Day: October 6, 2026

Preparedness Notes — October 6, 2026

This Week in History: On October 4, 1535, The Coverdale Bible — the first complete Bible to be published in English — was printed in Antwerp, Belgium, with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale. Pictured above is a Coverdale Bible on display at the Museum of the Bible, in Washington, D.C. — October 5, 1274: Around 1,000 soldiers of the Mongol army landed on the Japanese island of Tsushima in the first attack of Kublai Khan‘s Mongol invasion of Japan / — October 5, 1908: Bulgaria declared independence from the Ottoman Empire, and Ferdinand I (Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold …


My Predictions for the End of the Year 2026, by Dr. Rick

I have always had an active interest in survival. I have always tried to look at the big picture without bias. Previously, I prepared for vague, generalized threats. Within the last year, however, the world situation has dramatically changed – threats have become more specific, easily identifiable, significant, and realistic. In other words, the present world situation makes prepping more meaningful, practical, and necessary than ever before. We need to cast off our “Normality Bias” complacency of “everything is going to be okay, just like it’s always been” and take measured actions to prepare for what is probably coming. I’m …


Recipe of the Week:

The following recipe for Crockpot Venison Stew is from SurvivalBlog reader Tony D. Ingredients 3 lb venison stew meat cut into 1-inch or smaller cubes. (You can substitute elk meat or beef chuck roast.) Salt (quantity to suit your taste) black pepper, ground (quantity to suit your taste) garlic powder (quantity to suit your taste)  onion powder (quantity to suit your taste) garlic powder (quantity to suit your taste) paprika (quantity to suit your taste) 1/2 cup flour 2 tbsp butter 1 cup red wine (I use and inexpensive Cabernet Sauvignon) 1 1/2 cups celery, chopped 2 cups carrots, chopped …


SurvivalBlog Graphic of the Week

Today’s graphic shows the metropolitan areas in the United States projected to reach 1 million people within the next decade, if current growth rates continue. Also shown are those that recently crossed the 1 million mark. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnail image below is click-expandable. — If any SurvivalBlog readers have personally taken or otherwise hold the copyright to a particularly nice landscape photo or other photo of particular interest to preppers that is in a wide horizontal format (to match our blog template) then please send it in as an e-mail attachment, and I will consider posting it …


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. This week, a map showing GDP Per Capita of the US and Canada (in US Dollars in the calendar year 2025.) The thumbnail below is click-expandable. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.)   Economics & Investing News Links 10-year Treasury yield slides after hitting highest levels in 24 years. Michael Burry believes the AI bubble ‘may burst’ sooner than he first believed. Fortune: Stocks are in a late-stage bubble and poised to crash 21% next year, while Treasury yields …


The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods

SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, renewed war drums, in Europe. A NATO-Russia Hot War Could Be Coming? I found this Independent Sentinel article linked over at the Whatfinger.com news aggregation site: A NATO-Russia Hot …


SurvivalBlog Readers’ & Editors’ Snippets

Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — The night sky is getting 10% brighter every year. We’re forgetting what darkness feels like.  JWR’s Comments: It is easy to forget just how blessed I am to live in a place where I have a view of the Milky Way so often. I commend my readers: Find yourself a dark patch, …


SurvivalBlog’s American Redoubt Media of the Week

This weekly column features media 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. REDOUBT NEWS LINKS Massive ‘stud’ elk snarls traffic at Yellowstone entrance. Officials euthanize 14 black bears after alleged feeding near Bozeman. Spokane: Fireworks go off during downtown Spokane apartment fire, man taken into custody. Boise police say driver topped 100 mph before Meridian officer made stop, Fly-in Hot Springs Adventure – Badlands Traveler @ Warm Springs, Idaho. Lewiston man arrested for stealing boat, pickup truck from business Saturday …


Editors’ Prepping Progress

To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make both long-term and short-term plans. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors review their week’s prep activities and planned prep activities for the coming week. These range from healthcare and gear purchases to gardening, ranch improvements, bug-out bag fine-tuning, and food storage. This is something akin to our Retreat Owner Profiles, but written incrementally and in detail, throughout the year.  We always welcome you to share your own successes and wisdom in your e-mailed letters. We post many of those — or excerpts thereof — in the Odds …


JWR’s Meme Of The Week:

The latest meme created by JWR, adding to a recently-circulated meme: Meme Text: It Isn’t A Cappuccino It Is A Catpuccino Notes From JWR: Do you have a meme idea? Just e-mail me the concept, and I’ll try to assemble it. And if it is posted then I’ll give you credit. Thanks! Permission to repost memes that I’ve created is granted, provided that credit to SurvivalBlog.com is included.


Editors’ Quote:

“Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they …