* Files to easily download: cityprepping.tv/3NMEy0L * Microsoft Kiwix JS app: cityprepping.tv/3NvhWR4 * Apple Kiwix app: cityprepping.tv/3NI9PSq * Android Kiwix app: cityprepping.tv/3pcln73 * MicroSD card: cityprepping.tv/3XpBE5g * Solar generator videos: bit.ly/35fo2z1 * Small solar panel to charge phone: cityprepping.tv/3pdNJxM

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.

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!

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 KZfaq. 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 KZfaq 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!!

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

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.

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.

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!

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!

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.

This is like a library...but for EVERYTHING! What a brilliant idea. Thanks for sharing! Really indispensable.

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.

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.

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.

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! 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!

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

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.

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.

I was so excited at 2:49 minutes into this video, I stopped everything I was doing to make notes. Replay is also a fantastic tool in my life, thanks as always!

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.

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.

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!

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)

Ok now this is the content some of us who have already been prepping for years find useful. Great content and thanks for sharing.

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❣️💗

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.

FINALLY! A video that is not to scare everyone and really have useful content. PLEEEEASE keep this style.

Thank you so much for your amazing support and encouragement!

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!!! 👍👍👍

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

Thanks! This was very helpful information that I was unaware of. I will be downloading this weekend! Love your channel by the way.

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.

Very kind of you to put together this video in such a teachable way. Noted and shared.

This is awesome information Kris. I just bought a couple of thumb drives from Walmart the other day. Because? They were on sale. I keep important docs on them, and keep them in my safe!

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.

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!

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.

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.

Thank you Chris. Always appreciate your efforts to inform and analysis. Keep preparing people. Blessings to all

Amazing! Thank you for addressing so many areas of preparedness 🙏

didn't know it was that easy to archive all that. thank you city prepper, for helping us store this for bad days

Been wondering how to do this for a while, had no idea it was this easy and complete. 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.👍👍👍👍👍

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.

This is something I never thought about while being somewhat a prep, thank you for sharing this

Thank you so much for all you do! There is something liberating by being prepared!

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.

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.

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!!

Been meaning to do this for a while but wasn't sure how. Thank you for the excellent tutorial!

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'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.

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!!!

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!

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.

Great video!!! I’ll have to do this soon!!!

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! :)

This is a brilliant video for this old man to learn something (lit. Everything) new. Thank you from a little Aussie battler. 🍻👍

would you make a video about emergency preparedness for college students?

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

Thanks Kris! Fantastic video for every level of tech user! I really appreciate it!

Wow. 1 million subs is right around the corner. 👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻 well deserved.

Wow. Remarkably easy and powerful storage resource.

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!

Thanks for the information hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend ❤

We are so use to having valuable knowledge at our finger tips. This is a great tip to do for SHTF. Thank you.

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 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.

Fantastic video! One of the most important preparedness videos I've seen.

Thank you so much! I have thought about this many times and this is helpful for getting it done.

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.

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.

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.

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. . . .

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.

So close to 1M subs, good luck bro!

This is your best vid yet. Great for the day that the real SHTF. Hope it never happens but for the people who really prep this is GREAT! Thx

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 screenshot alot of info...i bought my family all memory sticks for their phones for christmas. Saves on paying for cloud space too.

What a great video and great idea. I didn't know this existed but am downloading as I type. Thanks for the information

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.

City prepping 101: get out of the city.

This has been on my todo list for a while. I need to just do it b4 the grid fails!

This is a great resource. Thank you for making this.

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.

I absolutely LOVE this, thank you so much!

YOU do a very good job at this ,, its trustworthy and it makes sense please continue

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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.

@City Prepping Another well thought out “how to” video. I appreciate it !

This is literally what the internet was intended for….not the cesspool it became 😂, great video

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.

I've been digging your new intro. Great advice

This is amazing! So much better than compiling individually.

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

why would this become illegal?

Great idea! Thank you so much. I have started the download. God Bless

Knowledge is power, Thank you very much. This is a tool that will save lives and help rebuild and re-educate.