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[@CityPrepping] 13 Books to Get While You Can

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@CityPrepping - "13 Books to Get While You Can"

Link: https://youtu.be/JxP6qDbetXg

Short Summary​

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  • Number One Takeaway: In a long-term grid-down or emergency situation, physical books providing essential skills and information are critical for survival, as access to the internet and quick information retrieval will likely be unavailable.

  • Executive Summary: This video highlights 13 categories of books every prepper should own to develop crucial skills and knowledge in the event of a grid-down scenario. The speaker emphasizes the importance of having physical resources for water management, medicine, food preservation, sanitation, homesteading, survival skills, communication, home and auto repair, defense, disaster-specific knowledge, mental health, and understanding future trends.

Key Quotes​

Here are five quotes extracted from the transcript:

  1. "But in a long-term outage, having physical books could actually be a lifesaver."

  2. "I've shown this book to friends of mine that are physicians and they thought it was an excellent starting point for kind of the everyday person if you need to know the basics." (Referring to The Survival Medicine Handbook)

  3. "My background was in microbiology, and I understand how quickly things can get out of control if you don't take care of hygiene."

  4. "Every time I've done these videos in the past, this book always comes up as one that people recommend." (Referring to the Foxfire series)

  5. "I don't know how many survival books I've read over the years and one of the key components of determining who lives and who dies is not the physical stamina or the will or rather the physical ability. It's the mental capacity. It's the mental fortitude that gets people through survival."

Detailed Summary​

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  • Core Idea: The video outlines 13 categories of books that preppers should own as resources for skill-building and reliable information in grid-down or internet-unavailable scenarios.

  • Importance of Physical Books: Emphasizes that while online information is readily available now, physical books are crucial for long-term outages.

  • Water Management:

    • Importance: Prioritized as essential for survival. Mentions the "rule of threes" (3 days without water).
    • Book Recommendation: Prepper's Water Survival Guide by Daisy Luther (covers water acquisition, storage, and general knowledge).
    • Supplemental Book: Harvesting Rainwater (emphasizes collecting and preserving rainwater for drinking and other uses).

  • Medical:

    • Importance: The ability to handle medical emergencies when first responders are unavailable.
    • Book Recommendation: The Survival Medicine Handbook by Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy (described as a good starting point for everyday people needing basic medical knowledge).
    • Supplemental Book: Where There Is No Dentist (addresses dental emergencies).

  • Food:

    • Importance: Food preservation and using stored staple foods in off-grid scenarios.
    • Book Recommendation: Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving (for preserving harvested food).
    • Book Recommendation: The Prepper's Cookbook (teaches how to cook with stored staple foods).
    • Book Recommendation: Meals in a Jar (Pre-packaging meals in jars for future use).

  • Sanitation and Hygiene:

    • Importance: Sanitation is a critical aspect of disaster preparedness and is often overlooked.
    • Book Recommendation: The Humanure Handbook (covers sanitation considerations when systems fail).
    • Free Resource: A free PDF on emergency sanitation toilet systems for disaster relief will be linked in the description.

  • Homesteading/Self-Sufficiency: (Broad category encompassing multiple skills)

    • Book Recommendation: The Foxfire Series (focuses on traditional skills and knowledge).
    • Book Recommendation: Off-Grid Solar Power Simplified for RVs, Vans, Cabins, Boats, and Tiny Homes (for setting up off-grid power systems).
    • Book Recommendation: The Backyard Homestead (covers gardening and general homesteading).
    • Book Recommendation: All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew (focused on gardening, particularly container gardening).
    • Book Recommendation: Gaia's Garden (recommended by permaculturalists and hardcore gardeners).

  • Course Mention: A suburban prepper homestead course on gardening, raising chickens, rain harvesting, solar, composting, preserving food, dehydrating, etc.

  • Prepper/Survival Specific:

    • Book Recommendation: When All Hell Breaks Loose (offers practical information and thought-provoking perspectives).
    • Book Recommendation: The Prepper's Long-Term Survival Guide by Jim Cobb.

  • Course Mention: Preppers roadmap course taking individuals from A to Z on preparedness.

  • Communication/Radio Skills:

    • Importance: For maintaining communication when other systems fail.
    • Book Recommendation: The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual (guide to getting and using a ham radio license).
    • Book Recommendation: The Baofeng Radio Bible (guide for using Baofeng radios).

  • Home Repair:

    • Importance: Repairing and maintaining a home during a long-term disaster.
    • Book Recommendation: Ultimate Guide to Home Repair and Improvement.

  • Auto Repair:

    • Importance: Maintaining and repairing vehicles during an emergency.
    • Book Recommendation: Auto Repair for Dummies (basic primer).

  • Defense:

    • Importance: Home defense and personal survival skills.
    • Book Recommendation: 100 Deadly Skills.
    • Book Recommendation: The Prepper's Home Defense.

  • Disaster Specific:

    • Importance: Preparing for specific disaster scenarios, particularly nuclear events.
    • Book Recommendation: Nuclear War Survival Skills.
    • Book Recommendation: US Armed Forces Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Survival Manual.

  • Mental Health:

    • Importance: Mental fortitude is critical for survival.
    • Book Recommendation: Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why (explores the psychological aspects of survival).

  • Future:

    • Book Recommendation: The Changing World Order by Ray Dalio (understanding global trends and how to get ahead).

  • Call to Action: The speaker requests feedback and additional book recommendations from viewers in the comment section.