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.
