by Survival Blog | Feb 21, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
On February 21, 1947, Edwin Land (pictured) presented his Polaroid photo product, the world’s first instant photos, in New York City. On February 21, 1972, Richard Nixon became the first US President to visit China, normalizing relations between the countries in a...
by Survival Blog | Feb 21, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
I live in the high desert in the Southwest on a 20 acre homestead within a small farm/ranch community of 200 hardy souls. My homestead includes all the typical accouterments of a homestead including wells, septic, gardens, greenhouse, tractor, barn, and animals. I...
by 4Patriots Contributor | Feb 20, 2024 | 4 Patriots
Most of us are painfully aware that power outages are becoming more frequent in the U.S. The No. 1 cause is extreme weather (more on that later), but there are a variety of other causes. What some of us may not be aware of is that the length of these blackouts is...
by 4Patriots Contributor | Feb 20, 2024 | 4 Patriots
Can you imagine what life would be like on Earth if someone had failed to figure out we need a Leap Year every four years? Well, right now we’d have winter conditions, but the calendar would say June 2025. That’s because it does not take exactly 365 days for the Earth...
by Survival Blog | Feb 20, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
On February 20, 1962, John H. Glenn, Jr., the oldest of seven astronauts selected by NASA for Project Mercury spaceflight training (and later a U.S. senator), became on this day in 1962 the first American to orbit Earth, doing so three times. — On February 20, 1902,...
by Survival Blog | Feb 20, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
As you make prepping related purchases, bear in mind that there are transactional risks that should be considered and mitigated. Two recent incidents have served as a reminder that business practices have changed, for the worse in my experience. Business...
by Survival Blog | Feb 19, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
On February 19, 1942, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. — Several readers mentioned this news: Most lethal sniper in Marine Corps history, Chuck Mawhinney, dead at 75. — On...
by Survival Blog | Feb 19, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
The Bottom Line, Up Front If you want to boil enough water to make a cup or more of tea or other hot beverage as quickly and efficiently as possible using a handful of twigs, pine cones, or other dry biomass, a Ghillie Kettle may be the ideal tool for the job. It can...
by Survival Blog | Feb 19, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
The following simple recipe for Peanut Butter Bread is from Good HouseKeeping’s Book of Menus, Recipes, and Household Discoveries (253 pages, copyright 1925, now in public domain). That is one of the 11 new bonus books included in the new 2005-2023 edition of the...
by Survival Blog | Feb 18, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
February 18, 1848 was the birthday of Louis Comfort Tiffany—an American designer internationally recognized as one of the greatest proponents of Art Nouveau, particularly in the art of glassmaking. February 18th, 1898 was the birthday of Enzo Ferrari, the car...
