SurvivalBlog reader D.D. sends us a reminder to use this respite from winter to take an evening, pull the 72-hour bag out of their vehicle, and make sure everything is still as you expect. He did so and discovered that his handheld transmitter was faulty (battery reported charged but would not last), 2/3 of his food was over a year out of date, and most of his meds were over two years “expired”. Also, he still had a 30-pin iPhone connector with his crank charger that won’t work with his newer phone. But, hey, his paracord still looked good!
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Protesters stage anti-robot rally at SXSW. – G.P.
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Dems Push ATF To Ban Bullets Now. – J.H.
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Islamic State blows up 10th century Assyrian Catholic monastery near Mosul. – RBS
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Always good to get back to the basics: How to grow, harvest and preserve herbs for tea