Prepping & Emergency Preparedness
Practical emergency kits, food and water storage, backup power, first aid and official preparedness guidance.
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JWR’s Meme Of The Week
The latest meme created by JWR, as a variation on an existing meme: Meme Text: Most Lightning Strikes Are Sent Out: “To Whom It May Concern” But Some Seem To Have A Particular Address In Mind An interesting technical piece explains how cloud-to-ground lightning actually has one components that goes UP from the ground to touch a leader coming down that “connects the circuit.”: Does lightning travel upward or downward? Notes From JWR: Do you have a meme idea? Just e-mail me the concept, and I’ll try to assemble it.
Editors’ Quote
“Freedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create a world without risks, nor would we really wish to live in such a fictional place. Only a totalitarian society would even claim absolute safety as a worthy ideal, because it would require total state control over its citizens’ lives. Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons.” – Dr. Ron Paul
When Fear Becomes Fuel: Practical Prep & Mental Health for Women
Host Lynn (the Urban Lady Prepper) acknowledges the stress women face today — from AI and job insecurity to rising costs and burnout — and offers simple, practical steps to regain control. She shares crisis resources for Suicide Prevention Month (including 988), a four-action checklist for body, home, relationships, and mind, and a two-circle framework for building trusted connections.
Surviving a Water Crisis
Surviving a Water Crisis You probably use way more water every day than you realize. In this episode, we break down what happens when the tap suddenly runs dry, or worse, when the water is still flowing but you’ve been told not to drink it.
Preparedness Notes — September 15, 2026
This Week in History: On September 15, 1600, the Battle of Sekigahara, (Sekigahara Kassen Byōbu『関ヶ原合戦屏風』) marked the rise of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. — September 15, 1774: Cossack pretender to the Russian throne Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachev was captured. — On September 16, 1620 the Mayflower departed Plymouth, England, with 102 Pilgrims and about 30 crew for the New World. — September 17,1776: The fortress Presidio of San Francisco was founded in New Spain to gain a foothold in Alta California and secure the San Francisco Bay for Spain.
40 trillion dollars in national public debt on August 18, 2026
We finally did it. We crossed 40 trillion dollars ($40,000,000,000,000) in national public debt on August 18, 2026. Congratulations to all the people who said we could get there if our politicians were just a little more irresponsible, foolish, short-sighted, careless, feckless, and every other way to describe our national march toward the cliff. We did it at even a faster pace than anticipated. Now, we can get to 80 trillion even faster. Forward, March over the Cliff into the Economic Collapse, Fellow Americans!
Mingo Firewood Marker, by Thomas Christianson
The Mingo Ultimate Firewood Marker enables someone who is processing firewood to buck logs into rounds of remarkably uniform length. It does this by placing a spot of inverting marking spray at precise intervals onto a log that is being prepared for bucking. This precision is especially helpful for those who heat with smaller wood stoves. The fireboxes of smaller stoves have less margin for error than the fireboxes of larger stoves.
SurvivalBlog Graphic of the Week
Today’s graphic is a map that shows relatively what US states would look like at New Jersey’s population density. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnail image below is click-expandable.
Economics & Investing Media of the Week
In Economics & Investing Media of the Week we feature photos, charts, graphs, maps, video links, and news items of interest to preppers. This week: A map showing Vacation Homes in the Contiguous United States. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnail below is click-expandable. Economics & Investing Links of Interest The next financial crash: a scenario AI debt could spark a chain reaction. Copper Hits All-Time-High As Physical Economy Reprices Scarcity.
The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods
SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ’n Sods. This column is 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. In today’s column, the horrendous driver’s license data breach.
SurvivalBlog Readers’ & Editors’ Snippets
Our 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. — Space Force picks Texas as US home for trinational DARC space radar network. (The photo above shows a DARC reflector being assembled in Australia. DARC is a US/UK/Australia trilateral partnership.
SurvivalBlog’s American Redoubt Media of the Week
This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. REDOUBT NEWS LINKS Yet another great Gravity Knight flying video, with some awesome scenery: Landing at Flying B Ranch Idaho – Badlands Traveler. Now, that is a truly remote ranch — with micro-hydro power! Oh, and at the four-minute mark, take note of the Quest Kodiak STOL plane parked alongside the river side of the grass strip.
Editors’ Prepping Progress
To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make both 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.
JWR’s Meme Of The Week
A libertarian meme by James Wesley, Rawles of SurvivalBlog.com: Taxation is Theft Even When Thieves Wear Stinking Badges.
Editors’ Quote
“When I speak of home, I speak of the place where—in default of a better—those I love are gathered together; and if that place were a...” - Charles Dickens
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