by Survival Blog | Jan 29, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
Introductory note from JWR: I just received this update letter: “I wanted to write to the readers of SurvivalBlog about the search for a family to live on our family farm. The opportunity is still open. Many areas in the United States are deteriorating, but our...
by Survival Blog | Jan 29, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
The following simple recipe for Chicken & Rice with Golden Sauce 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...
by Survival Blog | Jan 29, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
Our graphic of the week is an interesting annotated satellite photo montage of city lights. This NASA graphic has circulated on Reddit. It shows that 80% of the US population lives east of the annotated yellow line. This adds credence to my long-standing advice to...
by Survival Blog | Jan 28, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
On January 28, 1887, In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world’s largest snowflakes are reported, being 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick January 28th, 1855 was the birthday of William Seward Burroughs, who invented the adding machine. January...
by Survival Blog | Jan 28, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
I am constantly collecting data from the web and I save it to several USB memory sticks that I carry with me daily. If I’m in the office and happen to run across something of value I often pull the USB stick out of my pocket and save a copy. I have sub-directories...
by Survival Blog | Jan 27, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
A news update and constitutional law analysis, related through a video commentary from Mark W. Smith of The Four Boxes Diner: BORDER WARS: The Constitutional Issues you need to know about in Texas v. Biden Admin. Two days ago, it was 11 states, but now, 25 states...
by Survival Blog | Jan 27, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
(Continued from Part 4. This concludes the article.) I’ll refer the reader to My Ten-Day Test-My-Preps Adventure – Part 4 for the details of how my system works and what I am able to do with it. In a nutshell, during sunlight hours I can take the available 1,500 watts...
by Survival Blog | Jan 26, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
On January 26th, 1905, the world’s largest diamond was found in South Africa. The Cullinan Diamond weighed 3,106.75 carats (621.35 g or 1.37 lb) and has an estimated value of 2 billion USD. — Today is the anniversary of the shooting death of LaVoy Finicum, during the...
by Survival Blog | Jan 26, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
(Continued from Part 3.) 8. Simple Electricity: Car Batteries and “Solar Generators” Car-battery electric systems are basically a DIY “solar generator” and are easily put together at a fraction of the cost of commercial ones using three inexpensive components. As...
by Survival Blog | Jan 25, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
On January 25, 1971, Idi Amin Dada seized power in Uganda. His rule from 1971 to 1979 was characterized by human rights abuse, political repression, and corruption. On January 25, 1915: In New York, Alexander Graham Bell spoke to his assistant in San Francisco,...
