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The 6th of June is remembered for both D-Day and for the birth of Dieudonné Joseph Saive (Pictured, born 1899.) He was the designer of many well-known firearms including the Browning Hi-Power, the FN49 and co-designer (along with Ernest Vervier) of the very popular FN-FAL, which was issued to the militaries of more than 90 countries. TODAY, WE LOOK AT THE PROSPECTS FOR PHYSICAL SILVER A brief excerpt: “Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank, noted in a report Tuesday that the silver market started the week with its best day since early February as prices pushed to a two-month high above $27 an ounce. Hansen added that Monday’s price action in silver was a critical technical breakout for the precious

metal.

REVIEW: POLYMER 80 9MM PISTOLS. RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX, THE The sights on the P80 are very nice, and made out of steel, not plastic, as found on Glocks. The front sight has a big white dot, while the rear sight is all black, but with horizontal serrations – make it fast to pick your target. The trigger is polymer, just like

those on

REVIEW: ROSSI RS22 SEMIAUTO .22 RIFLE, BY PAT CASCIO The barrel is 18-inches – was a bit surprised on this – most contemporary .22 rifles have a 16-inch barrel. The gun comes with one 10-rd magazine, however you can (and should) purchase some spare mags – remember, one is none and two is one, in the event you lost the single mag. Mags are around $18 each! HIGH PRICE OF RELOADING PRIMERS. A GOLD-TO-SILVER RATIO Recently supplies have been so scant and demand so high that boxes of 1,000 are now selling for as much as $255. Yikes! That equates 25.5 cents apiece, or $2,550 per 10,000. That means that a single reloading primer is now selling for more than a loaded round of military surplus 7.62×39 ball ammunition was selling for, just two years ago! START WITH A "LIST OF LISTS" Start your retreat stocking effort by first composing a List of Lists, then draft prioritized lists for each subject, on separate sheets of paper. (Or in a spreadsheet if you are a techno-nerd like me. Just be sure to print out a hard copy for use when the power grid goes down!) It is important to tailor your lists to suit your particular geography, climate, and population density as well as KIMBER AMERICA STAINLESS LW 1911, BY PAT CASCIO The barrel is match-grade/fitted and the slide has angled serrations on both the front end and the rear (sides) of the slide. The barrel bushing is match-grade as well. The sights – ah, a great improvement over the basic Kimber 1911. The front has a red fiber optic sight, and the rear has two white dots, as opposed to the all-black rear sight. LETTER RE: METAL BUILDING AS A FARADAY CAGE HJL’s Comment: If the panels are bonded together well (meaning more than just the 1 screw every 4 feet) and you have some form of conductive flooring also bonded to the building, then yes, it would work. Most metal building will not work well because of those two deficiencies. Previous Post The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods: CONSTRUCTING AN ABOVEGROUND "ROOT CELLAR" IN FLORIDA, BY R First , to tell you a little about myself. I was a prepper in anticipation of Y2K, had the property, cabin, most of the works and of course nothing happened. (my family thought I was nuts) We all went back to our living. Unfortunately sold our property, because of an illness. I never thought of continuing on for future problems. I was awakened by talking with my brother earlier this year when INVESTING IN SCARCE M1 CARBINES: "UN-QUALITY" OR "IRWIN Those ones have the letters “AO” stamped on the bevel below the serial number. Clearly, if you ever find an M1 Carbine with the receiver marked “Un-Quality” or “Irwin-Pederson”, then you should jump on it! The serious collectors of Rock-Ola jukeboxes often look for Rock-Ola marked carbines, so those also carry a substantial

premium.

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The 6th of June is remembered for both D-Day and for the birth of Dieudonné Joseph Saive (Pictured, born 1899.) He was the designer of many well-known firearms including the Browning Hi-Power, the FN49 and co-designer (along with Ernest Vervier) of the very popular FN-FAL, which was issued to the militaries of more than 90 countries. TODAY, WE LOOK AT THE PROSPECTS FOR PHYSICAL SILVER A brief excerpt: “Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank, noted in a report Tuesday that the silver market started the week with its best day since early February as prices pushed to a two-month high above $27 an ounce. Hansen added that Monday’s price action in silver was a critical technical breakout for the precious

metal.

REVIEW: POLYMER 80 9MM PISTOLS. RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX, THE The sights on the P80 are very nice, and made out of steel, not plastic, as found on Glocks. The front sight has a big white dot, while the rear sight is all black, but with horizontal serrations – make it fast to pick your target. The trigger is polymer, just like

those on

REVIEW: ROSSI RS22 SEMIAUTO .22 RIFLE, BY PAT CASCIO The barrel is 18-inches – was a bit surprised on this – most contemporary .22 rifles have a 16-inch barrel. The gun comes with one 10-rd magazine, however you can (and should) purchase some spare mags – remember, one is none and two is one, in the event you lost the single mag. Mags are around $18 each! HIGH PRICE OF RELOADING PRIMERS. A GOLD-TO-SILVER RATIO Recently supplies have been so scant and demand so high that boxes of 1,000 are now selling for as much as $255. Yikes! That equates 25.5 cents apiece, or $2,550 per 10,000. That means that a single reloading primer is now selling for more than a loaded round of military surplus 7.62×39 ball ammunition was selling for, just two years ago! KIMBER AMERICA STAINLESS LW 1911, BY PAT CASCIO The barrel is match-grade/fitted and the slide has angled serrations on both the front end and the rear (sides) of the slide. The barrel bushing is match-grade as well. The sights – ah, a great improvement over the basic Kimber 1911. The front has a red fiber optic sight, and the rear has two white dots, as opposed to the all-black rear sight. START WITH A "LIST OF LISTS" Start your retreat stocking effort by first composing a List of Lists, then draft prioritized lists for each subject, on separate sheets of paper. (Or in a spreadsheet if you are a techno-nerd like me. Just be sure to print out a hard copy for use when the power grid goes down!) It is important to tailor your lists to suit your particular geography, climate, and population density as well as LETTER RE: METAL BUILDING AS A FARADAY CAGE HJL’s Comment: If the panels are bonded together well (meaning more than just the 1 screw every 4 feet) and you have some form of conductive flooring also bonded to the building, then yes, it would work. Most metal building will not work well because of those two deficiencies. Previous Post The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods: CONSTRUCTING AN ABOVEGROUND "ROOT CELLAR" IN FLORIDA, BY R First , to tell you a little about myself. I was a prepper in anticipation of Y2K, had the property, cabin, most of the works and of course nothing happened. (my family thought I was nuts) We all went back to our living. Unfortunately sold our property, because of an illness. I never thought of continuing on for future problems. I was awakened by talking with my brother earlier this year when INVESTING IN SCARCE M1 CARBINES: "UN-QUALITY" OR "IRWIN Those ones have the letters “AO” stamped on the bevel below the serial number. Clearly, if you ever find an M1 Carbine with the receiver marked “Un-Quality” or “Irwin-Pederson”, then you should jump on it! The serious collectors of Rock-Ola jukeboxes often look for Rock-Ola marked carbines, so those also carry a substantial

premium.

CONTINUING RISKS IN THE GLOBAL DERIVATIVES MARKET. HIGH James Wesley, Rawles (JWR) is Founder and Senior Editor of SurvivalBlog, the original prepping /survival blog for when the Schumer Hits The Fan (SHTF). He began SurvivalBlog in 2005. It now reaches more than 320,000 unique visitors weekly. JWR is a journalist, technical writer, and novelist. REVIEW: ROCK ISLAND ARMORY 1911 GOVERNMENT MODEL, BY PAT James Wesley, Rawles (JWR) is Founder and Senior Editor of SurvivalBlog, the original prepping /survival blog for when the Schumer Hits The Fan (SHTF). He began SurvivalBlog in 2005. It now reaches more than 320,000 unique visitors weekly. JWR is a journalist, technical writer, and novelist. CHAINSAW FUELS FOR LONG TERM STORAGE, BY TUNNEL RABBIT James Wesley, Rawles (JWR) is Founder and Senior Editor of SurvivalBlog, the original prepping /survival blog for when the Schumer Hits The Fan (SHTF). He began SurvivalBlog in 2005. It now reaches more than 320,000 unique visitors weekly. JWR is a journalist, technical writer, and novelist. THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN SMALL CHAINSAW MILLS Current high price of lumber: There is a lot of interest in small chainsaw mills -- commonly called Alaskan Mills. The Seven Best Chainsaw Mills of 2021. RUGER PC9 #19122 REVIEW BY PAT CASCIO OF SURVIVALBLOG Let’s take a real good look at the latest Ruger PC9 version. As already mentioned, it is chambered in 9mm – some of the other PC9 models can be had in .40 S&W, but it’s not a hot seller for some reason. The little carbine weighs in at 7.3-pounds, so it’s not exactly a light-weight, compared to the M1 Carbine that came in around

5.5-pounds.

ON JUNE 8, 1867, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT WAS BORN IN RICHLAND On June 8, 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin. — On June 8, 1937, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana is premiered. The symphony’s cantata, featuring Orff’s dramatic chorale of the medieval poem O Fortuna, has been used in umpteen movie soundtracks.It is also a de facto choice for the makers of movie trailers for new films that have not yet been scored. A SECURE COMPOUND, OFF GRID, BY STEVE R. A Secure Compound, Off Grid, by Steve R. Listed below are mandatory needs, issues and items needed to successfully survive and weather any major natural disasters, deadly germ outbreaks, or government invasions such as martial law. This is a basic outline and your needs may differ according to location, elevation, and of course finances. AN ELECTRIC CAR FOR TEOTWAWKI? James Wesley, Rawles (JWR) is Founder and Senior Editor of SurvivalBlog, the original prepping /survival blog for when the Schumer Hits The Fan (SHTF). He began SurvivalBlog in 2005. It now reaches more than 320,000 unique visitors weekly. JWR is a journalist, technical writer, and novelist. TODAY IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE Today is the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, in 1989. On this day, June 4th, in 1944 United States Navy Task Group 22.3 captured U-505, a German submarine and with it an intact Enigma cipher

machine.

BIRTHDAY OF JEAN ALEXANDRE FRANCOIS LEMAT (1824–1883) Today is the birthday of Jean Alexandre Francois LeMat (1824–1883), best known for the percussion cap-fired LeMat revolver. It was a clever design, with a nine-shot .42 caliber cylinder revolving around a 20-gauge shotgun barrel.

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“They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace. Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands. Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to THE SURVIVALBLOG BOOKSHELF James Wesley, Rawles (JWR) is Founder and Senior Editor of SurvivalBlog, the original prepping /survival blog for when the Schumer Hits The Fan (SHTF). He began SurvivalBlog in 2005. It now reaches more than 320,000 unique visitors weekly. JWR is a journalist, technical writer, and novelist. REVIEW: ROSSI RS22 SEMIAUTO .22 RIFLE, BY PAT CASCIO The barrel is 18-inches – was a bit surprised on this – most contemporary .22 rifles have a 16-inch barrel. The gun comes with one 10-rd magazine, however you can (and should) purchase some spare mags – remember, one is none and two is one, in the event you lost the single mag. Mags are around $18 each! MASS INFLATION AHEAD Note: Permission to reprint, repost or forward the following article in full is granted, but only if it is not edited or excerpted. By James Wesley, Rawles — Editor of SurvivalBlog.com Updated: February 27, 2015 I’ve often mused about how fun it would be to have a time machine and travel back to the early 1960s, and go on a pre-inflation shopping spree. In that era, most used cars were TODAY, WE LOOK AT THE PROSPECTS FOR PHYSICAL SILVER A brief excerpt: “Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank, noted in a report Tuesday that the silver market started the week with its best day since early February as prices pushed to a two-month high above $27 an ounce. Hansen added that Monday’s price action in silver was a critical technical breakout for the precious

metal.

INTRODUCTION TO THE AMERICAN REDOUBT INTERNAL MIGRATION Patronize the local farmer’s market and craft shows. Support local businesses, and companies that are headquartered inside the Redoubt, not Wal-Mart. Attend gun shows in your state. (This keeps money circulating in the state and keeps you legal, for private gun purchases.) Find and visit your local second-hand stores. START WITH A "LIST OF LISTS" Start your retreat stocking effort by first composing a List of Lists, then draft prioritized lists for each subject, on separate sheets of paper. (Or in a spreadsheet if you are a techno-nerd like me. Just be sure to print out a hard copy for use when the power grid goes down!) It is important to tailor your lists to suit your particular geography, climate, and population density as well as RUGER AR-556 MPR, PRODUCT REVIEW BY PAT CASCIO Full-retail on this Ruger MPR is only $899 – and that’s not all that much more than their standard AR-556. So it’s a great deal, on an AR with some outstanding features. It is well worth the small premium in price over the standard AR from Ruger. So perhaps PAT CASCIO'S PRODUCT REVIEW: SPRINGFIELD ARMORY TRP VS TRPSPRINGFIELD

ARMORY 1911 TRP 45

The 1911 handgun has been around since, well, 1911, so the design is more than a hundred years old. For an old work horse, the design shows no signs of slowing down. As a matter of fact, there are probably at least 50 companies producing the 1911 in one form or another. We can have a 1911 in the basic mil-spec version or a fully decked out custom gun with more bells and whistles than we could

LETTER: STORM PUMP

Letter: Storm Pump. I have first hand experience with the Storm Pump, made in Sagle, Idaho in the American Redoubt. This is a hand pump that attaches to your well head and sits next to your submersible pump. It costs about the same as the Simple Pump. I actually took a second job to save up for it, but the peace of mind was well worth the effort.

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“They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace. Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands. Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to THE SURVIVALBLOG BOOKSHELF James Wesley, Rawles (JWR) is Founder and Senior Editor of SurvivalBlog, the original prepping /survival blog for when the Schumer Hits The Fan (SHTF). He began SurvivalBlog in 2005. It now reaches more than 320,000 unique visitors weekly. JWR is a journalist, technical writer, and novelist. REVIEW: ROSSI RS22 SEMIAUTO .22 RIFLE, BY PAT CASCIO The barrel is 18-inches – was a bit surprised on this – most contemporary .22 rifles have a 16-inch barrel. The gun comes with one 10-rd magazine, however you can (and should) purchase some spare mags – remember, one is none and two is one, in the event you lost the single mag. Mags are around $18 each! MASS INFLATION AHEAD Note: Permission to reprint, repost or forward the following article in full is granted, but only if it is not edited or excerpted. By James Wesley, Rawles — Editor of SurvivalBlog.com Updated: February 27, 2015 I’ve often mused about how fun it would be to have a time machine and travel back to the early 1960s, and go on a pre-inflation shopping spree. In that era, most used cars were TODAY, WE LOOK AT THE PROSPECTS FOR PHYSICAL SILVER A brief excerpt: “Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank, noted in a report Tuesday that the silver market started the week with its best day since early February as prices pushed to a two-month high above $27 an ounce. Hansen added that Monday’s price action in silver was a critical technical breakout for the precious

metal.

INTRODUCTION TO THE AMERICAN REDOUBT INTERNAL MIGRATION Patronize the local farmer’s market and craft shows. Support local businesses, and companies that are headquartered inside the Redoubt, not Wal-Mart. Attend gun shows in your state. (This keeps money circulating in the state and keeps you legal, for private gun purchases.) Find and visit your local second-hand stores. START WITH A "LIST OF LISTS" Start your retreat stocking effort by first composing a List of Lists, then draft prioritized lists for each subject, on separate sheets of paper. (Or in a spreadsheet if you are a techno-nerd like me. Just be sure to print out a hard copy for use when the power grid goes down!) It is important to tailor your lists to suit your particular geography, climate, and population density as well as RUGER AR-556 MPR, PRODUCT REVIEW BY PAT CASCIO Full-retail on this Ruger MPR is only $899 – and that’s not all that much more than their standard AR-556. So it’s a great deal, on an AR with some outstanding features. It is well worth the small premium in price over the standard AR from Ruger. So perhaps PAT CASCIO'S PRODUCT REVIEW: SPRINGFIELD ARMORY TRP VS TRPSPRINGFIELD

ARMORY 1911 TRP 45

The 1911 handgun has been around since, well, 1911, so the design is more than a hundred years old. For an old work horse, the design shows no signs of slowing down. As a matter of fact, there are probably at least 50 companies producing the 1911 in one form or another. We can have a 1911 in the basic mil-spec version or a fully decked out custom gun with more bells and whistles than we could

LETTER: STORM PUMP

Letter: Storm Pump. I have first hand experience with the Storm Pump, made in Sagle, Idaho in the American Redoubt. This is a hand pump that attaches to your well head and sits next to your submersible pump. It costs about the same as the Simple Pump. I actually took a second job to save up for it, but the peace of mind was well worth the effort. YOU CAN SHOOT -- BUT CAN YOU FIGHT? I AM A MARINE. MY James Wesley, Rawles (JWR) is Founder and Senior Editor of SurvivalBlog, the original prepping /survival blog for when the Schumer Hits The Fan (SHTF). He began SurvivalBlog in 2005. It now reaches more than 320,000 unique visitors weekly. JWR is a journalist, technical writer, and novelist. "FREEDOM IS THE OXYGEN OF THE SOUL. " James Wesley, Rawles (JWR) is Founder and Senior Editor of SurvivalBlog, the original prepping /survival blog for when the Schumer Hits The Fan (SHTF). He began SurvivalBlog in 2005. It now reaches more than 320,000 unique visitors weekly. JWR is a journalist, technical writer, and novelist. CONTINUING RISKS IN THE GLOBAL DERIVATIVES MARKET. HIGH James Wesley, Rawles (JWR) is Founder and Senior Editor of SurvivalBlog, the original prepping /survival blog for when the Schumer Hits The Fan (SHTF). He began SurvivalBlog in 2005. It now reaches more than 320,000 unique visitors weekly. JWR is a journalist, technical writer, and novelist. REVIEW: ROCK ISLAND ARMORY 1911 GOVERNMENT MODEL, BY PAT James Wesley, Rawles (JWR) is Founder and Senior Editor of SurvivalBlog, the original prepping /survival blog for when the Schumer Hits The Fan (SHTF). He began SurvivalBlog in 2005. It now reaches more than 320,000 unique visitors weekly. JWR is a journalist, technical writer, and novelist. SURVIVAL GUN SELECTION by James Wesley, Rawles In my survivalist novel “Patriots”, I included lots of descriptions of firearms used in various situations in order to illustrate that there is no single “perfect survival gun.” Different situations are best handled by using different firearms. There are several requirements that must be considered in selecting guns for use on a farm, ranch, or survival retreat. RECIPE: EASY FRY BREAD. IT IS EASY TO MAKE FROM SHELF James Wesley, Rawles (JWR) is Founder and Senior Editor of SurvivalBlog, the original prepping /survival blog for when the Schumer Hits The Fan (SHTF). He began SurvivalBlog in 2005. It now reaches more than 320,000 unique visitors weekly. JWR is a journalist, technical writer, and novelist. SIMPLE PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER. 1- VICTRON 100/50 CHARGE CONTROLLER 2 – HQST 100 watt polycrystalline solar panels (less expensive) 1- Victron 100/50 charge controller (100 means volts and 50 means amps. With this larger charge controller I could add more panels to gather more power) 1 – Xantrex Freedom X3000 (marine grade) inverter. 2 – Battleborn 12V lithium batteries (2 more for a total of 4. WASHINGTON PARTITION: ANOTHER PLAN TO MOVE THE WASHINGTON James Wesley, Rawles (JWR) is Founder and Senior Editor of SurvivalBlog, the original prepping /survival blog for when the Schumer Hits The Fan (SHTF). He began SurvivalBlog in 2005. It now reaches more than 320,000 unique visitors weekly. JWR is a journalist, technical writer, and novelist. ON JUNE 8, 1867, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT WAS BORN IN RICHLAND On June 8, 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin. — On June 8, 1937, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana is premiered. The symphony’s cantata, featuring Orff’s dramatic chorale of the medieval poem O Fortuna, has been used in umpteen movie soundtracks.It is also a de facto choice for the makers of movie trailers for new films that have not yet been scored. AN ELECTRIC CAR FOR TEOTWAWKI? James Wesley, Rawles (JWR) is Founder and Senior Editor of SurvivalBlog, the original prepping /survival blog for when the Schumer Hits The Fan (SHTF). He began SurvivalBlog in 2005. It now reaches more than 320,000 unique visitors weekly. JWR is a journalist, technical writer, and novelist.

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PREPAREDNESS NOTES FOR SUNDAY — JUNE 6, 2021 The 6th of June is remembered for both D-Day and for the birth of Dieudonné Joseph Saive (Pictured, born 1899.) He was the designer of many well-known firearms including the Browning Hi-Power, the FN49 and co-designer (along with Ernest Vervier) of the very popular FN-FAL, which was issued to the militaries of more than 90 countries. And today is the birthday of American gun designer Hugo Borchardt. (June 6, 1844 – May 8, 1924). He was born in Germany. He is best known as the designer of the recoil-operated pistol that bears his

name.

Also on this day in 1949, George Orwell’s novel of a dystopian future, Nineteen Eighty-Four was published. The novel’s all-seeing leader, known as “Big Brother,” became a universal symbol for intrusive government and oppressive bureaucracy.

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SURVIVALBLOG WRITING CONTEST Today we present another entry for Round 95 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

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Depending on the model chosen, this could be worth more than $2000. * A GUNSITE ACADEMY Three Day Course Certificate. This can be used for any of their one, two, or three-day course

(a

$1,095 value),

* A course certificate from ONPOINT TACTICAL for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses

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excluding those restricted for military or government teams. Three-day onPoint courses normally cost $795, * DRD TACTICAL is providing a 5.56 NATO QD Billet upper

.

These have hammer forged, chrome-lined barrels and a hard case, to go with your own AR lower. It will allow any standard AR-type rifle to have a quick change barrel. This can be assembled in less than one minute without the use of any tools. It also provides a compact carry capability in a hard case or in 3-day pack (a $1,100 value), * Two cases of Mountain House freeze-dried assorted entrees

in

#10 cans, courtesy of READY MADE RESOURCES (a $350 value), * A $250 gift certificate good for any product from SUNFLOWER AMMO, * AMERICAN GUNSMITHING INSTITUTE (AGI) is providing a $300 certificate good towards any of their DVD training courses

.

SECOND PRIZE:

* A FRONT SIGHT Lifetime Diamond Membership

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providing lifetime free training at _any_ Front Sight Nevada course, with no limit on repeating classes. This prize is courtesy of a SurvivalBlog reader who prefers to be anonymous. * A Glock form factor SIRT laser training pistol and a SIRT AR-15/M4 Laser Training Bolt, courtesy of NEXT LEVEL TRAINING, that have a combined retail value of $589, * Two 1,000-foot spools of full mil-spec U.S.-made 750 paracord (in-stock colors only) from WWW.TOUGHGRID.COM (a $240 value). * An Israeli CBRN Gas Mask with Hydration Straw and two Extra 40mm NATO Filter s – Manufactured in 2020 (a $229.99 value), courtesy of McGuire Army-Navy

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* NATURALLY COZY is donating a “Prepper Pack” Menstrual Kit. This kit contains 18 pads and it comes vacuum-sealed for long term storage or slips easily into a bugout bag.  The value of this kit is

$220.

* An assortment of products along with a one-hour consultation on health and wellness from PRUITT’S TREE RESIN (a $265 value).

THIRD PRIZE:

* Three sets each of made-in-USA regular and wide-mouth _reusable_ canning lids. (This is a total of 300 lids and 600 gaskets.) This prize is courtesy of HARVEST GUARD (a $270 value) * A Royal Berkey water filter, courtesy of DIRECTIVE 21 (a $275

value),

* Siege Stoves is generously donating a SIEGE® STOVE kit, including a Titanium Gen 3 Flat-Pack Stove with titanium Cross-Members and a variety of bonus items including a Large Folding Grill, a pair of Side Toasters, a Compact Fire Poker, and an extra set of stainless steel universal Cross-Members. (In all, a $200

value.)

* Two Super Survival Pack seed collections, a $150 value, courtesy of SEED FOR SECURITY, LLC, * A transferable $150 purchase credit from Elk Creek Company , toward the purchase of any pre-1899 antique gun. There is NO PAPERWORK REQUIRED for delivery of pre-1899 guns into most states, making them the last bastion of firearms

purchasing privacy!

Round 95 ends on July 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-WORD MINIMUM, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging. __ _James Wesley Rawles_ __ June 6, 2021 June 3, 2021 ------------------------- * Ad COLD TIMES: How to Prepare for the Mini Ice Age No holds barred guide on prepping for the coming mini ice age: storage food, gardens, seeds, livestock, water systems, hunting, security, antibiotics, firearms, more. * Ad (NEW BOOK) ARMAGEDDON CQB THE HOW-TO-WIN AT CQB MANUAL SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN FOR PREPPERS ------------------------- MY QUEST FOR WATERPROOF TINDER, BY THE NOVICE In the past, I have generally used a cotton ball with a dab of petroleum jelly as my preferred tinder. During some recent testing, I accidentally got the cotton ball damp. I found out that damp cotton performs very poorly as tinder. This was grounds for some serious thought, since wet conditions are often experienced in the field. I decided it would be wise to try to make a waterproof tinder that could be easily ignited with a ferrocerium rod. THE FIRST ATTEMPT: COTTON IN PARAFFIN I first tried waterproofing the cotton ball with paraffin. I took a coffee can with an inch or two of water in the bottom, placed a coil of wire in the bottom of the can, and then put the can on a twig stove

to heat.

Next,

I took an empty pineapple can, placed a bar of paraffin (approximately 5 ounces) into the can, and placed the pineapple can on the coil of wire in the coffee can, making a crude double boiler. I had recently purchased a large number of bars of paraffin at a garage sale for a grand total of one dollar, so I had a good supply. When the bar of paraffin was fully melted, I removed the coffee can from the heat, but kept the pineapple can with the melted paraffin in the hot water. This kept the paraffin can warm and put it at a more convenient level for working with. It also reduced the risk that I would knock both the can and the stove over at the same time. Next I took a number of cotton balls, immersed them fully in the paraffin, removed them with a long-handled needle nose pliers, and set them aside to cool. I treated 20 cotton balls in this way before I ran out of paraffin. While the cotton balls were cooling, I soaked the end of the needle nose pliers in the hot water to remove residual paraffin from that tool, dried it, and put it away. A couple of days later, I tested the paraffin balls. They were too hard to break by hand, so I cut one in half with a knife. I had hoped that there would be unsaturated fibers in the center of the ball, but the paraffin had soaked all the way through. I could not ignite the ball with a ferrocerium rod, even after scraping the ball with a knife to try to loosen some fibers. The ball ignited easily with a permanent metal match. One half-burned vigorously for more than eight minutes. THE SECOND ATTEMPT: PETROLEUM-JELLY-COATED COTTON BALLS IN PARAFFIN I did a search on the web for “water-resistant tinder”, and found an article about “How to Make Homemade Wetfire Tinder” at tacticalintelligence.net . The article suggested saturating cotton balls with petroleum jelly before immersing them in paraffin. I decided to give it a try. I coated five cotton balls in petroleum jelly, and set them aside for later use. I then lit the twig stove, put the tin can double boiler over the flame, and melted a bar of paraffin. When the paraffin was completely melted, I dipped the five petroleum jelly/cotton balls into the melted paraffin, and set them aside to

cool.

The next day I tested the paraffin-coated, petroleum-jelly-impregnated cotton balls. I was disappointed. Perhaps I used too little petroleum jelly. In any case, sufficient paraffin penetrated to the center of the cotton ball that I was not able to fluff any fibers, and thus was not able to get the ball to ignite with a ferrocerium rod.Continue reading_“My Quest for Waterproof Tinder, by The Novice”___ __ _SurvivalBlog Contributor_ __ June 6, 2021 June 3,

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If AR-15s Are So “Evil”, Then Why… …Does the Government Keep All of Theirs and Send Men Armed with Them to Come and Collect Ours? __ _James Wesley Rawles_ __ June 6, 2021 June 3, 2021 ------------------------- * Ad Ready Made Resources Anytone Termn-8R Call us if you have Questions 800-627-3809 * Ad Land of Promise, by James Wesley, Rawles A bold piece of speculative fiction that posits the establishment of a Christian nation of refuge, in response to the establishment of a global Islamic Caliphate in the near f... ------------------------- THE EDITORS’ QUOTE OF THE DAY: “And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be

thrown down.

And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive

you:

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive

many.

And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against

them.

And the gospel must first be published among all nations. But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains: And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house: And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up

his garment.

But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in

those days!

And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither

shall be.

And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath

shortened the days.

And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven

shall be shaken.

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great

power and glory.

And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.” –

Mark 13:1-33 (KJV )

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SURVIVALBLOG WRITING CONTEST Today we present another entry for Round 95 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, this could be worth more than $2000. * A GUNSITE ACADEMY Three Day Course Certificate. This can be used for any of their one, two, or three-day course

(a

$1,095 value),

* A course certificate from ONPOINT TACTICAL for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses

,

excluding those restricted for military or government teams. Three-day onPoint courses normally cost $795, * DRD TACTICAL is providing a 5.56 NATO QD Billet upper

.

These have hammer forged, chrome-lined barrels and a hard case, to go with your own AR lower. It will allow any standard AR-type rifle to have a quick change barrel. This can be assembled in less than one minute without the use of any tools. It also provides a compact carry capability in a hard case or in 3-day pack (a $1,100 value), * Two cases of Mountain House freeze-dried assorted entrees

in

#10 cans, courtesy of READY MADE RESOURCES (a $350 value), * A $250 gift certificate good for any product from SUNFLOWER AMMO, * AMERICAN GUNSMITHING INSTITUTE (AGI) is providing a $300 certificate good towards any of their DVD training courses

.

SECOND PRIZE:

* A FRONT SIGHT Lifetime Diamond Membership

,

providing lifetime free training at _any_ Front Sight Nevada course, with no limit on repeating classes. This prize is courtesy of a SurvivalBlog reader who prefers to be anonymous. * A Glock form factor SIRT laser training pistol and a SIRT AR-15/M4 Laser Training Bolt, courtesy of NEXT LEVEL TRAINING, that have a combined retail value of $589, * Two 1,000-foot spools of full mil-spec U.S.-made 750 paracord (in-stock colors only) from WWW.TOUGHGRID.COM (a $240 value). * An Israeli CBRN Gas Mask with Hydration Straw and two Extra 40mm NATO Filter s – Manufactured in 2020 (a $229.99 value), courtesy of McGuire Army-Navy

.

* NATURALLY COZY is donating a “Prepper Pack” Menstrual Kit. This kit contains 18 pads and it comes vacuum-sealed for long term storage or slips easily into a bugout bag.  The value of this kit is

$220.

* An assortment of products along with a one-hour consultation on health and wellness from PRUITT’S TREE RESIN (a $265 value).

THIRD PRIZE:

* Three sets each of made-in-USA regular and wide-mouth _reusable_ canning lids. (This is a total of 300 lids and 600 gaskets.) This prize is courtesy of HARVEST GUARD (a $270 value) * A Royal Berkey water filter, courtesy of DIRECTIVE 21 (a $275

value),

* Siege Stoves is generously donating a SIEGE® STOVE kit, including a Titanium Gen 3 Flat-Pack Stove with titanium Cross-Members and a variety of bonus items including a Large Folding Grill, a pair of Side Toasters, a Compact Fire Poker, and an extra set of stainless steel universal Cross-Members. (In all, a $200

value.)

* Two Super Survival Pack seed collections, a $150 value, courtesy of SEED FOR SECURITY, LLC, * A transferable $150 purchase credit from Elk Creek Company , toward the purchase of any pre-1899 antique gun. There is NO PAPERWORK REQUIRED for delivery of pre-1899 guns into most states, making them the last bastion of firearms

purchasing privacy!

Round 95 ends on July 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-WORD MINIMUM, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging. __ _James Wesley Rawles_ __ June 5, 2021 June 2, 2021 ------------------------- * Ad Redoubt Scout - Your long-distance Real Estate partner Specializing in matching out-of-state clients with exceptional real estate opportunities throughout North Idaho. * Ad Seed for Security Our Colossal Security Pack is now on sale for 15% off. This pack contains 18 varieties of heirloom vegetable seeds, 4 grains, and 5 kinds of flavorful herb seeds. ------------------------- AN ELECTRIC CAR FOR TEOTWAWKI? – PART 3, BY S.B. (Continued from Part 2. This concludes the article.) WHEN THE BATTERY DIES, YOU ARE GETTING A TOW Speaking of your electric vehicle turning into an inert hunk of metal, I have run out of juice twice on my vehicle. Both times required a tow truck to bring my vehicle back home. Fortunately, both times I was only a couple of miles from home, and just did not have that last bit of juice needed to get there. Also, both times occurred because my “plan” did not go as planned. In one instance, a public charger I normally used was out of service at a meeting location. My normal hour of charge time I had there didn’t happen and it turns out I really did need that extra charge time to get home. The second time I had an unexpected need to get to a meeting and pulled off a charger sooner than I normally would. That loss of charge time was enough to strand me at the freeway off-ramp three miles from my house. Once the battery runs out on an electric vehicle, that’s it. No walking to a gas station, buying a gas can, and walking back to the vehicle. No calling home for someone to bring you a jerry can from the garage. In theory, you could bring a generator to the vehicle and charge it that way, but then you are running the generator and burning gas for an hour or more just to get the electric vehicle to go a couple of miles. Whether a tow truck, or a more informal tow in a WROL situation, that vehicle is not moving unless something is_ pulling_

it.

WITHOUT A CHARGER THE CAR IS A PAPERWEIGHT Electric vehicles come with a Level 1 charger that plugs into a standard 120-volt home outlet. These chargers can fail. The one that came with my vehicle eventually did. Fortunately, it failed “slowly” in that sometimes it would charge and sometimes it wouldn’t. Before there was a catastrophic failure, I was able to easily purchase a refurbished Level 1 charger on line. I have kept the old, partially working charger as a backup. Following the old “Two is one, one is none” maxim, have a backup charger available at your home. Whether that is a Level 2 charger installed in your garage and the Level 1 charger that came with your vehicle, or an extra Level 1 charger stored in a box, have at least one extra. If you don’t have a functioning charger, whatever you have in your battery is all you will have available before your electric vehicle is a glorified

paperweight.

Although I would not recommend it, if your planned backup is a publicly available charger somewhere, make sure the charger works with your vehicle. There are at least three commonly used charging port configurations out there. On more than one occasion I’ve rolled up to an electric vehicle charging station only to find out that it did not have a charging port that worked with my car. Continue reading_“An Electric Car for _

_TEOTWAWKI

? – Part 3, by S.B.”___ __ _James Wesley Rawles_ __ June 5, 2021 June 2, 2021 ------------------------- * Ad FLEE THE SANCTUARY CITIES! MOVE TO IDAHO! TIRED OF LIVING AROUND SOCIALISTS? Move to the Northwest and live on sustainable rural property. Raise your family in freedom! * Ad USA Berkey Water Filters - Start Drinking Purified Water Today! #1 Trusted Gravity Water Purification System! Start Drinking Purified Water now with a Berkey water filtration system. Find systems, replacement filters, parts and more here. ------------------------- EDITORS’ PREPPING PROGRESS To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make long-term and short-term plans. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors review their week’s prep activities and planned prep activities for the coming week. These range from healthcare and gear purchases to gardening, ranch improvements, bug out bag fine-tuning, and food storage. This is something akin to our Retreat Owner Profiles , but written incrementally and in detail, throughout the year.  WE ALWAYS WELCOME YOU TO SHARE YOUR OWN SUCCESSES AND WISDOM IN YOUR E-MAILED LETTERS. We post many of those –or excerpts thereof — in this column, in the Odds ‘n Sods Column, and in the Snippets column. Let’s keep busy and be ready!

JIM REPORTS:

I’m back on the road, for the full month of June.  I will reactivate ordering at Elk Creek Company on or about July 1st. I heard from Lily that shortly after I left on my trip that our Bad Boy Bull disassembled one of our tube gates. That goes to prove one of my long-standing assertions: BULLS ARE ONLY WELL-BEHAVED IN THE CHEST

FREEZER.

I’ve settled into my out-of-state travel routine. The only really good things I can mention are that I get a lot exercise, I get a lot of writing/editing done, and I get to hear some family history. Otherwise, there is just a lot of monotonous routine. But I feel obligated to be here, caring for an ailing elderly family member. That is how I was raised. I hope that someday my children or grandchildren will do the same, for me. Now, over to Lily… Continue reading_“Editors’ Prepping Progress”___ __ _James Wesley Rawles_ __ June 5, 2021 June 5, 2021 ------------------------- * Ad Night Vision Depot PVS-14 3rd Gen Autogated

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* Ad “The Survival Compound” by Wayne Bosak Being cops, they couldn’t just watch as their neighbors were attacked by roving gangs ------------------------- THE EDITORS’ QUOTE OF THE DAY: “They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace. Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands. Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls? We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them. And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up. But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into

Babylon.

But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his

place.

Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished. Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.” – Ezra 5:7-17 (KJV

)

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SURVIVALBLOG WRITING CONTEST Today we present another entry for Round 95 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, this could be worth more than $2000. * A GUNSITE ACADEMY Three Day Course Certificate. This can be used for any of their one, two, or three-day course

(a

$1,095 value),

* A course certificate from ONPOINT TACTICAL for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses

,

excluding those restricted for military or government teams. Three-day onPoint courses normally cost $795, * DRD TACTICAL is providing a 5.56 NATO QD Billet upper

.

These have hammer forged, chrome-lined barrels and a hard case, to go with your own AR lower. It will allow any standard AR-type rifle to have a quick change barrel. This can be assembled in less than one minute without the use of any tools. It also provides a compact carry capability in a hard case or in 3-day pack (a $1,100 value), * Two cases of Mountain House freeze-dried assorted entrees

in

#10 cans, courtesy of READY MADE RESOURCES (a $350 value), * A $250 gift certificate good for any product from SUNFLOWER AMMO, * AMERICAN GUNSMITHING INSTITUTE (AGI) is providing a $300 certificate good towards any of their DVD training courses

.

SECOND PRIZE:

* A FRONT SIGHT Lifetime Diamond Membership

,

providing lifetime free training at _any_ Front Sight Nevada course, with no limit on repeating classes. This prize is courtesy of a SurvivalBlog reader who prefers to be anonymous. * A Glock form factor SIRT laser training pistol and a SIRT AR-15/M4 Laser Training Bolt, courtesy of NEXT LEVEL TRAINING, that have a combined retail value of $589, * Two 1,000-foot spools of full mil-spec U.S.-made 750 paracord (in-stock colors only) from WWW.TOUGHGRID.COM (a $240 value). * An Israeli CBRN Gas Mask with Hydration Straw and two Extra 40mm NATO Filter s – Manufactured in 2020 (a $229.99 value), courtesy of McGuire Army-Navy

.

* NATURALLY COZY is donating a “Prepper Pack” Menstrual Kit. This kit contains 18 pads and it comes vacuum-sealed for long term storage or slips easily into a bugout bag.  The value of this kit is

$220.

* An assortment of products along with a one-hour consultation on health and wellness from PRUITT’S TREE RESIN (a $265 value).

THIRD PRIZE:

* Three sets each of made-in-USA regular and wide-mouth _reusable_ canning lids. (This is a total of 300 lids and 600 gaskets.) This prize is courtesy of HARVEST GUARD (a $270 value) * A Royal Berkey water filter, courtesy of DIRECTIVE 21 (a $275

value),

* Siege Stoves is generously donating a SIEGE® STOVE kit, including a Titanium Gen 3 Flat-Pack Stove with titanium Cross-Members and a variety of bonus items including a Large Folding Grill, a pair of Side Toasters, a Compact Fire Poker, and an extra set of stainless steel universal Cross-Members. (In all, a $200

value.)

* Two Super Survival Pack seed collections, a $150 value, courtesy of SEED FOR SECURITY, LLC, * A transferable $150 purchase credit from Elk Creek Company , toward the purchase of any pre-1899 antique gun. There is NO PAPERWORK REQUIRED for delivery of pre-1899 guns into most states, making them the last bastion of firearms

purchasing privacy!

Round 95 ends on July 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-WORD MINIMUM, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging. __ _James Wesley Rawles_ __ June 4, 2021 June 5, 2021 ------------------------- * Ad Survival Realty Find your own slice of survival paradise. * Ad Tools for Survival, by James Wesley, Rawles The tools needed to survive anything from a short-term disruption to a long-term, grid-down scenario. Field tested and comprehensive. ------------------------- AN ELECTRIC CAR FOR TEOTWAWKI? – PART 2, BY S.B. (Continued from Part 1.) USING THE AC/HEATER IN THE CAR MATTERS (A LOT) The weather is not only going to have more of an affect on your electric car (compared to a gasoline vehicle), but it is going to have more of an effect on you because using climate control draws a lot of juice from your battery. In a gas vehicle, running the heater has little to no effect on the vehicle’s performance because you are just pulling heat from the engine compartment that is a byproduct of the engine running. Although running the air conditioner (AC) in a gas vehicle is supposed to reduce the miles per gallon (mpg) you achieve, I have never noticed much of a difference in the myriad cars I have driven over my life. However, in an electric car, the same battery that powers the engine also powers the heating and AC. In my car, if I turn on the heater or AC, the travel range on the display immediately drops about 15%. So, all else being equal, if I have enough battery charge to take me 50-miles, if I have my AC or heater on during that trip, I’ll only get about 43-miles. Not long after I first bought my car, I noticed that it had seat heaters. I thought that was a pretty luxurious amenity for such a basic vehicle. Then I figured out that it takes a lot less energy to run the seat heaters than to run the heating elements that heat the air in the cabin. The seat heaters weren’t an amenity, they were a workaround to minimize the need to use the “regular” heater. For me, this plays directly into the charging time issue discussed above. When I commute to work, by the time I get to the parking lot, I don’t have enough charge to get back home. Fortunately, I have access to a Level 2 charger at the office. Still, every day, there is roughly a 3–4-hour period where if there was an emergency, I could not use my electric car to get home. So, to minimize this “can’t make it home” window, I use the heater very sparingly on the way into work. On winter mornings, I’ll be driving down the highway with gloves, scarf, and ski hat, rag in hand wiping the condensation from the cabin side of the windshield. Only when the condensation gets too bad will I treat myself to a few minutes of running the defrost. With the long charge times for electric vehicles, everything takes planning, because there is no stopping for gas whenever you need it. If you go anywhere that takes more than 50% of your charge, expect to spend some time at a charger before heading home. In reality, and particularly in a TEOTWAWKI scenario, going anywhere that takes up to 30% or 40% of your charge under ideal conditions should include charging up time at the destination. What if the you-know-what has hit the fan? Say I’m driving with a couple of people from our retreat to the trader fair. We are toughing it out on a cold day, staying bundled up in the electric vehicle so we don’t need to use battery for the heater. It takes 45% of the charge to get to our destination. One of our group gets seriously injured and the best venue for treatment is our retreat. We need to turn on the heater to keep our injured teammate from going into shock. We-are-not-making-it-home-in-that-vehicle. Similar scenario but needing the AC instead. We-are-not-making-it-home-in-that-vehicle.Continue reading_“An Electric Car for TEOTWAWKI? – Part 2, by S.B.”___ __ _SurvivalBlog Contributor_ __ June 4, 2021 June 5,

2021

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PRECIOUS METALS:

On June 2nd, it was reported: Gold futures hold above $1,900 as spot gold trades just below at $1,899.30 But then on June 3rd, both gold and silver took a dip. Gold was down 2% to $1868.60. So this might be a good juncture to buy some physical gold or silver. And, for the record, I’m still leaning toward silver. The silver-to-gold spot price ratio is presently 68.67-to-1. In my estimation, a ratio anywhere above 45-to-1 makes silver a _buy_.

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US Mint Delays Silver Shipments Due To “Global Silver Shortage”

.

NOTE: The U.S. Mint later posted this follow-up: “In a message released Friday, May 28, we made reference to a global shortage of silver. In more precise terms, the silver shortage being experienced by the United States Mint pertains only to the supply of silver blanks among suppliers to the U.S. Mint.”

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How Governments Killed the Gold Standard

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Arkadiusz Sieroń: Biden Proposes $6 Trillion Budget. Will Money Flow

Into Gold?

ECONOMY & FINANCE:

Over at _Fox Business_: US durable goods orders drop 1.3% in April

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At _Zero Hedge_: California’s Massive Container-Ship Traffic Jam Is

Still Really Jammed

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At _Wolf Street_: Fed Drains $485 Billion in Liquidity from Market via Reverse Repos, Undoing 4 Months of QE, Even as QE Continues, Total Assets Near $8 Trillion Continue reading_“Economics & Investing For Preppers”___ __ _James Wesley Rawles_ __ June 4, 2021 June 4, 2021 ------------------------- * Ad Books-A-Million Please order your books, music, and movies from BookAMillion.com (BAM) to help support SurvivalBlog * Ad USA Berkey Water Filters - Start Drinking Purified Water Today! #1 Trusted Gravity Water Purification System! Start Drinking Purified Water now with a Berkey water filtration system. Find systems, replacement filters, parts and more here. ------------------------- THE EDITORS’ QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The national debt was $5.6 trillion in 2000, the budget was as close to balanced as it had been in decades, the defense budget ($300 billion) was at decades low as there was no major conflicts in the world, and term limits were still a legitimately discussed election issue. If someone was told on January 1, 2000 that in 2021 the national debt was going to hit $30 trillion, with annual deficits of $3 to $4 trillion, a defense budget of $750 billion as war looms on the near-term horizon, and all semblance of governing through legislation to benefit the citizenry had dissipated, they would have laughed, accused you of being a conspiracy nutjob, and said the nation would be a hyperinflationary banana republic with 50% interest rates if any of that came to pass. The truth is always far worse than your darkest visions and fears.” – Jim Quinn, in his _The Burning

Platform_ blog

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STOP supporting the Tyrants with your taxes in California! Bring your Assault Weapons and Standard Capacity Magazines and live in the freedom of the Northwest! ------------------------- PREPAREDNESS NOTES FOR THURSDAY — JUNE 3, 2021 On this day, in 1911, actress Ellen Corby was born. She is often remembered for her role as Grandma Walton, in the television series The Waltons. She passed away in 1999. On June 3rd, 1539, Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto claimed Florida

for Spain.

June 3rd can also be considered the “birthday” of the U.S. Army. (It was established by Congress on June 3rd, 1784.)

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Two unusual coastal listings were recently added, at

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* On the far northern tip of Ireland (County Donegal) * On the Mendocino County Coast (about 3 hours from San Francisco) SURVIVALBLOG WRITING CONTEST Today we present another entry for Round 95 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

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Depending on the model chosen, this could be worth more than $2000. * A GUNSITE ACADEMY Three Day Course Certificate. This can be used for any of their one, two, or three-day course

(a

$1,095 value),

* A course certificate from ONPOINT TACTICAL for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses

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excluding those restricted for military or government teams. Three-day onPoint courses normally cost $795, * DRD TACTICAL is providing a 5.56 NATO QD Billet upper

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These have hammer forged, chrome-lined barrels and a hard case, to go with your own AR lower. It will allow any standard AR-type rifle to have a quick change barrel. This can be assembled in less than one minute without the use of any tools. It also provides a compact carry capability in a hard case or in 3-day pack (a $1,100 value), * Two cases of Mountain House freeze-dried assorted entrees

in

#10 cans, courtesy of READY MADE RESOURCES (a $350 value), * A $250 gift certificate good for any product from SUNFLOWER AMMO, * AMERICAN GUNSMITHING INSTITUTE (AGI) is providing a $300 certificate good towards any of their DVD training courses

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SECOND PRIZE:

* A FRONT SIGHT Lifetime Diamond Membership

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providing lifetime free training at _any_ Front Sight Nevada course, with no limit on repeating classes. This prize is courtesy of a SurvivalBlog reader who prefers to be anonymous. * A Glock form factor SIRT laser training pistol and a SIRT AR-15/M4 Laser Training Bolt, courtesy of NEXT LEVEL TRAINING, that have a combined retail value of $589, * Two 1,000-foot spools of full mil-spec U.S.-made 750 paracord (in-stock colors only) from WWW.TOUGHGRID.COM (a $240 value). * An Israeli CBRN Gas Mask with Hydration Straw and two Extra 40mm NATO Filter s – Manufactured in 2020 (a $229.99 value), courtesy of McGuire Army-Navy

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* NATURALLY COZY is donating a “Prepper Pack” Menstrual Kit. This kit contains 18 pads and it comes vacuum-sealed for long term storage or slips easily into a bugout bag.  The value of this kit is

$220.

* An assortment of products along with a one-hour consultation on health and wellness from PRUITT’S TREE RESIN (a $265 value).

THIRD PRIZE:

* Three sets each of made-in-USA regular and wide-mouth _reusable_ canning lids. (This is a total of 300 lids and 600 gaskets.) This prize is courtesy of HARVEST GUARD (a $270 value) * A Royal Berkey water filter, courtesy of DIRECTIVE 21 (a $275

value),

* Siege Stoves is generously donating a SIEGE® STOVE kit, including a Titanium Gen 3 Flat-Pack Stove with titanium Cross-Members and a variety of bonus items including a Large Folding Grill, a pair of Side Toasters, a Compact Fire Poker, and an extra set of stainless steel universal Cross-Members. (In all, a $200

value.)

* Two Super Survival Pack seed collections, a $150 value, courtesy of SEED FOR SECURITY, LLC, * A transferable $150 purchase credit from Elk Creek Company , toward the purchase of any pre-1899 antique gun. There is NO PAPERWORK REQUIRED for delivery of pre-1899 guns into most states, making them the last bastion of firearms

purchasing privacy!

Round 95 ends on July 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-WORD MINIMUM, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging. __ _James Wesley Rawles_ __ June 3, 2021 June 2, 2021 ------------------------- * Ad For the first time ever, high-performance, portable SIEGE® Gen 3 Flat-Pack Stoves are on SALE with FREE bonus accessories. US-Made, extra-stable, titanium/stainless. Essential. Outperformed all the competition in Be Ready Mag, with the fastest boil time. An efficient, reliable, portable wood stove is the safest insurance for cooking & boiling water. * Ad “The Bunker” by Wayne Bosak Fate brought them together when the SHTF. Clyde and his family struggle to survive in the aftermath of the financial collapse. ------------------------- AN ELECTRIC CAR FOR TEOTWAWKI? – PART 1, BY S.B. I’ve been working on an article for SurvivalBlog on electric cars for quite some time…writing a little bit here and there then prioritizing other activities and halting work. With the recent Colonial Pipeline ransomware fiasco and associated fuel shortages on the east coast Report: U.S. Capital Nearly Out of Gas While NC, VA

Also Endure Outages

(breitbart.com), I thought this an opportune time to buckle down and finish up the article. Regardless of how you interpret U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm’s recent statement regarding the Colonial Pipeline shutdown where she said “if you drive an electric car, this would not be affecting you…” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Pipeline Crisis: Drive an Electric Car (breitbart.com); she does have a point. In a less than TEOTWAWKI scenario, where electricity is available and gas is not, an electric vehicle would be a nice thing to have. Even in a full TEOTWWAKI scenario, an electric vehicle can have many advantages, as well as drawbacks, as I’ll discuss below. Consider this a basic tutorial on the electric vehicle “platform” conveyed through the lens of prepping. Just as there are various weapons platforms that all ultimately have the same function of sending fast-moving projectiles downrange, consider an electric car one, among many platforms to transport people and goods down the road. I won’t go into great detail on the ins and outs of electric vehicles and the different makes and models, but identify common characteristics of the “platform” and how they might influence a preparedness minded person considering purchasing an electric vehicle. I’ll be conveying broad generalities. If you have an electric vehicle and think while reading this “My car does not work quite that way.”, or “Things work a little differently out where I live.”, I don’t doubt it. In this article, I’m focusing on the general principles and not the specific details. Note that I’ll only be discussing “all-electric” vehicles powered solely by an electric motor and battery power. I have no experience owning or driving a “hybrid” that runs off of both electricity and gas (e.g., Toyota Prius), so will leave any discussion of that vehicle platform to others.Continue reading_“An Electric Car for TEOTWAWKI? – Part 1, by S.B.”___ __ _SurvivalBlog Contributor_ __ June 3, 2021 June 3,

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------------------------- THE SURVIVALIST’S ODDS ‘N SODS SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods— a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from “JWR ”. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. Today, for openers, we take a look at some Bunkers of the Swiss National Redoubt (_Schweizer Reduit.)_ THE LOVELY SWISS VILLAS THAT COULD DESTROY AN ARMY A video from The Tim Traveller: The Lovely Swiss Villas That Could

Destroy An Army

THE CAMOUFLAGED MILITARY BUNKERS OF SWITZERLAND A great collection of photos, over at _Amusing Planet_: The Camouflaged Military Bunkers of Switzerland

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SWISS BUNKER LAYOUT, AN ENTRANCE TO THE REDOUBT Swiss Bunker Layout, An Entrance to the Redoubt

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PHOTOS OF SWITZERLAND’S SECRET BUNKERS 16 eerie pictures of Switzerland’s secret bunkers

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MOST OF THOSE MOVING TO RED STATES VOTE REPUBLICAN Here is some confirmation for my observations: DeSantis says majority of people fleeing to Florida are registering as Republicans

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