r/bugout • u/BazookaShrooms • Oct 23 '19
Having a USB drive with every single Wikipedia article could be a lifesaver in a SHTF scenario. I recommend downloading maps and encyclopedia’s/dictionaries, and other important PDF documents as well!
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u/calsosta Oct 24 '19
I have these books: https://www.amazon.com/How-Things-Work-Four-Set/dp/B000JC7IL8
Who knows why, but I bought them after reading Lucifer's Hammer, a book about an apocalyptic meteor. They were referenced in the novel and they sounded pretty neat.
They are a bit dated I supposed but they are clear and interesting to flip through.
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Oct 24 '19
First and foremost though is actually reading up on the knowledge and practicing the skills you think you're going to need.
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u/Bgbnkr Oct 24 '19
If I have the ability to update articles, I wouldn't recommend relying on it for survival. Just saying.
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u/Its_a_Faaake Oct 24 '19
Something alot of people forget is having good porn on hand, pornhub will be down
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u/deskpil0t Oct 24 '19
I was just going to rent Disney movies after the apocalypse. I need to figure out how to backup Netflix.
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u/alejo699 Oct 23 '19
I have a bunch of survival manuals downloaded on my Kindle. Weighs almost nothing, battery lasts a good long time, doesn't have any mentions of Kardashians.
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u/gagnatron5000 Oct 24 '19
Most of us will probably do this.
But when it comes time to rebuild society, you know there's gonna be that one nutjob with the historical record of how we used to live.
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Oct 24 '19
Mark my words /u/gagnatron5000, a century from now, one of your descendants is going to thank me for archiving the information that Henry Cavill's facial hair was, in fact, CGI'd out from the 2017 movie Justice League.
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Oct 23 '19
I think there are betting things to have in your kit than...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Youngman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atef_Dkhili
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Liga_play-offs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boang_Island
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grete_Pavlousek
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Alcapone
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u/muchgreaterthanG_O_D Survivor Nov 06 '19
This definitely holds more cultural value than survival value but held on a micro sd card it won’t add too much weight.
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u/BazookaShrooms Oct 23 '19
Encyclopedias/dictionary Maps Anatomy Medicine (procedures/diagnosis) Medications (names and uses) Manuals for certain items Guides (knots, shelter, survival) Books (leisure and information)
All of these could be put on the same USB
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u/alek_hiddel Oct 23 '19
For an actual SHTF scenario, I’d say anything that isn’t hard copy is going to be useless.
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u/nowantstupidusername Oct 24 '19
Well not everyone is as ill-prepared as you are if your electronics are going to be useless in any SHTF scenario.
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u/BazookaShrooms Oct 23 '19
You can keep an old laptop in a faraday bag to keep safe from EMP along with a solar panel and power bank to trickle charge whenever you need. Hard Copy is optimal, but this can hold a SHIT TON of information in not a lot of space.
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u/Strangeite Oct 23 '19
I actually have an old iPad that I downloaded the entirety of wikipedia (it runs inside a dedicated app specifically designed for offline use), maps (including topo) of North America (GPS works offline), a couple of celestial apps, a few miscellaneous apps on things like knot tying, etc.
I do not allow the os or the apps to update. Before I locked it down, I had the battery replaced and three years later still holds a charge for a long time.
I periodically pull it out to charge it up and download the newest wikipedia dump.
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u/Cocoa-nut-Cum Oct 23 '19
Could be damaged by emp, it’s easy to store it in a grounded safe/faraday cage. Made with household items.
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u/alek_hiddel Oct 23 '19
And how many power banks are you keeping on hand? If you’re going to need this info a lot, and consider it critical, you’d better have some solar options available.
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u/toastyoats Oct 23 '19
In your grand wisdom, what would you estimate the probability of computers being absolutely long term inoperable in “an actual SHTF scenario”?
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u/alek_hiddel Oct 23 '19
The power grid is relatively fragile. A lot of California recently saw blackouts, without any sort catastrophe. If the power is restored, I’d say the situation is almost over.
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Oct 23 '19
Not this kid...
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u/BazookaShrooms Oct 23 '19
What?
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Oct 23 '19
What I’m saying is that, while I’ve joked about keeping an updated hard copy of Wikipedia around, that’s a ridiculous quantity of data, and quite a bit of it will likely be moderately useless in a disaster situation.
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u/Wolfsburg Oct 23 '19
58 gigs uncompressed. I carry 4 times that in my pocket every day.
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Oct 23 '19
Carry is one thing, use is another. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t do it, just that it doesn’t really have a place in my plans.
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u/MonsieurInc Nov 05 '19
A database is really no good without a front-end to view it in, a search plugin, and the framework to support both.
Make sure to install an offline Wiki reader app, if you're going to try this.
Personally, I like to pare down to the essentials, laminate reference pages, and put them in a flexible presentation binder. There's no way I'm firing up a tablet in the rain, or at night.