by Survival Blog | Jan 20, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
On January 20, 1778 British explorer James Cook landed at Waimea, on Kauai island, becoming the first European to visit Hawaii. — On January 20, 1981 the Iran hostage crisis ended when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini released American hostages were released by the...
by Survival Blog | Jan 20, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
One of the challenges of keeping domestic animals is providing them with forage during the winter months, or year-round if you live on a small lot. We started keeping sheep in a cold climate on a small lot as a way to feed our family when we were paying off student...
by Survival Blog | Jan 19, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
On January 19, 1978, the last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany left VW’s plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America would continue until 2003. — And on January 19, 1746, “Bonnie Prince Charlie“, Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s Jacobite army occupied Stirling,...
by Survival Blog | Jan 19, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
Some of our biggest concerns at a Bug Out Location (BOL) will be food and food storage. Dairy products are an important part of a balanced diet, but they are the most difficult to store, both short and long-term. Our ancestors stored milk over the long-term by turning...
by Survival Blog | Jan 19, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
Late last year a consulting client asked me to help him find potential members for a retreat group membership at his family farm/bug-out location (BOL) . That opportunity is still open and his family prays to be able to find a like-minded family soon. Please read the...
by Survival Blog | Jan 19, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
Today, in place of my regular Friday column on Economics and Investing, I’d like to address an important monetary issue. This article expands on a piece that I posted in SurvivalBlog back in July, 2022. — During the recent COVID pandemic, multinational corporations...
by Survival Blog | Jan 18, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
On January 18, 1943, at the height of the Second World War, the United States banned the sale of presliced bread. The move was intended to cut down any ancillary charges, following the recent increase in the cost of flour — thus lessening or preventing increases in...
by Survival Blog | Jan 18, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
(Continued from Part 1. This concludes the article.) For my husband’s volunteer work with Civil Air Patrol, joint service MARS (military association radio system) and SHARES (a program of homeland security), we have quite a bit of copper wiring strung high in the...
by Survival Blog | Jan 18, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
The new batch of 32-gigabyte waterproof SurvivalBlog archive USB sticks is pre-selling very rapidly! Many readers are ordering 2, 3, or 4 sticks. I’ve had some folks write to ask about what is included in the new 2005-2023 SurvivalBlog Archive USB stick. There...
by Survival Blog | Jan 17, 2024 | SurvivalBlog.com
On January 17, 1995, a large-scale earthquake struck the Ōsaka-Kōbe (Hanshin) metropolitan area, killing an estimated 6,400 people and causing major damage. 30 years ago today, (January 17, 1994) the 6.7 magnitude Northridge Earthquake struck Los Angeles. It caused...
