Day: October 9, 2024

Preparedness Notes for Wednesday — October 9, 2024

On October 9. 768, Charlemagne and his brother Carloman I were crowned Kings of The Franks. — On October 9, 1000, Leif Ericson discovered “Vinland” (possibly at what was later named L’Anse aux Meadows, Canada) reputedly becoming the first European to reach North America. — And on October 9, 1865, the first US underground pipeline for carrying oil was laid in Pennsylvania. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 115 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 …


Pressure Cooker Lessons Learned – Part 2, by St. Funogas

(Continued from Part 1.) I took the pressure cooker back into the house and washed and checked everything again. Pressure cooker knocked over in use – Next, I wanted to know if a pressure cooker got tipped over or knocked off the stove, what would happen? I was expecting a steam release, but how much? I set up the stove and pressure cooker on a stump in my north 40. This time I just used water. I placed an old sleeping bag next to the stump to avoid damage to the pressure cooker when I pushed it over after attaining …


SurvivalBlog Readers’ & Editors’ Snippets

This weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — SurvivalBlog Editor-At-Large Michael Z. Williamson sent this, from X/Twitter:  Generator Disparity: How dare this man continue to live his life? o  o  o Several readers sent us this: Farmers Turn Agricultural Drones into Lifelines in Hurricane Helene Aftermath. o  o  o Martin Armstong: CDC Changes Child Developmental Milestone Guidelines. (A hat tip to …