Notes for Wednesday – September 24, 2014

(Before It's News)

In 1492AD, Columbus set sail with 17 ships on his 2nd voyage to the Americas. Also on this date in 1775, Ethan Allen was captured by the British.

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Yesterday, SurvivalBlog ran an article that had a list of Emergency Frequencies that might be important to know. At the time, we did not have a source for attribution and stated such. Thanks to our readers, the original link has been found at Graywolf Survival, and it contains much more useful information. Check out How to communicate when the world goes silent.

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Today, we present another entry for Round 54 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The $12,100+ worth of prizes for this round include:

First Prize:

1. A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate, good for any one, two, or three course (a $1,195 value),
2. A course certificate from onPoint Tactical. This certificate will be 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,
3. DRD Tactical is providing a 5.56 Nato QD Billet upper with a hammer forged, chromlined barrel and a hardcase to go with your own AR lower. It will allow any standard AR type rifle to have quick change barrel which can be assembled in less then 1 minute without the use of any tools and a compact carry capability in a hard case or 3-day pack (an $1,100 value),
4. Gun Mag Warehouseis providing 30 DMPS AR-15 .223/5.56 30 Round Gray Mil Spec w/ Magpul Follower Magazines (a value of $448.95) and a Gun Mag Warehouse T-Shirt. An equivalent prize will be awarded for residents in states with magazine restrictions.
5. Two cases of Mountain House freeze dried assorted entrees in #10 cans, courtesy of Ready Made Resources (a $350 value),
6. A $300 gift certificate from CJL Enterprize, for any of their military surplus gear,
7. A 9-Tray Excalibur Food Dehydrator from Safecastle.com (a $300 value),
8. A $300 gift certificate from Freeze Dry Guy,
9. A $250 gift certificate from Sunflower Ammo,
10. A roll of $10 face value in pre-1965 U.S. 90% silver quarters, courtesy of GoldAndSilverOnline.com, (currently valued at around $180 postpaid),
11. Both VPN tunnel and DigitalSafe annual subscriptions from Privacy Abroad (a combined value of $195),
12. KellyKettleUSA.com is donating both an AquaBrick water filtration kit and a Stainless Medium Scout Kelly Kettle Complete Kit with a combined retail value of $304,
13. TexasgiBrass.com is providing a $300 gift certificate.

Second Prize:

1. A Glock form factor SIRT laser training pistol and a SIRT AR-15/M4 Laser Training Bolt, courtesy of Next Level Training, which have a combined retail value of $589,
2. A FloJak EarthStraw “Code Red” 100-foot well pump system (a $500 value), courtesy of FloJak.com,
3. Acorn Supplies is donating a Deluxe Food Storage Survival Kit with a retail value of $350,
4. The Ark Instituteis donating a non-GMO, non-hybrid vegetable seed package–enough for two families of four, seed storage materials, a CD-ROM of Geri Guidetti’s book “Build Your Ark!
   
   Source: http://survivalblog.com/notes-for-wednesday-september-24-2014/

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