …


Truth-Based Preparedness – Part 2, by R.M.

(Continued from Part 1. This concludes the article.) Claimed Global Warming and Climate Threats You may recall hearing this, back in 2023: This is the hottest year in 12,500 years! So, it is hotter now than during the ice age! Who’d a thunk it? Will you base your prepping on a media story about a politician who says “Earth is on fire”? You can find many charts showing various time periods and temperatures recorded somewhere. Many times a “temperature increase” is measured the exact way and in the same location they did a hundred years ago, in the cities. However, …


Economics & Investing For Preppers

Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. In this column, JWR also covers hedges, derivatives, and various obscura. This column emphasizes JWR’s “tangibles heavy” investing strategy and contrarian perspective. Today, we look at the new FinCEN BOI database reporting requirements. (See the Regulation and Taxes section.) Precious Metals: Reuters: Gold to enter 2024 with sights set on record highs. o  o  o Kelsey Williams, at Gold-Eagle.com: You May Get A Higher Gold Price, But… o  o  o 3 Promising Precious Metal Stocks Set to Shine …