Greetings Folks,
I just happen to stumble upon this thread.
There seem to be a few questions about my preps. I have been asked all types of question over the years enough to put up a video answering the most asked. I haven't updated my website/blog in a long time and have been focusing my time on YouTube videos. The video that auto-plays on my YouTube channel (
http://www.Youtube.com/TheSurvivalSummary) addresses a few of them. My YouTube channel has grown in the last few years to almost 9k subscribers and 2 million views.
I am always up for learning from my mistakes or oversights so here are some responses to posts I have noticed on this forum:
I noticed his comment that he needed to learn rappelling. I am not sure why...
I would like to learn rappelling as I work on the 7th floor and I have seen videos of people burning and jumping to their death.
And he carries maps with locations marked? How nice, easier for me to find his stuff.
I don't see how having a map with location marked will make it easier for you to find our stuff.
That guy is a running joke on most parts of Internet for years now.
I have been involved in most of the discussions on the interwebs that have to do with our preps. Is there somewhere you can point me to that proves your statement? I would be interested in joining those conversations.
my brother would just go take whatever he has to teach him a lesson for putting it out there like that.
Oh really! I thought long and hard about putting it out there like I have. My decision to do so was done because everyone valued their opsec. With all the secrecy out there no one was sharing ideas and all the books/articles written were 200-300 pages of fluff to fill up a book to get paid $20 each book. Thus the website The Survival Summary. It is a summary. It is a list. I never tell anyone what or how to do something. I just show you what I do.
Below is a comment from a YouTube subscriber Orapqa1 of mine that keeps me making videos knowing that I help others:
Update from NJ and thank you
I've been a subscriber of your channel for some time now. I've always enjoyed your videos related to emergency preparedness, which helped inspire me to take up the same cause. And I'm glad I did because Hurricane Sandy trounced my home state of New Jersey this past week, as I'm sure you've seen on the news. My family was lucky, we did not lose power although many people all around us did (and it's still out). Regardless, I had supplies that were ready to keep my family (and some neighbors) safe. I'd like to thank you and your efforts on your channel for this. Before subscribing I knew it was important to prep but didn't really know how. Thankfully this is no longer the case.
I'll continue to hold down the fort here in NJ, and only ask that you continue the great work on your channel.
Thank you,
J
PS -- there is one down side to prepping, my inlaws have been here since the storm! :P
Made me think a SKILLED shooter would take him out with a single shot if for no other reason [than] he could.
I am military trained. I also am very modest and I have seen extreme expert trained operators. To put it another way, my self prescribed beginner label would equate to expert from most other folks. My shooting skills have been tested as combat effective.
Also, Wow! that is the second comment about taking my preps forcefully and killing me.
That was somewhat my point too. He has several handguns listed but less than a box of ammo for some of them. If [you're ] not going to feed them then sell them to someone that would. You have to use the tools to be proficient.
When we began prepping I only had a shotgun with a few boxes of ammo. I had to start somewhere, right? After I procured food & water I began to branch out to other gear. Now that I have most things I would need in an emergency I have gone back to purchasing a few weapons and bulk ammo. I now shoot regularly out my back door of our farm.
When I think back to the beginning of my awakening as a prepper, when I really started actively preparing for the worst, my idea of the worst expanded rapidly. I suddenly found myself thinking about events that I had never considered before, that other people thought they needed to prepare for.
I also went through that phase. I address this on my YouTube channel homepage and advise new preppers not to make the same mistakes I made.
Has anyone considered that the blogger may be having fun at our expense? As in, it's a fake blog and he gets his jollies reading what others post about "him"?
It is hard to fake all the videos I have done showing all of our preps.
Some of his posts include the Vendor ID # instead of and/or the name of the product. There's honestly TOO much product detail for it not to be marketing, perhaps.
I get 4-6% Amazon.com marketing fee when people click on them. I have never bought a product without the intent of using it.
Let me tell you. A YouTube "star" with advertising and Amazon.com referals will not make you rich. It will buy you a #10 can or two for the ol' larder ;-)
Personally I think the guy just has too much time and money on his hands. One of many who've hopped onto the prepping bandwagon because it's the "thing" in the Zeitgeist. What's interesting is their posts largely dropped off nearly two years ago. About the same time when Doomsday Preppers hit the airwaves. Makes you wonder.
I have been preparing since Y2k and a renewed interest since 9-11.
The posts drop off because I don't update the list or blog post as I should. I only upload videos. I have a very busy life and don't have much time. Please feel free to visit my YouTube channel for fresher content.
Funny you should mention Doomsday Preppers. We were going to be on the first pilot episode and the producers wanted us to be the survival experts instead of practical preppers (two other popular YouTube users).
We also have been talking with the producers about our own show when we get around to building our own redoubt.
At 200 pounds I'm betting he eats regularly and large portions. Plus snaacks, beer, soda etc. Maybe he smokes. This is all assumption on my part. I recently turned 51. I'm 6'4 205 pounds. I eat twice a day when working, or sometimes once, which is what I do at home. I have a 6 pack and the freakish strength and speed nature blessed me with I maintain through hard training. Plus the ranch work helps. Is my routine for everyone? Not at all. My 30 year old son can't keep up with mith me and I can out run my 29 year old daughter
I don't smoke or drink. I drink 8oz of coffee in the morning (cream & sugar). I eat one meal at night (~2k calories). I also have around 12-16oz of soda with each dinner. I have a farm where I tend cows, sheep, pigs & chickens. I am 39 years old and would doubt most of the younger folks could keep up with me. I have never had a single cavity. I have fast twitch muscles which makes me stronger than slow twitch muscle folks. I have a physical each year and my doc says whatever I am doing is working and to keep it up. This kinda sounds like an online dating profile, huh?
I didn't figure this was going to take me 10 minutes to write but there you have it. I would invite you to watch some of my YouTube videos where there is an active community of commenters that are usually more engaging than I am.
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