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 Economist reports: The prospect of war has turned Europe into a continent of preppers. o  o  o From Deutsche Welle (DW): EU crisis preparedness: Bulking up states’ disaster response. o  o  o Meet Britain’s Doomsday preppers stockpiling for World War Three. o  o  o Here is a partly tongue-in-cheek account recently published …


The Editors’ Quote of the Day:

“In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American. There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for …


Preparedness Notes for Tuesday — April 1, 2025

On April 1, 1905, “SOS” (· · · – – – · · ·) was first adopted as a Morse Code distress signal by the German government. April 1st is both April Fool’s Day and (unofficially) Molly Ivins Day. The latter refers to this key verse: “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.” (Psalm 14:1 KJV) April 1st, 1886 was the birthday of Arthur W. Pink, who died July 15, 1952. He was an English Christian evangelist and excellent Reformed Biblical scholar. It was his meticulously referenced arguments in his book, The Sovereignty of God, that …


Writing Contest Prize Winners Announced for Round 117

We’ve announced the winners of Round 117 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The top three prize winners will each receive some great prize packages. The winners for Round 117 are… First Prize Winner: First Prize goes to M.B., for:  3D-Printed Gun Components, for a six-part article posted March 11-16, 2025.  See:  Part 1, Part 2,  Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, and Part 6.) He will receive as prizes: The photovoltaic power specialists at Quantum Harvest LLC  are providing a store-wide 10% off coupon. Depending on the model chosen, this could be worth more than $2000. A Gunsite Academy …


SurvivalBlog’s News From The American Redoubt

This weekly column features news stories and event announcements 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. We also mention companies located in the American Redoubt region that are of interest to preppers and survivalists. Today, news about Idaho’s new immigration enforcement law. Idaho U.S. district judge temporarily blocks Idaho immigration enforcement law hours after it’s signed. The aricle begins: “Hours after Governor Brad Little signed into law a controversial immigration enforcement bill, a United States district judge granted a Temporary …



Preparedness Notes for Monday — March 31, 2025

Lyman Cornelius “L.C.” Smith was born March 3, 1850. Lyman Smith was the namesake of the famous L.C. Smith Shotgun. In 1877, L.C. and his older brother Leroy joined forces with an established firearms designer, William H. Baker, to form W.H. Baker & Co., and for the next three years, the firm produced Baker designed shotguns. However, in 1880, Leroy Smith and W.H. Baker left the company, and founded Ithaca Gun Company. The defection of Leroy Smith and Baker from the company did not hamper business, as they were replaced by Smith’s younger brother, Wilbert, and a new designer Alexander …


Recipe of the Week: Easy Cheese Bread

  The following recipe for Easy Cheese Bread is from SurvivalBlog reader “Tractorguy”. He says: “If you have read any of my article submissions then you know that I love nothing more than fresh hot bread as an accompaniment to a meal. Here’s another fast bread recipe, it’s a baking powder bread so it doesn’t have to rise at all. You can have hot fresh bread in less than an hour.” Ingredients 1 cup flour 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/4 tsp. baking soda 1/4 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. garlic powder 1 1/2 tsp. chopped herbs (parsley, basil, chives, or …


SurvivalBlog Graphic of the Week

Today’s graphic:  Which Counties are the least diverse (most homogeneous)? Graphic courtesy of Reddit, based on U.S. Census Bureau data. 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.



Preparedness Notes for Sunday — March 30, 2025

Vincent Van Gogh was born March 30, 1853, in Zundert, Netherlands.  He died on July 29, 1890, two days after shooting himself in the chest. — Please pray for the earthquake victims in Myanmar and Thailand. The massive quake measured 7.7 on the Richter scale, and was felt as far away as India. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present the final entry for Round 117 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: The photovoltaic power specialists at Quantum Harvest LLC  are providing a store-wide 10% off coupon. Depending on the model chosen, …


The Winds May Blow So Hearts Can Grow, by St. Funogas

Some of the recent rough weather in March spawned a lot of high winds and tornadoes. After seeing some of the stories in the media, a buddy and I decided to pack up our chain saws and take a little road trip. It was o’ dark thirty and we were in pretty jolly spirits as we pulled out of the driveway. We were drinking coffee from thermoses like the coffee gods intended, not from those newfangled insulated travel mugs. Spring was springing, the pastures were greening up, the peach trees were just starting to flower, and the bees were so …


JWR’s Meme Of The Week:

The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: Single Gals: If You Really Want To Find a Husband… Then Do Some Addition and Wear a More Sexy Number 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.  


The Editors’ Quote of the Day:

“Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in …


Preparedness Notes for Saturday — March 29, 2025

Today is the birthday of comedian Eric Idle, in 1943. From the Infogalactic Wiki: “He was a member of the British comedy group Monty Python and the parody rock band The Rutles. Idle studied English at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and joined Cambridge University Footlights. He has received a Grammy Award as well as nominations for two Tony Awards. Idle reached stardom in the 1970s when he co-created and acted in the Python sketch comedy series Flying Circus (1969–1974) and the films Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian, (1979) and The Meaning of Life (1983) with Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry …