August 26, 2011August 26, 2011 by Montie Roland

Cutting the New Montie Gear Conference Table with a Water Jet

Preparedness Notes for Wednesday — November 13, 2024 November 13, 2024
In a November 13, 1789 letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, Benjamin Franklin wrote: “…in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” — Continental Army Brigadier General Richard Montgomery took Montreal, Canada without opposition on this day in 1775. Ironically, shortly after this Montgomery was killed while fighting the British […]
James Wesley Rawles
Lessons From Hurricane Helene – Part 2, by A.F. November 13, 2024
(Continued from Part 1.) Back to the Friday morning of the storm: The rain stopped here around 10 A.M.. According to our rain gauge, we received 5.6” overnight. As I walked our property, I found a tangle of trees had fallen with a very large white oak knocking over a decent-sized pine, and that in […]
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SurvivalBlog Readers’ & Editors’ Snippets November 13, 2024
This weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — Via SurvivalBlog reader C.B., we’ve just heard […]
James Wesley Rawles
The Editors’ Quote of the Day: November 13, 2024
“The whole of the Bill of Rights is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals…It establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of.” – Albert Gallatin, October 7th, 1789. The post The Editors’ Quote of the […]
James Wesley Rawles
Preparedness Notes for Tuesday — November 12, 2024 November 12, 2024
On November 12, 1926, the first recorded aerial bombing on US soil took place in Williamson County, Illinois, during a feud between rival bootleg liquor gangs, the Sheltons and the Birgers. Pictured is bootlegger Charlie Birger, in prison before his execution. — Today is the birthday of USMC Sergeant Major Daniel Joseph “Dan” Daly (born […]
James Wesley Rawles