Preparedness Notes for Tuesday — October 29, 2024

Today is the birthday of World War II cartoonist Bill Mauldin (born 1921, died January 22, 2003). — October 29th is also the birthday of fighter pilot Vermont Garrison, an American who fought in three wars– WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. He was born in 1915 and died on February 14th, 1994, in Mountain Home, Idaho. — 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 10% off coupon. Depending on the model …




Just-In-Time Food Storage – Part 1, by St. Funogas

This article describes a just-In-time food storage plan for preppers. These are some of the biggest reasons/excuses why some preppers don’t currently have much food storage: 1. I’ll probably never need it. 2. It’s too complicated to figure all the techniques out. 3. It’s too expensive. 4. Where am I going to store it all? 5. It would be much too embarrassing if my family and friends found out! This article is about taking probabilities into account as things heat up in the world and putting together a last-minute food-storage shopping list to be prepared just in case. Some of …




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 located in the American Redoubt region that are of interest to preppers and survivalists. Today, we focus on American Redoubt region races in the upcoming election. Even more importantly, pray! – JWR Region-Wide All of the American Redoubt states allow early voting and mail-in ballots. o  o  o As reported by the left-biased Malheur Enterprise: Measure makes Malheur County ballot …