On May 3, 2016, a wildfire forced the evacuation of Fort McMurray [1], Alberta—the capital of Canada’s tar sand [2] industry—and the surrounding area; ultimately, more than 80,000 people fled the blaze, which caused billions of dollars in losses.
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May 3rd, 1952 was the birthday of Pastor Chuck Baldwin [3]. He has done yeoman service in promoting the American Redoubt movement [4].
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With gardening and home canning season approaching, I’d like to remind readers about Harvest Guard [5]. They make reusable regular and wide-mouth canning lids. Every serious preparedness-minded family that does home canning should buy several sets of their lids! Take note that Harvest Guard [5] has been a generous SurvivalBlog writing contest prize donor for many years. They deserve your business.
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Today’s feature article was written by SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor: James Wesley, Rawles (JWR).
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We are in great need of entries for Round 112 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [6]. More than $875,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. In 2023, we polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics [7]. Refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic. Round 112 ends on May 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail [8] us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging.