August 26, 2011August 26, 2011 by Montie Roland

Cutting the New Montie Gear Conference Table with a Water Jet

Preparedness Notes for Wednesday — August 17, 2022 August 17, 2022
While salmon fishing near the Klondike River in Canada’s Yukon Territory on August 17th, 1896, George Carmack reportedly spotted nuggets of gold in a creek bed. His lucky discovery sparked the last great gold rush in the American West — commonly called the Klondike Rush. His two companions later agreed that Skookum, Jim – Carmack’s […]
James Wesley Rawles
Solar Storms, EMPs, Nukes, and Cyberattacks – Part 1 by Pulse Prepper August 17, 2022
Part 1: Solar Storms The Carrington Event In September 1859, Richard Carrington, an amateur astronomer in the London, England area, pointed his telescope towards the sun, using dark filters to protect his eyes. Suddenly, he observed a flash of intense white light from the area of the sunspots. His observation is the earliest record of […]
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SurvivalBlog Readers’ & Editors’ Snippets August 17, 2022
This weekly column is a collection of short snippets: 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. — Fox News: Top health official: New York treating […]
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The Editors’ Quote of the Day: August 17, 2022
“Every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid. To deny this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal; that the servant is above his master; that the […]
James Wesley Rawles
Preparedness Notes for Tuesday — August 16, 2022 August 16, 2022
On August 16th, 1841, President John Tyler vetoed a second attempt by Congress to re-establish the Bank of the United States. In response, angry supporters of the bank gathered outside the White House and burned an effigy of Tyler. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 102 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction […]
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