here is why what you are proposing will not work. You are using windows and maxos. Those two operating systems can be hacked with a malware. Linux (debian) is the way to go. I have been way ahead of you. Been doing this for years. SurviorLibrary
My question is, if there's an EMP and your devices have been in the EMP bag, how are devices going to work without cell towers because they went down by the EMP?
Its important to note that while these services are free, providing them is NOT free for the organizations doing so. This is one of those rare case where "if its free, YOU are the product" doesn't apply -- this is nonprofit stuff covered by donations and volunteers. No one should feel obligated, but if you find this stuff valuable and have the surplus cash, tossing them a few extra bucks goes a long way to keeping these developments going.
@@jakephelp Yes, it is, and that makes it one of the rare free services that aren't spying on you to pay the bills. They do need to pay for bandwidth though for all the people downloading multi gigabyte files. That's where tossing them a couple bucks here or there helps to keep the lights on. They won't start charging the public but if they can't pay the bills they can just disappear as a resource.
@@jakephelp this is why occasionally on wiki you will see them asking for donations, its completely free but who at wiki hq keeps the lights on and the servers running.
Just a tip - google maps can be downloaded for offline use (I’m sure everyone knows this) but yeah you can zoom out and download your whole state realistically
Personally I prefer OSMAnd as it allows you to download literally whole states and works completely offline. Sure the geocoding still needs a lot of work due to an incomplete data set of addresses provided by users. But it is better than nothing and if you just need to get to the intersection of two streets you're good.
Ditto with other GPS/ mapping apps. I recommend having more than one, off possible. Android has several Topo maps apps that also let you d/l map data. In a pinch, knowing which end is "up" in the mountains can be useful. Even if GPS satellites go out, a compass and s topo map will get you there I also like apps that work with alternate location systems. My favorite alternate is "What Three Words". In a pinch, communicating three words that gives your location within five feet is easy to do. Waze is one of those, but there are better ones that will let you D/L individual states or sections of a country to local storage.
This in conjunction with critical books on first aid, foraging, etc plus paper maps. I keep a binder with paper copies of grid down recipes, water purification formulas, egg and baking substitutes, equipment instruction manuals, etc. Just in case of an emp large enough to take out everything. Thanks Kris. It's a great tool!
Really good. I'm still battling organization. A camping item I never used but was trying to figure out the fuel hose to the propane tank. Size does matter, and wanted to match up with the propane tank. The darn thing slid out and is buried between other boxes. I really can't reach it unless I pull all the boxes out. I'm desert dweller 🏜️. And it's already 106* u not gonna see me get That done.... But it's good to know your stuff & how to use it. Hope folks are better organized. I think of it like that Tom Cruise's movie war of the worlds. And he's refrigerator is almost empty.🙄 5 min to grab the Stuff .
@@NicholsHomeTeam I do too with a prep inventory list that includes locations (go bag, garage etc. )and expiration dates like on medicines. I also have a list of grid down tasks in numbered order (gather water, secure fuel etc.) That way I don't have to remember what to do under stress. I print each list whenever updated and place a copy with my supplies. I think it's a pretty good system.
With my husband’s death, my life has been overwhelming. I miss so many emails and last week I missed the notice that my internet was going to be shut off because I forgot to pay the bill. I got a real wake-up call to how much of my life depends on an internet connection. I don’t even do instagram, tik-tok, Facebook, Netflix, etc…I only do TH-cam. I had been planning to make a batch of homemade Greek yogurt. Then it dawned on me, my recipe was online, I’d never copied it for offline use. I was lost. There was no noise in my home. I usually listen to Pandora using my Roku device on my tv just switching from pandora to TH-cam depending on my activities. Kris thank you for sharing this, I’ve kept some really helpful books but only a handful. I’m going to follow your recommendation. I purchased a dozen or so SD cards along with a number high capacity flash drives but they are empty. I’ve had good intention but no action. Like having water barrels sitting empty, what good would that do me? Thanks!!
Mourning is distracting. Look, the worst thing that can happen is if you see them again sooner rather than later, you can’t really lose because you’ve already lost whoever that someone is. The glass is half full if you think about it.
i too am widowed. sigh. i too baught all the things to prep with, but havent followed up! nice wakeup call, i have to get to it! hope you are well, losing the love of my life, and being alone is really hard, i hear you.
Keep in mind that you should update the information regularly otherwise the data will simply fade out. This is a common problem for SD cards, USB drives and other solid state memories: if they kept in storage for a long time without using them, the data will become corrupted! Also, the newer is the device, the worse is the problem (because of old flash memories used large cells capable to store only one bit in two voltage levels so it takes time to corrupt the data.... newer memories uses smaller cells capable to store even 4 bits in 16 voltage levels so a little bit of leakage ensure a data corruption in a very short time). Mechanical hard disk are less susceptible to data losses (and, if something goes wrong, data recovery shops can usually recover almost all of the data with ease) but if you need a serious data backup, please consider the use of magnetic tapes (only for very large amount of data because the drive is really expensive) or *archive grade* CD, DVD and BD (these disk are the best option for home use and can last 100 years in normal storage and 1000 years in a sealed environment).
Along the same idea...don't forget that you can also easily save web pages to any drive in PDF format just from your browser. As an example...I save recipes for offline use. With the webpage you want to save displayed...click the 3 dots in the upper right of your browser, select PRINT, select save as PDF, and designate a file destination.
@@battles146 I rename them (before saving the file) using the name of the food recipe main ingredient first...such as "beef" stroganoff. That way, everything with "beef" is organized together.
You can also save the entire webpage with all the assets by hitting Ctrl+s. Then to view later just navigate to where you saved the webpage folder and and open the html file
Something that this video didn't directly cover: *_Have backups!_* Especially USB sticks are prone to data rot unless they're plugged in on a regular basis, with some cheaper sticks starting to go bad after as little as a month or two. SSDs are less prone to this, but since it's still non-volatile electronic storage it will eventually start deteriorating as well. Hard drives are the "best" option and will generally last the longest, but are still not immune to data rot. The "best" option is archival grade blu-rays, as they are expected to last 50-100 years if stored properly (basically avoid large temperature variations, high humidity and direct sunlight), but since optical drives seem to be going out of fashion it's anyone's guess if people will still be able to play them 50 years from now.
@@found13 I've lived in AZ 51 years, sounds like you are running tests for the failure point. I'm a guy out here using them like a consumer, no fails. There's been one in my Jeep with mp3's on it, 170ºf+ in the summer for the last 5 years.
The worst thing about preparedness for me is the ridicule. Friends and family treat me like im an insane conspiracy theorist. My wife and kids believe me but I can tell they dont fully understand how fucked it can get real quick. Everyone takes everything for granted, like no matter what things will just keep working forever. I think in a real grid down situation, 75% of people in the USA will die within 90 days.
My daughter did not understand the things I was and am doing. Had her listen to a book, The Great State by Shelby Gallagher. It has helped and she is doing some prepping. Not as much as I would like but she is getting there.
Think at how quick that could change. If the Internet went down, zim files would be incredibly popular. Friends and family would be asking you how to set up Kiwix.
I live in FL and with these hurricanes over the years I have had a taste of what can go down and have seen how society deteriorates into chaos. Make sure you have separate locations where you store vital supplies in case you have to abandon/flee home base.
As a resident of an area that got hit by 100 mph straight winds. I can tell you that people aren’t ready for any kind of prolonged downtime of power, internet, gas shortages. Add in water unavailability and most would be screwed. In two days the griping and whining was just stupid. Trees down on houses, across streets, power lines down. Thankfully no violence but 95 degree temps, people sleeping outside to stay cooler, etc was fraying a lot of nerves. Worst case there was hardship for a week. Just a week. We were fortunate to have topped off our vehicles gas the night before the storm. I’ll give that one to God as we had no idea what was brewing out west. I was asked why I was helping others rather than doing work on my own trees and power. I just smiled and referred them to city prepping whenever the power comes back on for them.
I've been using Kiwix for about a year now and It's fantastic. Started out downloading interesting articles to read on long flights but soon found a wealth of good prepping info. I've just recently started syncing all my prep data to an older laptop that stays in my homemade Faraday box and Kiwix has become an integral part of the knowledge base. Another great video, thanks!
Thank you for these wonderful resources. As a retired grandmother on a fixed income, I can tell you that people on fixed incomes are in deep trouble with the inflation now. We have found that we can learn and share with our older neighbors who are much more willing to listen if we describe these measures as a hedge against inflation. We try to avoid the word prepping. We need to be ready to help our neighbors.
“Prepping” is really just short-hand slang. Maybe it has gathered some connotations for some people, but “emergency preparedness” is really the same thing. I like your “sales tactic” of “hedge against inflation.” Whatever it takes!
Was able to withstand a 5day storm induced power outage. Thanks to you for awesome information! Between preparing well and my husband's skills (friends call him the wizard) we were able to have power and air-conditioning and assist our neighbors. Stay safe!
Good advice. I’ve just bought books and magazines. If there ever is a no power situation you don’t have to buy anything extra to access a storage device.
I have been Prepping for many many years and I have Books and magazines from years ago. American Survival Guide (no longer in print), Backwoods Home Magazine and others. Be safe my friends.
As an older widow it will take me some time to get all this… so will save this video and try my best to complete. I have prepped for 2 yrs feel I’m as ready as can be…. Food meds items precious metals ammo. Love your channel. Helps me❣️💗
Hmm. There was a slight amount of redundancy in your message. AFAIK, Ammo is under the same heading as Precious Metals - just a different physical further. :-D
@@colfaxschuyler3675 No, ammo is made of semi-precious metals. For now. In the scenario you are describing, they will become more precious than gold. Speaking of Gold, what IS the Calorie Content of Gold? How well does it sustain life, _when there is NO bread to be bought?_
@@TimeSurfer206 Why worry about eating gold? If there is no bread, it doesn't matter how much it costs. If you can't afford it, then it's the same price as the stuff that isn't there. Seeing as Man does not live by bread, alone, I would supplement my diet through a variety of digestible foodstuffs, not limited to grocery stores, and likely to be more nutritious anyway. Now... Where did I put those old Boy Scout books...?
Dude, I cannot overstake this enough - awesome video! I just stared downloading Wikipedia and only 7 hours left! Knowledge will be KING if an event takes down the Internet. Wiki isn't perfect, but there is a ton of useful information on it.
If it's knowledge you want, that's not a bad idea. Another one is to grab an AI model like Lambda, they aren't quite at ChatGPT level but can give you simple answers to a ton of things with reasoning on some reasonable hardware. They are trained on terabytes of data off the internet so it would be an easy way to 'google' without any internet.
This is a great idea. Thank you Chris but I’m continuing to work on my library of prepping books and magazines on all sorts of topics: Water purification, gardening, seed saving, medical books, auto & motorcycle repair books, fishing, hunting, etc. But those downloads are almost PRICELESS. Most excellent! Stay safe everyone and keep prepping every day.
@@ankavivaExcept People Exagerate how much was lost in Alexandria. The library was in show decline and by the time it burned down, not much of aibrary was already left.
I did that with a tablet (EMP protected), huge number of books. Could never carry them all if physical. Most important ones if I have to paid for a second copy for a second device. Did buy a few. Love your sharing this one and adding even more information.
Kris! You have sent me down a rabbit hole. Your the best! Your gonna be the reason lots of lives are saved when this all goes to shit. Thank you for all you do.
I have been doing this since 2012. I use SeaGate external drives from 1 to 8 Terabytes, I have about 20 in assorted sizes assigned to different subject matter, so many videos books, articles that no longer exist. I keep it in the largest size ammo can turned into a fariday cage.What your talking about here with the download & compression is incredible! Great tip Kris!
It all fails, I have had SSD cards fail. You have master back ups that only get used to make new copies but never used for anything else. My first external drive was a 1tb Toshiba and I heard it clicking and moved everything off right away. It was maybe 5 years old. My oldest Seagate is probably 8 years old and I haven't had a failure from one yet but I have seldom used backups in a fairiday box.
this video in combination with a locally run LLM that could then use this information to reason together multiple subjects would be incredibly helpful, that being said one would have to be aware of hallucinations but if navigated responsibly, this could be an incredible source of information and advanced information processing off grid (or offline)
As someone who has run preparedness workshops and trained on computer skills for 34 years, I was duly impressed with the entire video and with your channel in general. Well done and Thank You!!! 👍👍👍
EXTREMELY Valuable. I really appreciate this. I was starting to download each Project Gutenberg book and ive gotten up to like 30 and figured it would take forever. This does it in 1 go. You are the man
I did this many years ago, but printed the information off and put it all into 2 really big binders. Now, even if an EMP took out all electronic devices, I still have access to the information.
I’ve used this for years. I have three old toughbooks each in separate faraday cages, and I put it on every old laptop that I quit using. I’m really happy to see this getting on attention. Excellent recourse
I always find offers on books online & end up getting both the physical copy and digital copy as well; i keep them on a flash drive so that i can print them out one day and keep them in binders. It's always good to keep backups of this stuff for not only your own documentation, but also for the possibility of distribution to close friends and family if needed.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I have been looking for something like this for over a year. I have been selectively copying files but this is so much better! You are amazing and literally a life saver!
I wrote everything down that you said because computers confuse me and I'll have to give this a try after I get off of work..... Technology is way above my pay grade. It's like a foreign language to me.
And this is exactly why I love this channel, it's a no bulshit get you the information you need channel. It's explained clearly and concisely. Thank you very much for all your hard work
Thank you so much for this. This one feels especially timely and close to home given how much we've relied on digital knowledge here recently. I got to feeling extremely bad over past several weeks and I couldn't figure out what was going on. I know I have iron-deficiency anemia, but I never really took it seriously since I viewed my chronic illness and other issues as "bigger" problems. But then when the usual stuff isn't working and I'm getting worse, I ask my dr, yeah, but I'm also checking online. I confused my symptoms for asthma, but online info is like, "could also be anemia" and I was like, "Oh right, that's a thing I have, dur." I was on the verge of needing the emergency room, and I was able to turn it around from the info I found online. Recovery has been amazing. I mean, here I am typing away when a few days ago I could hardly get out of bed. Within this same time frame, my bro just helped out a co-worker on the verge of heat stroke using Google. He works in a small office, and he was indoors when he got a call from co-worker's colleague out in the field (they work in pairs for this reason) that he wasn't looking good. My bro said he went out there to help and never scrolled thru Google so fast in his life. It took a few minutes, but he narrowed down what he needed to do and got his co-worker to the emergency room in his car. His co-worker is fine now. Made a smooth recovery, and got lots of rest with PTO. That was bad enough right now, but what about if SHTF? Having Wikipedia right there could be a literal life-saver. Also, I just like being able to ask the internet random stuff like what the worst time/year ever was to be alive (turns out it was 536 AD). Fo real, look it up, it's insane. For some reason, I find it comforting to know humanity has survived the terribad without all the nice things we have now. We're even here because they managed to scrape by somehow. Knowing that somehow gives me confidence we, as a species, can figure out how to deal with whatever is coming, whenever it arrives. Won't be fun, but we'd deal.
This is a great reference, thank you! A while ago I bought a basic Kindle so that I could store documents pertaining to farming, medical guides, survival, etc. Given the long battery life & lightweight form factor, it’s definitely a good backup solution.
yep i have 2 new one's loaded up and my ham setup doubles as a data base and reader and video player LOVE MY LINUX AND MY PI, i have over 300 terabytes (hard drives and dvd's ect) all 12vDc...
@@k94536 There's also packet radio on ham that can be used as a substitute for the internet. Of course you can't send the entire Wikipedia backup over packet, but you can send individual articles that people need.
I'm a mix. I don't trust technology to always work... one major hurricane and a major earthquake with both taking the grid with it for 5-6 weeks... so I jeep books. +
This is so wonderful! Considering knowledge will be a bargaining chip or currency, you could prep a bunch of the SD cards with this information. They’re small, so they’re light and don’t take up much room, can be used as backup in case the first gets lost, dispersed into different backpacks (in case of lost or separation) and as a legitimate bargaining chip for additional resources.
This coupled with a local Large Language Model could be a life saver. Say someone has an infection and you need to narrow it down. Ask a language based model about what it could be to narrow down possibilities and then use wiki or other to research proper treatment for it. Without an LLM you'd be searching for hours and sifting through images to find anything close.
@@TheTastefulThickness desktop sure cell phone not really. You need an expensive graphics card and lots of RAM. Most large language models need at least eight or more gigs of video RAM. And that's just the pre-trained ones if you want to do any sort of training you're going to need a full fledge server farm
I've downloaded and printed out some critical information. Stuff like "how many drops of bleach to sanitize a gallon of water" etc, basic but easily forgetting information. Put them in a folder and keep them with my supplies.
Been prepping for about 13 years now. Books, survival items, food, etc. Been accumulating e books for my Kindle. Your wiki idea is brilliant and never crossed my mind. Thanks for posting!! 🤘
Kris, This is a great a great resource. I really appreciate the efforts provided by you and your team. I am looking forward to your next solar generator/battery segment. Thank you
I strongly recommend downloading the most current version of Wikipedia AND a version from roughly 2008. At some point, Wikipedia began editing things to remove truthful information to conform to a narrative. Have the ability to cross reference your information.
Wikipedia has a serious left or progressive bias to the point of absurdity on some articles. Especially on individuals considered thought criminals or heretics by radical political activists.
Very useful information incase of problems like we had like last week complete internet failure or unfortunately a potential war . this might be the way to reach information otherway is always physical books as usual . Thank you for your efforts and good quality content.
I did this about 10 years ago. I will add the wikipedia content to it now. I only referenced the info during a grid down event one time. But it was seriously comforting knowing I had tons of information if the event were to be a long term or permanant scenario.
Glad someone else finally did a great video on this subject!!! Thanks for it Chris! I've been trying to grab up small/portable digital copies of stuff for the last few years. Been doing books, MP3s, useful prepping videos, etc and stashing away on MICRO SDHC cards as well as the stuff to play them on.
Awesome! I was going to go and get a Kindle to download various prepping books, but this is a better way altogether. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Great video! I didn't even know about Kiwix before this. Some good free advice regarding the storage of downloaded files. Get an external MECHANICAL DRIVE. I've found that data could sometimes degrade on those little thumb drives (especially when they're not in use for awhile) and chip drives. You could easily get a external usb case for an unused laptop drive you have laying around but you would most likely be better off spending 30 -50 bucks and getting a new (or refurbished from the manufacturer) drive.👍👍👍👍👍
Chris. I am a long time follower. Others are not. Suggestion. When you say any acronym such as AKA follow it with what the acronym means. Your following has grown, IMHO In my humble opinion, because you are calm, non alarmist and talk about practical things non-peppers need to hear. I know it seems like a simple thing but it would be one more thing in your arsenal to help people prepare.
If you want your media to stick around for a long time you'll need archival media like M-Disc optical media or tape storage. Having physical copies of medianas much as possible is also very useful, depending on how long you need to store it for
This is amazing information and brilliant for a time when Internet use isn't behind registered identity walls (yet). Thank you for diving into saving information for offline use. The time of free information coming to an end haunts me!!
Great Video as usual. I have many Raspberry Pi's and I have a couple that are set up just for this. If SHTF, I have this info available and yes, I have a solar charger as well. Just need to make a Faraday box to put them in. This Kiwix is new for me, so I will be using it. Thank you for this.
I did something similiar. I bought a 10" tabblet with a USB port and card slot on it.. I have external hard drives tons of memory cards, most labled with different topics. All stored securly in a fireproof safe. These tablets can be charged tons of ways. Take almost no space and are light. I recently got a 6tb external mini drive to hold movies. Anyone who has every been in SHTF of some degree know that the occasional movie or show to excape reality for a short time is a huge morale booster. Also loaded educational stuff for kids and adults. The worlds vast knowledge is at our finger tips and cheaply safely stored for long term use. no reason to NOT do this.
i got over 10 box's of movies and copy of them from goodwill under $ 20.00 all dvd's... still i;m scanning more of what i have into pdf and giving them to the homeless and tell them to use the Library to use the dvd's...
Being technically oriented I was downloading Wikipedia, etc., back in 2007. Great ideas! Keep it up! You have my best wishes. The biggest problem is deciding what to download. I urge you to create "knowledge packages" that users can choose and download, obtaining multiple knowledge sources in a single action. For an example, look at the package management systems in Linux software distributions. Roughly, I'd like to see a menu that lets the user select packages of interest and a client that subsequently downloads the selected packages over a period of hours or days, according to the volume of data. Also, the user can drill down into a knowledge package and select or de-select individual knowledge sources according to preference. The system can also manage the updating of knowledge sources, downloading only what's changed. The updating can be done automatically based on a user-selected schedule. Some sources would need to be updated quite frequently. Others might not need updating at all. Of course, you would need a programmer or two. . . .
Consider saving some LLM's (large language models) on an offline drive. They contain vast amounts of human knowledge and only take a small thumb drive to store them.
I'm not a "Prepper" (my wife is a hoarder, does that count?), but I want to thank you for this video. I remember the days when having an encyclopedia (in printed form) was a must for all young couples with children (long before the internet existed). They were very expensive, and normally were placed on a bookshelf which was located in a prominent place in your home. Seldom used, but often showed off (especially if they had the name Brittanica on them). The world has come a long way since then.
The old encyclopedias are still good to have around. You can use them as proof that some history gets rewritten, especially recently. Even the Bible has that problem. The NIV version, which I never use because it's copyrighted, changes constantly online, and the printed version changes from edition to edition. Get old encyclopedias, history books, dictionaries, technical reference books, etc. I even have an old electrical manual that has instructions with detailed diagrams on how to repair old mechanical switch telephone systems. If the worst happened and some of that equipment still survived somewhere, it could be repaired and help rebuild things.
Buy a Remarkable and save yourself all this...stuff. You can dump anything you want on it and it doubles as an device to write with and can be charged with a solar panel in a couple of hours. I store all my books, pdfs and maps.
For the sake of redundancy, thumb drive and computer. One might bite the dust and you'll still have the info. I think we did this a couple of years ago, but an update is awesome. Thanks
Interesting video! Just want to say, you should probably get the torrents of the files instead of the .zim files directly. That way the download is much faster, you put less strain on a single server, and it also allows you to share the files once your done so you help others download large files too.
this seems like a high tech solution. I do know my eyes glazed over and my mind wandered several times during this video......this is not the method for me. Even now i gravitate to simpler ways, i have done the electronic everything route and realized it brought a fair amount of stress with it. Call me a backward but after getting some books i am now defiantly a paper person.
Thank you thank you thank you! This is the first video I've watched in a long time that I found actually informative. I already started my download. Thanks again!
I've been collection books for years now. There are some really good and out of copyright prepper libraries out there. I use the free Calibre as my ebook manager on my pc and for convenience, calibre-web to share my library to any browser. A tiny Raspberry Pi zero computer easily hosts calibre-web and i copy my calibre library across periodically. I do need to add kiwix-server to it for offline wiki* reading.. Its a good resource I've delayed in setting up.... oh, an altoids tin is my faraday cage for it.
I had posted a video about Kiwix a while back on my channel. Which is funny, because I didn't actually keep the zim files. After seeing this video… and a video with a Democrat and a Republican talking about nuclear warfare …it seemed like a good moment to get downloading again. I just put Linux on an old MacBook - which is plenty of space for the top 1,000,000 Wikipedia articles. So, that old computer hardware now has a new purpose! Even if I don't keep the large zim files on all of my computers, I like to keep the Kiwix reader on my computers / mobile phones, because that might not easy or possible to do if the Power Grid and the Internet is down. It might seem like Information Technology would be useless in such a scenario, but I imagine people would be trading Zim files if the Internet was offline for a prolonged period of time.
Thanks so much! I've been a fan of you and your page for a long time. This was SO helpful and super easy to understand. I've bought a few thumb drives from different sources to help out in case of a grid-down situation. Hope you can find a way to put your articles and videos onto an index for us. I would pay for that, too!
thank you so much for the payment...greatly appreciated! glad you found the information valuable. trying to shift the channel more toward practical how-to videos like this. stay safe my friend!
I've been talking with my wife about this exact situation. I've been compiling videos and literature on indigenous edible plants natural medicine etc....everything you need to survive in a bad situation. I'm not a prepper by any sort but I definitely don't want my family to suffer needlessly.
But, be careful using Wikipedia., they tend to not be truthful about certain things... Thank you for this great idea... For me, I rather write down the information I find that may be useful during SHTF, because, if there is a EMP, that won't be any good unless you are fortunate enough to have the money or means of making or having access to a faraday cage. And making one isn't a guarantee your stuff will be safe because nothing is 100% at this point.
Thank you for this information my friend. You may be the only prepper channel now that is giving things that we can do instead of just getting caught up in the culture war, racism, homophobic, elitist, nationalist bullshit. Thank you.
That's probably one of the most useful videos you've made ever, I hope it's never necessary to access information this way, but having this kind of back up would be awesome if SHTF. Much appreciated.
As someone who collects resources, this gives me a lot to think about. And then organizing it. I think the one thing about this, that I'm cautious about is how much of the information is changed/edited to meet the progressive ideology and their inclusive language and history. Seems like it's better to grab it sooner, rather than later.
There could be a few scenarios, one being the government trying to micromanage publicly available information for various reasons they can come up with out of thin air. They usually abuse the guise of "safety" in order to control, manipulate or mandate. They can come up with anything that's borderline acceptable to the average citizen, such as claiming sites spreading misinformation, disinformation, bad information, false information, taboo information, trying to censor information, etc. It's endless what they can come up with that sounds good enough to abuse. All they have to do is claim a reason and railroad everything from there. Heck, they could even claim certain sites help terrorists and criminals, etc.
This is an excellent resource! I never knew about this and I'm a website programmer! I will make a monthly effort to update Wikipedia and Wiktionary at the very least. Keep the videos coming! :)
Yeah, Google, Wikipedia for starters have switched out fallacies with the truth on some critical stuff and lots of history. Get hard copies of anything you’ll think you need
So true. I recently searched a person on Wikipedia....it was a complete axe job....and UNTRUE. I used to donate to Wikipedia....ashamed I did....never again.
You can purchase 2 TB SD cards for as little as £4 online. My phone, tablet and laptop all boast 2TB worth of storage now. Also purchased bushcraft and survival books in physical form.
Electrical problems make up a large portion of auto repairs. When I worked at a mom/pop auto parts store, I often downloaded wiring diagrams from my local library database for the charging system of the vehicle the customer was working on. We reduced the number of warranty returns down to almost zero because the problems were many times not in the alternator. The library has since taken down the data link and now allows access to their AllData system only in house at the main branch, 40 miles away from me. The Mitchell's repair manuals have been taken off the reference shelf and put into vault storage. Access is available after a half hour wait, but half the time the volume is "missing" or the wrong book is pulled. I have since ordered paper factory manuals for all my newer vehicles. Advice: gather info for the vintage ignition systems (EEC-IV, etc) because old mechanics are dying off. Engineer work arounds...Parts will be hard to come by.
I thought it was funny how convinced schools accept it as definitive. Meanwhile the schools probably already have all the information they need. They don't even like the sources, they want the Wikipedia link.
Thats why there are sources on the bottom of each article to make sure you can check the source and similar ones, fact checking the source. If there aren’t any… well then definitely don’t trust it.
Another way that I do it is by downloading PDF versions of different books and manuals. In some prep related group pages across the social media sphere, most have an area where users can upload documents and files. Facebook and MeWe both have this option. You can save directly to thumb drive or folder that way as well. I am currently using a mini laptop that is only for prep related info that I can easily store in an EMP proof container. I pull it out once a month to update the info (one source I use has a batch file system that just skips PDF files that haven't been updated and only downloads new content) and to charge it. I am currently trying to switch over to my iPad. It will be way easier to charge an iPad over even the mini laptop. The mini laptop will become a tradable item as will the handful of copies of the main thumb drive. Oddly, my wife, who isn't totally on board with my prepping asked me if I had a binder to help "restart" the world after watching an episode of the Walking Dead where a lady shows up with an "Binder of Knowledge". I had books, but nothing that significant that I could reference on as wide of topics that I felt I might need later on. She called the main thumb drive and mini laptop combo "The ARK" (All Relevant Knowledge). It's a great thing to have, and it has been her crowning contribution to my "crazy prepping stuff"... It also got her more involved.
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here is why what you are proposing will not work. You are using windows and maxos. Those two operating systems can be hacked with a malware. Linux (debian) is the way to go. I have been way ahead of you. Been doing this for years. SurviorLibrary
Where’s the gunpowder and bullet making source material?
My question is, if there's an EMP and your devices have been in the EMP bag, how are devices going to work without cell towers because they went down by the EMP?
@@nomadhgnis9425 did you mean survivor?
Its important to note that while these services are free, providing them is NOT free for the organizations doing so. This is one of those rare case where "if its free, YOU are the product" doesn't apply -- this is nonprofit stuff covered by donations and volunteers. No one should feel obligated, but if you find this stuff valuable and have the surplus cash, tossing them a few extra bucks goes a long way to keeping these developments going.
it's free and open source meaning they will always be free to the public
NO -- they lock pages to edits that go against their political beliefs -- F*CK wikipedia
@@jakephelp Yes, it is, and that makes it one of the rare free services that aren't spying on you to pay the bills.
They do need to pay for bandwidth though for all the people downloading multi gigabyte files. That's where tossing them a couple bucks here or there helps to keep the lights on. They won't start charging the public but if they can't pay the bills they can just disappear as a resource.
@@jakephelp this is why occasionally on wiki you will see them asking for donations, its completely free but who at wiki hq keeps the lights on and the servers running.
The people run and maintain wiki, don’t listen to these people lol
Just a tip - google maps can be downloaded for offline use (I’m sure everyone knows this) but yeah you can zoom out and download your whole state realistically
I didn’t know that. That’s fantastic information thank you 🙏 😊
Personally I prefer OSMAnd as it allows you to download literally whole states and works completely offline. Sure the geocoding still needs a lot of work due to an incomplete data set of addresses provided by users. But it is better than nothing and if you just need to get to the intersection of two streets you're good.
Ditto with other GPS/ mapping apps.
I recommend having more than one, off possible.
Android has several Topo maps apps that also let you d/l map data. In a pinch, knowing which end is "up" in the mountains can be useful. Even if GPS satellites go out, a compass and s topo map will get you there
I also like apps that work with alternate location systems. My favorite alternate is "What Three Words". In a pinch, communicating three words that gives your location within five feet is easy to do. Waze is one of those, but there are better ones that will let you D/L individual states or sections of a country to local storage.
AND renew the offline google map yearly because they expire after 12 months
@@shadowmistress999 That's another reason to go with the crowd-sourced maps, in the Open Streets formats.
This in conjunction with critical books on first aid, foraging, etc plus paper maps. I keep a binder with paper copies of grid down recipes, water purification formulas, egg and baking substitutes, equipment instruction manuals, etc. Just in case of an emp large enough to take out everything. Thanks Kris. It's a great tool!
Really good. I'm still battling organization. A camping item I never used but was trying to figure out the fuel hose to the propane tank. Size does matter, and wanted to match up with the propane tank. The darn thing slid out and is buried between other boxes. I really can't reach it unless I pull all the boxes out. I'm desert dweller 🏜️. And it's already 106* u not gonna see me get That done.... But it's good to know your stuff & how to use it. Hope folks are better organized. I think of it like that Tom Cruise's movie war of the worlds. And he's refrigerator is almost empty.🙄 5 min to grab the Stuff .
That’s a great idea.
@@emptymannull Please share the name of your browser tool, thanks.
I keep my master one on Google drive to make it easier to update everything
@@NicholsHomeTeam I do too with a prep inventory list that includes locations (go bag, garage etc. )and expiration dates like on medicines. I also have a list of grid down tasks in numbered order (gather water, secure fuel etc.) That way I don't have to remember what to do under stress. I print each list whenever updated and place a copy with my supplies. I think it's a pretty good system.
With my husband’s death, my life has been overwhelming. I miss so many emails and last week I missed the notice that my internet was going to be shut off because I forgot to pay the bill. I got a real wake-up call to how much of my life depends on an internet connection. I don’t even do instagram, tik-tok, Facebook, Netflix, etc…I only do TH-cam. I had been planning to make a batch of homemade Greek yogurt. Then it dawned on me, my recipe was online, I’d never copied it for offline use. I was lost. There was no noise in my home. I usually listen to Pandora using my Roku device on my tv just switching from pandora to TH-cam depending on my activities. Kris thank you for sharing this, I’ve kept some really helpful books but only a handful. I’m going to follow your recommendation. I purchased a dozen or so SD cards along with a number high capacity flash drives but they are empty. I’ve had good intention but no action. Like having water barrels sitting empty, what good would that do me? Thanks!!
Hope you are doing better now. Let us know how you're now. All the very best wishes
I hope that wherever you are, you are happy
Mourning is distracting.
Look, the worst thing that can happen is if you see them again sooner rather than later, you can’t really lose because you’ve already lost whoever that someone is.
The glass is half full if you think about it.
i too am widowed. sigh. i too baught all the things to prep with, but havent followed up! nice wakeup call, i have to get to it! hope you are well, losing the love of my life, and being alone is really hard, i hear you.
Keep in mind that you should update the information regularly otherwise the data will simply fade out.
This is a common problem for SD cards, USB drives and other solid state memories: if they kept in storage for a long time without using them, the data will become corrupted!
Also, the newer is the device, the worse is the problem (because of old flash memories used large cells capable to store only one bit in two voltage levels so it takes time to corrupt the data.... newer memories uses smaller cells capable to store even 4 bits in 16 voltage levels so a little bit of leakage ensure a data corruption in a very short time).
Mechanical hard disk are less susceptible to data losses (and, if something goes wrong, data recovery shops can usually recover almost all of the data with ease) but if you need a serious data backup, please consider the use of magnetic tapes (only for very large amount of data because the drive is really expensive) or *archive grade* CD, DVD and BD (these disk are the best option for home use and can last 100 years in normal storage and 1000 years in a sealed environment).
Along the same idea...don't forget that you can also easily save web pages to any drive in PDF format just from your browser. As an example...I save recipes for offline use. With the webpage you want to save displayed...click the 3 dots in the upper right of your browser, select PRINT, select save as PDF, and designate a file destination.
just make sure you have the correct name you want of the PDF file before you save it to a destination (so you know the contents of the file)
@@battles146 I rename them (before saving the file) using the name of the food recipe main ingredient first...such as "beef" stroganoff. That way, everything with "beef" is organized together.
Didn’t work - total failure
@@danevertt3210 Where it asks "Destination", select "Save as PDF"
You can also save the entire webpage with all the assets by hitting Ctrl+s. Then to view later just navigate to where you saved the webpage folder and and open the html file
Something that this video didn't directly cover: *_Have backups!_* Especially USB sticks are prone to data rot unless they're plugged in on a regular basis, with some cheaper sticks starting to go bad after as little as a month or two. SSDs are less prone to this, but since it's still non-volatile electronic storage it will eventually start deteriorating as well. Hard drives are the "best" option and will generally last the longest, but are still not immune to data rot. The "best" option is archival grade blu-rays, as they are expected to last 50-100 years if stored properly (basically avoid large temperature variations, high humidity and direct sunlight), but since optical drives seem to be going out of fashion it's anyone's guess if people will still be able to play them 50 years from now.
Also have multiple back ups - and store off site, that way if something happens to your home/business you are safe and still have your data.
also, be sure to swallow one and spin-launch another into space
Good point! I'll add this: Have backups of your backups!
I agree on the backups but I've never experienced data degradation on usb or SD devices
@@found13 I've lived in AZ 51 years, sounds like you are running tests for the failure point. I'm a guy out here using them like a consumer, no fails. There's been one in my Jeep with mp3's on it, 170ºf+ in the summer for the last 5 years.
The worst thing about preparedness for me is the ridicule. Friends and family treat me like im an insane conspiracy theorist. My wife and kids believe me but I can tell they dont fully understand how fucked it can get real quick. Everyone takes everything for granted, like no matter what things will just keep working forever. I think in a real grid down situation, 75% of people in the USA will die within 90 days.
My daughter did not understand the things I was and am doing. Had her listen to a book, The Great State by Shelby Gallagher. It has helped and she is doing some prepping. Not as much as I would like but she is getting there.
Think at how quick that could change. If the Internet went down, zim files would be incredibly popular. Friends and family would be asking you how to set up Kiwix.
You are the Smart One! Ignore stupid people! Look at all kinds of disasters😮 that are already happening! Keep on Keeping On with your preps!!!!👍🏼😇
I live in FL and with these hurricanes over the years I have had a taste of what can go down and have seen how society deteriorates into chaos. Make sure you have separate locations where you store vital supplies in case you have to abandon/flee home base.
As a resident of an area that got hit by 100 mph straight winds. I can tell you that people aren’t ready for any kind of prolonged downtime of power, internet, gas shortages. Add in water unavailability and most would be screwed. In two days the griping and whining was just stupid. Trees down on houses, across streets, power lines down. Thankfully no violence but 95 degree temps, people sleeping outside to stay cooler, etc was fraying a lot of nerves. Worst case there was hardship for a week. Just a week. We were fortunate to have topped off our vehicles gas the night before the storm. I’ll give that one to God as we had no idea what was brewing out west.
I was asked why I was helping others rather than doing work on my own trees and power. I just smiled and referred them to city prepping whenever the power comes back on for them.
I've been using Kiwix for about a year now and It's fantastic. Started out downloading interesting articles to read on long flights but soon found a wealth of good prepping info. I've just recently started syncing all my prep data to an older laptop that stays in my homemade Faraday box and Kiwix has become an integral part of the knowledge base. Another great video, thanks!
Thank you for these wonderful resources. As a retired grandmother on a fixed income, I can tell you that people on fixed incomes are in deep trouble with the inflation now. We have found that we can learn and share with our older neighbors who are much more willing to listen if we describe these measures as a hedge against inflation. We try to avoid the word prepping. We need to be ready to help our neighbors.
“Prepping” is really just short-hand slang. Maybe it has gathered some connotations for some people, but “emergency preparedness” is really the same thing. I like your “sales tactic” of “hedge against inflation.” Whatever it takes!
Blessings
Was able to withstand a 5day storm induced power outage. Thanks to you for awesome information! Between preparing well and my husband's skills (friends call him the wizard) we were able to have power and air-conditioning and assist our neighbors. Stay safe!
Same here! Fellow Oklahoman?
@@alquinn3562 yes
that's amazing! glad y'all were safe and prepared
having a generator doesn’t make you a wizard lol
@@allegorx58 you don't say? He's most likely called that for other stuff, maybe he's Harry Potter
Good advice. I’ve just bought books and magazines. If there ever is a no power situation you don’t have to buy anything extra to access a storage device.
Estate sales, yard sales and book stores. I rarely pay over 20 dollars for boxes of books.
I have been Prepping for many many years and I have Books and magazines from years ago. American Survival Guide (no longer in print), Backwoods Home Magazine and others. Be safe my friends.
Same!
My phone can store thousands of books and I have several options for solar panels so the lack of power doesn't mean much.
Am wonder if you have to bug out on foot, how many books is a person going to have to carry?
As an older widow it will take me some time to get all this… so will save this video and try my best to complete. I have prepped for 2 yrs feel I’m as ready as can be…. Food meds items precious metals ammo. Love your channel. Helps me❣️💗
You can get a flash drive for 10 bucks at any store. That will keep you in budget
Hmm. There was a slight amount of redundancy in your message. AFAIK, Ammo is under the same heading as Precious Metals - just a different physical further.
:-D
@@colfaxschuyler3675 No, ammo is made of semi-precious metals.
For now. In the scenario you are describing, they will become more precious than gold.
Speaking of Gold, what IS the Calorie Content of Gold?
How well does it sustain life, _when there is NO bread to be bought?_
@@TimeSurfer206 Why worry about eating gold? If there is no bread, it doesn't matter how much it costs. If you can't afford it, then it's the same price as the stuff that isn't there.
Seeing as Man does not live by bread, alone, I would supplement my diet through a variety of digestible foodstuffs, not limited to grocery stores, and likely to be more nutritious anyway.
Now... Where did I put those old Boy Scout books...?
... Not that I'm planning on eating old Boy Scout books.
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Dude, I cannot overstake this enough - awesome video! I just stared downloading Wikipedia and only 7 hours left! Knowledge will be KING if an event takes down the Internet. Wiki isn't perfect, but there is a ton of useful information on it.
yup. it's not a perfect platform, but hey, it's free and it's got a ton of info. the other links I referenced are super valuable as well.
Thank you
How did you download Wikipedia...?
@@tylermartin8623 The steps are in the video.
If it's knowledge you want, that's not a bad idea. Another one is to grab an AI model like Lambda, they aren't quite at ChatGPT level but can give you simple answers to a ton of things with reasoning on some reasonable hardware. They are trained on terabytes of data off the internet so it would be an easy way to 'google' without any internet.
This is a great idea. Thank you Chris but I’m continuing to work on my library of prepping books and magazines on all sorts of topics: Water purification, gardening, seed saving, medical books, auto & motorcycle repair books, fishing, hunting, etc. But those downloads are almost PRICELESS. Most excellent! Stay safe everyone and keep prepping every day.
This is like a library...but for EVERYTHING! What a brilliant idea. Thanks for sharing!
Really indispensable.
This is like a modern Library of Alexandria.
@@ankavivaExcept People Exagerate how much was lost in Alexandria. The library was in show decline and by the time it burned down, not much of aibrary was already left.
@@silverhawkscape2677 ah man, for some reason that's kind of a bummer to hear.
@@nevercommentnotevenonce9334 ?_? wha....
@@ankaviva well everyone would just download llma 3.1 8b and achive the same with much easier "search" and much less time spendibg setting it up
I did that with a tablet (EMP protected), huge number of books. Could never carry them all if physical. Most important ones if I have to paid for a second copy for a second device. Did buy a few. Love your sharing this one and adding even more information.
how do you emp protect a device? that makes no sense
@@outlawsyl Powered off and protected with EMP shielding. Not saying it works if in use during an EMP. That is hard to do even for the military
Kris! You have sent me down a rabbit hole. Your the best! Your gonna be the reason lots of lives are saved when this all goes to shit. Thank you for all you do.
*you're
I have been doing this since 2012. I use SeaGate external drives from 1 to 8 Terabytes, I have about 20 in assorted sizes assigned to different subject matter, so many videos books, articles that no longer exist. I keep it in the largest size ammo can turned into a fariday cage.What your talking about here with the download & compression is incredible! Great tip Kris!
Might wanna remember those still fail more than SSDs
@@kristopherleslie8343SDs also fail if not turned on periodically.
I would not bank on those hard drives being the most reliable thing. SSD would be the way to go.
It all fails, I have had SSD cards fail. You have master back ups that only get used to make new copies but never used for anything else. My first external drive was a 1tb Toshiba and I heard it clicking and moved everything off right away. It was maybe 5 years old. My oldest Seagate is probably 8 years old and I haven't had a failure from one yet but I have seldom used backups in a fairiday box.
@@jacksson9391 no need to include master in computing terms
this video in combination with a locally run LLM that could then use this information to reason together multiple subjects would be incredibly helpful, that being said one would have to be aware of hallucinations but if navigated responsibly, this could be an incredible source of information and advanced information processing off grid (or offline)
As someone who has run preparedness workshops and trained on computer skills for 34 years, I was duly impressed with the entire video and with your channel in general. Well done and Thank You!!! 👍👍👍
Thank you so much for your amazing support and encouragement!
You are so welcome!
EXTREMELY Valuable. I really appreciate this. I was starting to download each Project Gutenberg book and ive gotten up to like 30 and figured it would take forever. This does it in 1 go. You are the man
I did this many years ago, but printed the information off and put it all into 2 really big binders. Now, even if an EMP took out all electronic devices, I still have access to the information.
u just went all in , ready for nukes , just in case
I’ve used this for years. I have three old toughbooks each in separate faraday cages, and I put it on every old laptop that I quit using. I’m really happy to see this getting on attention. Excellent recourse
I always find offers on books online & end up getting both the physical copy and digital copy as well; i keep them on a flash drive so that i can print them out one day and keep them in binders. It's always good to keep backups of this stuff for not only your own documentation, but also for the possibility of distribution to close friends and family if needed.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I have been looking for something like this for over a year. I have been selectively copying files but this is so much better! You are amazing and literally a life saver!
I wrote everything down that you said because computers confuse me and I'll have to give this a try after I get off of work.....
Technology is way above my pay grade.
It's like a foreign language to me.
try to learn HAM (Amateur) radio go to meeting and tell them you want to learn
And this is exactly why I love this channel, it's a no bulshit get you the information you need channel. It's explained clearly and concisely. Thank you very much for all your hard work
Thank you so much for this. This one feels especially timely and close to home given how much we've relied on digital knowledge here recently.
I got to feeling extremely bad over past several weeks and I couldn't figure out what was going on. I know I have iron-deficiency anemia, but I never really took it seriously since I viewed my chronic illness and other issues as "bigger" problems. But then when the usual stuff isn't working and I'm getting worse, I ask my dr, yeah, but I'm also checking online. I confused my symptoms for asthma, but online info is like, "could also be anemia" and I was like, "Oh right, that's a thing I have, dur."
I was on the verge of needing the emergency room, and I was able to turn it around from the info I found online. Recovery has been amazing. I mean, here I am typing away when a few days ago I could hardly get out of bed.
Within this same time frame, my bro just helped out a co-worker on the verge of heat stroke using Google. He works in a small office, and he was indoors when he got a call from co-worker's colleague out in the field (they work in pairs for this reason) that he wasn't looking good. My bro said he went out there to help and never scrolled thru Google so fast in his life. It took a few minutes, but he narrowed down what he needed to do and got his co-worker to the emergency room in his car.
His co-worker is fine now. Made a smooth recovery, and got lots of rest with PTO.
That was bad enough right now, but what about if SHTF? Having Wikipedia right there could be a literal life-saver.
Also, I just like being able to ask the internet random stuff like what the worst time/year ever was to be alive (turns out it was 536 AD). Fo real, look it up, it's insane.
For some reason, I find it comforting to know humanity has survived the terribad without all the nice things we have now. We're even here because they managed to scrape by somehow. Knowing that somehow gives me confidence we, as a species, can figure out how to deal with whatever is coming, whenever it arrives. Won't be fun, but we'd deal.
This is a great reference, thank you! A while ago I bought a basic Kindle so that I could store documents pertaining to farming, medical guides, survival, etc. Given the long battery life & lightweight form factor, it’s definitely a good backup solution.
yep i have 2 new one's loaded up and my ham setup doubles as a data base and reader and video player LOVE MY LINUX AND MY PI, i have over 300 terabytes (hard drives and dvd's ect) all 12vDc...
@@k94536 I’m interested in how you have this set up
@@k94536 There's also packet radio on ham that can be used as a substitute for the internet. Of course you can't send the entire Wikipedia backup over packet, but you can send individual articles that people need.
Great advice, but I'm old school. My house is a mini library. Not just how to...I'm addicted to reading, so I have a couple thousand books!
I'm a mix. I don't trust technology to always work... one major hurricane and a major earthquake with both taking the grid with it for 5-6 weeks... so I jeep books. +
This is so wonderful! Considering knowledge will be a bargaining chip or currency, you could prep a bunch of the SD cards with this information. They’re small, so they’re light and don’t take up much room, can be used as backup in case the first gets lost, dispersed into different backpacks (in case of lost or separation) and as a legitimate bargaining chip for additional resources.
This coupled with a local Large Language Model could be a life saver. Say someone has an infection and you need to narrow it down. Ask a language based model about what it could be to narrow down possibilities and then use wiki or other to research proper treatment for it. Without an LLM you'd be searching for hours and sifting through images to find anything close.
Problem is that the more knowledge heavy ones with more accuracy will be resource heavy
Now I need to know what that is! Non techy here. Thanks!
@@janp7660 think chat GPT but offline. Most LLMs require significant compute power to run and significant storage space.
@@Trekeyus Nah...any modern computer can do it
@@TheTastefulThickness desktop sure cell phone not really. You need an expensive graphics card and lots of RAM. Most large language models need at least eight or more gigs of video RAM. And that's just the pre-trained ones if you want to do any sort of training you're going to need a full fledge server farm
FINALLY! A video that is not to scare everyone and really have useful content. PLEEEEASE keep this style.
I've downloaded and printed out some critical information. Stuff like "how many drops of bleach to sanitize a gallon of water" etc, basic but easily forgetting information. Put them in a folder and keep them with my supplies.
Kiwix is a way to take that idea to the next level. Don't let the technicality worry you. Kiwix is not too hard to setup… kinda fun actually!
Been prepping for about 13 years now. Books, survival items, food, etc. Been accumulating e books for my Kindle. Your wiki idea is brilliant and never crossed my mind. Thanks for posting!! 🤘
Kris, This is a great a great resource. I really appreciate the efforts provided by you and your team. I am looking forward to your next solar generator/battery segment. Thank you
Ok now this is the content some of us who have already been prepping for years find useful. Great content and thanks for sharing.
would you make a video about emergency preparedness for college students?
Good idea!!
Do it please..2 grand kids could.
Maybe.
Listen to you...
?
That would be great!
And for traveling
I strongly recommend downloading the most current version of Wikipedia AND a version from roughly 2008. At some point, Wikipedia began editing things to remove truthful information to conform to a narrative. Have the ability to cross reference your information.
How do you download Wikipedia?
How do you get the 2008 version?
Wikipedia has a serious left or progressive bias to the point of absurdity on some articles. Especially on individuals considered thought criminals or heretics by radical political activists.
@@freidrichnietzsche6643What kind of a question is that? This entire video is about how to download Wikipedia.
@@ErikLiberty yeah, your right. I posted prematurely early in the video and forgot to go back and delete the comment.
Very useful information incase of problems like we had like last week complete internet failure or unfortunately a potential war . this might be the way to reach information otherway is always physical books as usual . Thank you for your efforts and good quality content.
I did this about 10 years ago. I will add the wikipedia content to it now. I only referenced the info during a grid down event one time. But it was seriously comforting knowing I had tons of information if the event were to be a long term or permanant scenario.
Glad someone else finally did a great video on this subject!!! Thanks for it Chris!
I've been trying to grab up small/portable digital copies of stuff for the last few years. Been doing books, MP3s, useful prepping videos, etc and stashing away on MICRO SDHC cards as well as the stuff to play them on.
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome! I was going to go and get a Kindle to download various prepping books, but this is a better way altogether. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Great video! I didn't even know about Kiwix before this. Some good free advice regarding the storage of downloaded files. Get an external MECHANICAL DRIVE. I've found that data could sometimes degrade on those little thumb drives (especially when they're not in use for awhile) and chip drives. You could easily get a external usb case for an unused laptop drive you have laying around but you would most likely be better off spending 30 -50 bucks and getting a new (or refurbished from the manufacturer) drive.👍👍👍👍👍
Chris. I am a long time follower. Others are not. Suggestion. When you say any acronym such as AKA follow it with what the acronym means. Your following has grown, IMHO In my humble opinion, because you are calm, non alarmist and talk about practical things non-peppers need to hear. I know it seems like a simple thing but it would be one more thing in your arsenal to help people prepare.
Exactly! I know what IMHO means. But I don’t know “Techie” acronyms.
If you want your media to stick around for a long time you'll need archival media like M-Disc optical media or tape storage. Having physical copies of medianas much as possible is also very useful, depending on how long you need to store it for
Ive had my eye on mdisc for about 5 years. Still aren't a reasonable price though.
This is amazing information and brilliant for a time when Internet use isn't behind registered identity walls (yet). Thank you for diving into saving information for offline use. The time of free information coming to an end haunts me!!
Great Video as usual. I have many Raspberry Pi's and I have a couple that are set up just for this. If SHTF, I have this info available and yes, I have a solar charger as well. Just need to make a Faraday box to put them in. This Kiwix is new for me, so I will be using it. Thank you for this.
We are so use to having valuable knowledge at our finger tips. This is a great tip to do for SHTF. Thank you.
Thanks! This was very helpful information that I was unaware of. I will be downloading this weekend! Love your channel by the way.
Glad it was helpful!
This is something I never thought about while being somewhat a prep, thank you for sharing this
I did something similiar. I bought a 10" tabblet with a USB port and card slot on it.. I have external hard drives tons of memory cards, most labled with different topics. All stored securly in a fireproof safe. These tablets can be charged tons of ways. Take almost no space and are light. I recently got a 6tb external mini drive to hold movies. Anyone who has every been in SHTF of some degree know that the occasional movie or show to excape reality for a short time is a huge morale booster. Also loaded educational stuff for kids and adults. The worlds vast knowledge is at our finger tips and cheaply safely stored for long term use. no reason to NOT do this.
i got over 10 box's of movies and copy of them from goodwill under $ 20.00 all dvd's... still i;m scanning more of what i have into pdf and giving them to the homeless and tell them to use the Library to use the dvd's...
Don't forget to keep it in a Faraday cage
Wikipedia currently consists of 21.23 GB.
This is a great suggestion. Thanks for sharing it.
All the best.
Being technically oriented I was downloading Wikipedia, etc., back in 2007. Great ideas! Keep it up! You have my best wishes.
The biggest problem is deciding what to download. I urge you to create "knowledge packages" that users can choose and download, obtaining multiple knowledge sources in a single action. For an example, look at the package management systems in Linux software distributions. Roughly, I'd like to see a menu that lets the user select packages of interest and a client that subsequently downloads the selected packages over a period of hours or days, according to the volume of data. Also, the user can drill down into a knowledge package and select or de-select individual knowledge sources according to preference. The system can also manage the updating of knowledge sources, downloading only what's changed. The updating can be done automatically based on a user-selected schedule. Some sources would need to be updated quite frequently. Others might not need updating at all.
Of course, you would need a programmer or two. . . .
Consider saving some LLM's (large language models) on an offline drive. They contain vast amounts of human knowledge and only take a small thumb drive to store them.
Thank you Chris. Always appreciate your efforts to inform and analysis. Keep preparing people. Blessings to all
didn't know it was that easy to archive all that. thank you city prepper, for helping us store this for bad days
I'm not a "Prepper" (my wife is a hoarder, does that count?), but I want to thank you for this video. I remember the days when having an encyclopedia (in printed form) was a must for all young couples with children (long before the internet existed). They were very expensive, and normally were placed on a bookshelf which was located in a prominent place in your home. Seldom used, but often showed off (especially if they had the name Brittanica on them). The world has come a long way since then.
The old encyclopedias are still good to have around. You can use them as proof that some history gets rewritten, especially recently. Even the Bible has that problem. The NIV version, which I never use because it's copyrighted, changes constantly online, and the printed version changes from edition to edition. Get old encyclopedias, history books, dictionaries, technical reference books, etc. I even have an old electrical manual that has instructions with detailed diagrams on how to repair old mechanical switch telephone systems. If the worst happened and some of that equipment still survived somewhere, it could be repaired and help rebuild things.
i have both Brittanica and world book and the 2 book set as well and the kids set's also and i have the dvd install's also
Very kind of you to put together this video in such a teachable way. Noted and shared.
Buy a Remarkable and save yourself all this...stuff. You can dump anything you want on it and it doubles as an device to write with and can be charged with a solar panel in a couple of hours. I store all my books, pdfs and maps.
Amazing! Thank you for addressing so many areas of preparedness 🙏
Thank you so much for all you do! There is something liberating by being prepared!
I screenshot alot of info...i bought my family all memory sticks for their phones for christmas. Saves on paying for cloud space too.
For the sake of redundancy, thumb drive and computer. One might bite the dust and you'll still have the info. I think we did this a couple of years ago, but an update is awesome. Thanks
Interesting video! Just want to say, you should probably get the torrents of the files instead of the .zim files directly. That way the download is much faster, you put less strain on a single server, and it also allows you to share the files once your done so you help others download large files too.
Been wondering how to do this for a while, had no idea it was this easy and complete. Thank you!
this seems like a high tech solution. I do know my eyes glazed over and my mind wandered several times during this video......this is not the method for me. Even now i gravitate to simpler ways, i have done the electronic everything route and realized it brought a fair amount of stress with it. Call me a backward but after getting some books i am now defiantly a paper person.
paper is great too!
Thank you thank you thank you! This is the first video I've watched in a long time that I found actually informative. I already started my download. Thanks again!
Great video!!! I’ll have to do this soon!!!
This is a brilliant video for this old man to learn something (lit. Everything) new. Thank you from a little Aussie battler. 🍻👍
I've been collection books for years now. There are some really good and out of copyright prepper libraries out there. I use the free Calibre as my ebook manager on my pc and for convenience, calibre-web to share my library to any browser. A tiny Raspberry Pi zero computer easily hosts calibre-web and i copy my calibre library across periodically. I do need to add kiwix-server to it for offline wiki* reading.. Its a good resource I've delayed in setting up.... oh, an altoids tin is my faraday cage for it.
Excellent. I've been planning on doing this for quite some time now. You've just made it a lot easier and faster to do. Thank you.
I'm only 45, but I am an old-school librarian who prefers paper for important things.
i hear ya. i'd prefer that as well, but it's hard to beat free and easily transportable :)
Been meaning to do this for a while but wasn't sure how. Thank you for the excellent tutorial!
I had posted a video about Kiwix a while back on my channel. Which is funny, because I didn't actually keep the zim files. After seeing this video… and a video with a Democrat and a Republican talking about nuclear warfare …it seemed like a good moment to get downloading again.
I just put Linux on an old MacBook - which is plenty of space for the top 1,000,000 Wikipedia articles. So, that old computer hardware now has a new purpose!
Even if I don't keep the large zim files on all of my computers, I like to keep the Kiwix reader on my computers / mobile phones, because that might not easy or possible to do if the Power Grid and the Internet is down.
It might seem like Information Technology would be useless in such a scenario, but I imagine people would be trading Zim files if the Internet was offline for a prolonged period of time.
Thanks so much! I've been a fan of you and your page for a long time. This was SO helpful and super easy to understand. I've bought a few thumb drives from different sources to help out in case of a grid-down situation. Hope you can find a way to put your articles and videos onto an index for us. I would pay for that, too!
thank you so much for the payment...greatly appreciated! glad you found the information valuable. trying to shift the channel more toward practical how-to videos like this. stay safe my friend!
I've been talking with my wife about this exact situation. I've been compiling videos and literature on indigenous edible plants natural medicine etc....everything you need to survive in a bad situation. I'm not a prepper by any sort but I definitely don't want my family to suffer needlessly.
This is literally what the internet was intended for….not the cesspool it became 😂, great video
haha, yup!
Prepping is to me an exaggeration most of the time but this video was extremely useful. However the videos are a good source of learning. Well done.
But, be careful using Wikipedia., they tend to not be truthful about certain things... Thank you for this great idea... For me, I rather write down the information I find that may be useful during SHTF, because, if there is a EMP, that won't be any good unless you are fortunate enough to have the money or means of making or having access to a faraday cage. And making one isn't a guarantee your stuff will be safe because nothing is 100% at this point.
There's something people seem to forget and often neglect to take with them: honesty. Principles and values come before objects.
Thank you for this information my friend. You may be the only prepper channel now that is giving things that we can do instead of just getting caught up in the culture war, racism, homophobic, elitist, nationalist bullshit. Thank you.
Rogue Preparedness also avoids all that stuff & does none of the hair-on-fire, sky-is-falling hype of so many other channels. Recommended.
there are others i'll make a list and post it
That's probably one of the most useful videos you've made ever, I hope it's never necessary to access information this way, but having this kind of back up would be awesome if SHTF. Much appreciated.
As someone who collects resources, this gives me a lot to think about. And then organizing it. I think the one thing about this, that I'm cautious about is how much of the information is changed/edited to meet the progressive ideology and their inclusive language and history. Seems like it's better to grab it sooner, rather than later.
get the book "How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler"
thanks man! SUCH A SMART IDEA! almost to 1M subscribers! Hopefully I'm here to see that! Gratz "when " that happens! Hopefully right before 2024!
why would this become illegal?
Because it is knowledge...😢
There could be a few scenarios, one being the government trying to micromanage publicly available information for various reasons they can come up with out of thin air.
They usually abuse the guise of "safety" in order to control, manipulate or mandate.
They can come up with anything that's borderline acceptable to the average citizen, such as claiming sites spreading misinformation, disinformation, bad information, false information, taboo information, trying to censor information, etc. It's endless what they can come up with that sounds good enough to abuse.
All they have to do is claim a reason and railroad everything from there.
Heck, they could even claim certain sites help terrorists and criminals, etc.
This is an excellent resource! I never knew about this and I'm a website programmer! I will make a monthly effort to update Wikipedia and Wiktionary at the very least. Keep the videos coming! :)
i have my usb stick prepared if you really think about it everything modern human beeing need is online and once it goes down it will be a mess
Remarkably Relevant... Undeniably Useful...Perfectly Priced... Absolutely Appreciated!!! Thank You!
Glad it was helpful!
I wouldn't trust Wikipedia too much since anyone (I may be wrong about this) can edit it. Good video regardless
it's a genuine concern. but it is fairly self-governing...to a degree.
Yeah, Google, Wikipedia for starters have switched out fallacies with the truth on some critical stuff and lots of history. Get hard copies of anything you’ll think you need
So true. I recently searched a person on Wikipedia....it was a complete axe job....and UNTRUE. I used to donate to Wikipedia....ashamed I did....never again.
It is biased
@@truthseeker9688Ditto, I used to donate until I saw how biased they are.
You can purchase 2 TB SD cards for as little as £4 online. My phone, tablet and laptop all boast 2TB worth of storage now. Also purchased bushcraft and survival books in physical form.
City prepping 101: get out of the city.
Electrical problems make up a large portion of auto repairs. When I worked at a mom/pop auto parts store, I often downloaded wiring diagrams from my local library database for the charging system of the vehicle the customer was working on. We reduced the number of warranty returns down to almost zero because the problems were many times not in the alternator. The library has since taken down the data link and now allows access to their AllData system only in house at the main branch, 40 miles away from me. The Mitchell's repair manuals have been taken off the reference shelf and put into vault storage. Access is available after a half hour wait, but half the time the volume is "missing" or the wrong book is pulled. I have since ordered paper factory manuals for all my newer vehicles. Advice: gather info for the vintage ignition systems (EEC-IV, etc) because old mechanics are dying off. Engineer work arounds...Parts will be hard to come by.
Too bad Wikipedia isn't trustworthy.
Guess that would make having an external HD drive a nice option too. Thank you for this information!
I will never trust content from Wikipedia.
I thought it was funny how convinced schools accept it as definitive. Meanwhile the schools probably already have all the information they need. They don't even like the sources, they want the Wikipedia link.
Thats why there are sources on the bottom of each article to make sure you can check the source and similar ones, fact checking the source. If there aren’t any… well then definitely don’t trust it.
Another way that I do it is by downloading PDF versions of different books and manuals. In some prep related group pages across the social media sphere, most have an area where users can upload documents and files. Facebook and MeWe both have this option. You can save directly to thumb drive or folder that way as well. I am currently using a mini laptop that is only for prep related info that I can easily store in an EMP proof container. I pull it out once a month to update the info (one source I use has a batch file system that just skips PDF files that haven't been updated and only downloads new content) and to charge it.
I am currently trying to switch over to my iPad. It will be way easier to charge an iPad over even the mini laptop. The mini laptop will become a tradable item as will the handful of copies of the main thumb drive. Oddly, my wife, who isn't totally on board with my prepping asked me if I had a binder to help "restart" the world after watching an episode of the Walking Dead where a lady shows up with an "Binder of Knowledge". I had books, but nothing that significant that I could reference on as wide of topics that I felt I might need later on. She called the main thumb drive and mini laptop combo "The ARK" (All Relevant Knowledge). It's a great thing to have, and it has been her crowning contribution to my "crazy prepping stuff"... It also got her more involved.