Day: March 27, 2026

Preparedness Notes for Friday — March 27, 2026

On March 27, 196 BC, the Rosetta Stone and others like it were ordered to be inscribed with the Decree of Memphis proclaiming the rule of the King of Ptolemaic Egypt, Ptolemy V. — March 27, 1513: Spaniard Juan Ponce de León and his expedition first sighted the coast of Florida. — And on March 27, 1855 Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner patented kerosene. — Today’s feature post is a re-post from the SurvivalBlog archives. — Round 123 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest ends in just a few days. Get your entries in soon! More than $981,000 worth of prizes …


Homestead Fuel Storage and Rotation, by NC Bluedog

Editor’s Note:  This is a re-post of a SurvivalBlog article from May, 2008.  Given the recent fuel price spikes and the many e-mails that I’ve recently received asking about fuel storage, I thought that it was apropos to dig up this practical article from the blog’s early archives. Given that liquid fuel costs are climbing dramatically, and likely to continue rising, I would like to share some of the practices for fuel storage we employ. For our homestead, liquid fuel equates to four items, namely: Propane, diesel fuel, kerosene and last but not least gasoline. For each fuel, there are …


Economics & Investing Media of the Week

In Economics & Investing Media of the Week we feature photos, charts, graphs, maps, video links, and news items of interest to preppers. Economics & Investing Links of Interest Several readers sent this: The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it. Newly released IRS data shows Red States GAINED $39 BILLION in net income in 2023 compared to Blue States LOSING $43 BILLION. The Private Credit Collapse Accelerates. Germany’s Economy At The Point Of No Return. Economics & Investing Media Tips: Please send your economics and investing links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact …


The Editors’ Quote Of The Day:

“I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English―it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don’t let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don’t mean utterly, but kill most of them―then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart. An adjective habit, or a wordy, diffuse, flowery habit, once fastened upon a person, is as hard to get rid of as any …