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Preparedness Notes for Thursday — January 15, 2026

On January 15, 1907, the first 3-element vacuum tube was patented by American inventor Lee DeForest.

This is the anniversary of the 2009 “Miracle On The Hudson” [1] engines-out emergency water landing.

Today is the birthday of Dr. Edward Teller who co-invented the H-bomb and worked on the Manhattan Project.

Today’s guest article was written by a gentleman who has expressed an interest in advertising in SurvivalBlog, so it will not be part of the writing contest judging.

We need a few more entries for Round 122 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [2].

More than $978,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest.  Round 122 ends on January 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail [3] 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 [4]. Please refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic.