Day: June 9, 2025

Preparedness Notes for Monday — June 9, 2025

On June 9, 1732, a royal charter for Georgia was granted to British military officer and philanthropist James Oglethorpe. — Today is the birthday of Jean Alexandre Francois LeMat (1824–1883). He is best known for the percussion cap revolver that bears his name. This clever revolver design has a cylinder that rotates around a 20-gauge shotgun barrel. — On June 9, 1940 Norway surrendered to the invading German army, during World War II. The citizenry was then quickly disarmed by the Nazis, so resistance was limited. (The invaders had access to the Norwegian police gun registration lists.) To limit reprisals …


Liberty Gold Water Test Kit, by Thomas Christianson

Testing for lead, free chlorine, total alkalinity, MPS, iron, nitrite, pH, bromine, fluoride, total chlorine, hardness, cyanuric acid, copper, nitrate, QUAT/QAC, carbonate and coliform/e. Coli bacteria, the Liberty Gold Standard Complete Water Test Kit gives a pretty good overview of the quality of a water source using a simple testing process. Costing $27.99 at the time of this writing at the Liberty Gold Standard website, the kit contains 140 test strips and three bacteria culture kits.


Recipe of the Week: Cinnamon French Toast

The following recipe for Grandma’s Cinnamon French Toast is from SurvivalBlog reader Ellen H. She says:  “For some variety, you can substitute the cinnamon with allspice, or nutmeg,  or cardamom, or some pumpkin pie spice.” Ingredients An unsliced loaf of bread. I use white bread or brioche, and slice it about 1″ thick.  Pre-sliced sandwich bread is too thin for proper French Toast! 5 large eggs. Heavy cream.  (Whole milk will also suffice, but cream is best.) Cinnamon, to taste. Sugar, to taste. Vanilla, to taste. Maple syrup, for topping. Directions Slice the bread. Slice into 3/4- to 1-inch slices. …


SurvivalBlog Graphic of the Week

Today’s graphic: A map showing the highest natural elevation in each county in the United States. (Graphic courtesy of Peakbagger.com, via Reddit.) The thumbnail below is click-expandable.       — Please send your graphics or graphics links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) Any graphics that you send must either be your own creation or uncopyrighted.