Preparedness Notes for Wednesday — March 30, 2022
On
March
30,
1981,
President
Reagan
was
shot
and
seriously
injured
outside
a
Washington,
D.C.
hotel
by
John
W.
Hinckley
Jr.
Also
wounded
were
White
House
news
secretary
James
Brady,
a
Secret
Service
agent,
and
District
of
Columbia
police
officer
Thomas
K.
Delahanty.
—
SurvivalBlog
Writing
Contest
Today
we
present
another
entry
for
Round
99
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, -
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. -
Two
sets
of
The
Civil
Defense
Manual,
(in
two
volumes)
—
a
$193
value
—
kindly
donated
by
the
author,
Jack
Lawson.
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
SIRT
STIC
AR-15/M4
Laser
Training
Package,
courtesy
of
Next
Level
Training,
that
has
a
combined
retail
value
of
$679 -
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). -
Two
Super
Survival
Pack
seed
collections,
a
$150
value,
courtesy
of
Seed
for
Security,
LLC, -
A
transferable
$150
FRN
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!
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), -
A
transferable
$100
FRN
purchase
credit
from
Elk
Creek
Company,
toward
the
purchase
of
any
pre-1899
antique
gun.
—
More
than
$725,000
worth
of
prizes
have
been
awarded
since
we
started
running
this
contest.
Round
99
ends
on
March
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.