On July 7, 1908, the U.S Navy’s Great White Fleet departed San Francisco Bay. The U.S. Atlantic Fleet then visited Honolulu, Hawaii; Auckland, New Zealand; Sydney, Melbourne, and Albany, Australia; Manila, Philippine Islands; Yokohama, Japan; Colombo, Ceylon. The ships arrived at Suez, Egypt, on January 3, 1909.
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July 7, 1905: A high temperature of 127°F (53°C) was recorded in Parker, Arizona. This was a state record that held until 1994.
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July 7th, 1907 was the birthday of science fiction novelist Robert A. Heinlein. He passed away on May 8, 1988, at age 80.
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Please keep praying for the folks in the Texas Hill Country affected by the floods [1]. (Note the house coming downriver at the video’s 11:10 mark.) The death toll is now more than 100. I was most recently in that area in March of 2022, visiting a consulting client, picking up a vehicle, and attending the Kerrville gun show. By the way, for context, you may have seen some of the Abandoned Resort series of videos produced by Dr. Matt Carriker [2]. That resort and shooting range property is on the Guadalupe River. Thankfully, most of that property is on high ground.)
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Today’s feature article is a review penned by SurvivalBlog Field Gear Editor Tom Christianson.
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We need more entries for Round 119 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [3]. More than $960,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 119 ends on July 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail [4] 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. In 2023, we polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics [5]. Please refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic.