Hi folks,
A few years ago, I got to thinking about the immense amount of knowledge that could be necessary in a grid-down, SHTF, or whatever other situation we could potentially find ourselves in.
To bridge this gap, and to complement my extensive personal library, I purchased an external 2TB hard drive. That hard drive has been slowly loaded with a treasure trove of information over the last few years that could be helpful during the aftermath of an event.
There are approximately 12,000 documents in 356 folders, 200+ maps, 400+ books, and 50+ videos. And I add more at least weekly, as I come across them.
If you put together a small solar panel, an inverter with an AC plug, and a battery, you can run a laptop indefinitely, or at least for a few hours a day. The setup I have now also doubles as my HAM rig, so it's dual purpose and used currently.
A small sampling of the information on the drive:
- Area Study
- Hundreds of books from educational to classical to instructional
- Maps of every state
- Lots of downloaded YT videos that will be helpful
- HAM frequencies for nearly every major urban area in the nation, and every county surrounding me for 400 miles.
- About 50 military manuals
- Enough educational material to get a child from pre-K to graduating high school. (well... almost!)
- About 12,000 files ranging from composting to blacksmithing to dental care to candle making to engine repair. There are extensive files on food preservation, food processing, making fuel and gasifiers, and medical care. There are instructions on how to build windmills, distill vinegar, and organize a community.
- All of Jerry D Young's material... he sells it on a small flash drive.
Basically, everything I have come across during the last several years that might be helpful.
The site I got started on is this one, which has about 7K downloadable files. Great resource, but also very time-consuming to download and file all of the files here: https://www.pssurvival.com/ps/index.htm
I'm posting this to encourage everyone to start putting this type of data together. You never know when the internet, the power grid, or something else might not be available, and some information is far too valuable not to have! I have a lot of books as well, and also print a decent amount of material... but having a "catch-all" drive like this is a great option.
A few years ago, I got to thinking about the immense amount of knowledge that could be necessary in a grid-down, SHTF, or whatever other situation we could potentially find ourselves in.
To bridge this gap, and to complement my extensive personal library, I purchased an external 2TB hard drive. That hard drive has been slowly loaded with a treasure trove of information over the last few years that could be helpful during the aftermath of an event.
There are approximately 12,000 documents in 356 folders, 200+ maps, 400+ books, and 50+ videos. And I add more at least weekly, as I come across them.
If you put together a small solar panel, an inverter with an AC plug, and a battery, you can run a laptop indefinitely, or at least for a few hours a day. The setup I have now also doubles as my HAM rig, so it's dual purpose and used currently.
A small sampling of the information on the drive:
- Area Study
- Hundreds of books from educational to classical to instructional
- Maps of every state
- Lots of downloaded YT videos that will be helpful
- HAM frequencies for nearly every major urban area in the nation, and every county surrounding me for 400 miles.
- About 50 military manuals
- Enough educational material to get a child from pre-K to graduating high school. (well... almost!)
- About 12,000 files ranging from composting to blacksmithing to dental care to candle making to engine repair. There are extensive files on food preservation, food processing, making fuel and gasifiers, and medical care. There are instructions on how to build windmills, distill vinegar, and organize a community.
- All of Jerry D Young's material... he sells it on a small flash drive.
Basically, everything I have come across during the last several years that might be helpful.
The site I got started on is this one, which has about 7K downloadable files. Great resource, but also very time-consuming to download and file all of the files here: https://www.pssurvival.com/ps/index.htm
I'm posting this to encourage everyone to start putting this type of data together. You never know when the internet, the power grid, or something else might not be available, and some information is far too valuable not to have! I have a lot of books as well, and also print a decent amount of material... but having a "catch-all" drive like this is a great option.
