Your boys comment about the billionaires having to contend with all the people they paid to do work for them was sharp. He will easily outlast his old man, and I do mean old 😀
You're not kidding. My busted ankle this week... in my 20's that would have healed up in a week tops. It stinks having to work with an aging machine - makes one focus on that COMMUNITY category you mentioned a lot more!
Thanks for your post. From what I understand, Nate has offered a first draft, and maybe together you can work it into something useful for all. I like to watch this type of breakdown, just for interest sake and any info that can help me and my family.
I scored around 65. Quite well except for the zero I got for being old and full of arthritis. I'm not really prepping so much for myself as for my family.
I really liked that video of Nate's. We scored well, and there's always room for improvement of coarse. There are some really great gardening channels out there that you can binge and learn rather quickly from. Enjoyed this analysis and sharing with your son.
I think my biggest gardening issue is lack of time and attention. Weeds always sprout up when I'm too busy some week and then I just never get control of it again. Every year, I hope I'll have the time, but there are always so many projects, and a grocery store full of food that I know will bail me out. ;)
@@PraxisPrepper most weeds are medicinal. Go the permaculture way and use mulch and wood chips. Get your kiddo to watch Epic Gardening and his buddy Jacques in the Garden, Anne of All Trades, and Spicy Moustache. 🌱😉
@@northerngirlhobbies LOL. THAT'S actually my second biggest gardening issue. When I DO make the time to weed, I have the hardest time pulling anything because (as you mentioned) most weeds are pretty useful too for either medicine or food. As I'm weeding, I usually have a mouth full of greens as I go, grazing my weeds (slowly) away. ;)
First off, I fully agree with @Diebulfrog79..... Also there's a lot of the mental and psychological aspects that do not get talked about enough in the preparedness community. I can understand the ranking system to give some people out there a sense of accomplishment or perhaps an opportunity, to come to the realization that some preps and preppers are not created equally. Which can be a harsh reality for some people to admit. For myself, I admit I have no desire to harm a human being. Its not my desire to be some warlord setting upon a throne of skulls, I do recognize that some people out there have that goal. So while I tend to my garden trying to maintain, what sense of peace and tranquility I have in my life. When I tend to my garden these days, Im thinking about ways protect my garden, how to demoralize and dispatch those that will desire to raid my garden. I have no desire to embrace the void of indifference, but that doesn't mean I won't. "Know thyself"
Always consider the source of your information. My opinion: Canadian Prepper does fear porn as entertainment (and it is entertaining) and also uses some of his videos as a way of slipping in promotion for his business of selling preparedness merchandise. My opinion: the most important factors for surviving a potential disaster or sudden emergency are accurate and timely info about immediate dangers, situational awareness, ability to calm yourself and think logically and practical knowledge of how to deal with the most common emergencies where you live (such as electric grid outages, tornado warnings, rioting, blizzard warnings, wildfire warnings, hurricane warnings, etc.). My opinion: If you are trained in basic CPR, first aid and how to use a fire extinguisher; have a paper map of two tested evacuation routes from where you live or work, keep $100 cash (or the equivalent in your country's currency) handy at all times, have one credit card that is not maxed out, listen to the weather news daily, keep in your well-maintained vehicle a charging cord for your smart phone and never let your vehicle's fuel tank get below half full, you have what you need for dealing with the kinds of emergencies you are most likely to encounter. Especially for those of us living in suburban U.S.A. My opinion: You do not need to become a subsistence farmer, felling trees with an axe and butchering hogs you raised on corn you grew and cooking on a wood stove. Most of us do not have the skill sets, primitive tools and level of physical fitness for such a life style. Nor do most of us have use of the agricultural land in the kind of climate suitable for such a way of life. My opinion: Buying a lot of exotic gear (freeze dryer machine, night scope for rifle, NBC gas mask...) is a waste of money. These items would not even make it onto my list of the stuff I need to have at home or in my vehicle in order to cope with the most likely disasters and emergencies I may encounter where I live here in the Mohave Desert. As long as I have a well-maintained vehicle with working AC and at least half a tank of fuel plus some bottles of drinking water, I can leave here during the hottest summer day if the local power grid fails and be hundreds of miles away and in a different climate within half a day of driving and I can stay in a comfortable motel room until the power grid for my neighborhood comes back on line. That is practical preparedness and does not cost much and does not require exotic gear or being a homestead farmer.
I agree with the utility of the very simple "preps" that you describe. And for most bumps in life (that we're familiar with on a regular basis) those preps WILL do people just fine. As a long time prepper, the types of emergencies that you described are things that I focused on years ago, and have later turned to other possible bumps in the road and have been working preps against those things. I'd reject that being prepared for things other than what is normal is a waste of time. For people living in Ukraine a few years ago, being ready for what was normal for them, was not enough to get them anywhere near ready for what was coming. Even the "extreme" things that I engage in are no guarantee at all against such severe circumstances. So I'd just push back against that. Just because something hasn't been previously normal or common, doesn't mean that it's not at all worth prepping against - especially when the preps can be fun and enriching. My woodstove that I use for cooking (for example) is a WONDERFUL way to heat a home. It's warm and cozy all winter and (IMO) there's no better way to warm cold hands and toes after coming in from the winter chill. Our solar panels aren't just for emergencies, but also allow us to save a lot of money on utility bills and prevent blackouts (which ARE frequent) from being much of a hassle. Additionally, our large pantry allows me to save a ton of money by stocking up on things when they're on sale. Pretty much everything I eat is something that was bought when it was on discount (and I bought a bunch of it). And the pantry also avoids me having the hassle of running out of some ingredient when I'm cooking. So preps (even "extreme preps") aren't only beneficial for unusual emergencies, but also can enrich every day life.
That's not half bad at all (literally)! ;) Personally, I think the only way this list is useful is as a comparison between ourselves now and ourselves in the future, and trying to click up our number a little bit all the time. Good luck! :)
I don’t have the time for taking a test. I am prepping every day as much as I can. Just got diagnosed with a heart rhythm problem and still going strong. Just finished my fallout shelter and now for fine tuning. Yeah it’s bare bones, but better than nothing. Planting the 30x100 garden starting today. 71 and having fun.
The test is pretty basic. Someone such as yourself I don't think would glean anything from it (in terms of prepping deficiencies) that you didn't already know. Great work on your shelter. If you're able to share any photos, I'd love to see them. My email is praxisprepper@gmail.com Bare bones is just fine; great hustle getting that together!
I have chickens, and through the winter in a SHTF scenario, I have 3 months of feed from the grid. I plan to feed the chickens anything available....road kill...fish parts...acorns...any meat of opportunity. Chickens are omnivores, they will eat anything. And Chickens will convert any food into EGGS!! Also, by freeze drying eggs, it allows me to add them to long term storage.
I keep 150 pounds of feed on-hand at all times too. I've heard that it doesn't last too long without going bad, so I haven't stocked more. Do you know how long those bags of "layer pellets" last after purchase?
@@PraxisPrepper I mix Cracked Corn with Pellets and oats, and put in Galvanized garbage cans in my Barn. This keeps the rats out, and they tend to last a pretty long time. I have not had any issue with mold.
@@chadgrover3146 Thanks Chad. I've been using galvanized trash cans for holding my bags of feed too. No mold issues here either. My concern has been mostly with rancidity of the oils in there over time. No issues with that on your end it sounds like?
I scored a 50. I started strong then faded. Btw, Cedar Hills homestead recently put out a good video on feeding chickens without the feed store if you're interested.
Nate has done a video on prepping NOT on any current war going on?!? Yay! I quit watching him b/c of all the war vids. Sadly, similarly, quit watching Full Spectrum Survival for the same reason. Thx for the info on CP. I'll check it out myself. Don't think I'll beat your 82 score though. Gotta tighten up & get myself better prepped. Thx for the reminder to do just that. Peace & Blessings
Nate actually still does a LOT of non-news videos. People just don't seem to watch them (or the algorithm doesn't put them out there for people to click). I can corroborate that reality with my own channel's performance.
@PraxisPrepper The lower you get, the more worried you are, the more he sells...create enough insecurity = higher yields, simple math anyone can see, that's why I didn't bother to score myself, experience beats any test.
People love to bitch about the fact he runs a business and claim that ALL he does is try to sell things... It's pretty much a mind virus at this point.
@dude_man_bro It's not a mind Virus thing, I was one of his first 10 subscribers, do you remember his blank screen videos?... I'm sure you don't. His videos have improved to the point of editing perfection, his prepping hasn't, I was a prepper during this time, since the time I saw his first video to now, I have built my own off grid water infrastructure with over 13,000 gallon storage capacity, I produce 98% of all of my own off grid power, produce thousands of pounds of food, Can build anything I want off grid including welding, have animals on property, built a stronger chicken coop than that cabin he put together, the coop has its own power and water infrastructure and is fully automated, I keep about a years worth of long term food storage and have lots of supplies and tools ...and I didn't bother to take his stupid test because I'm the only one here that has lived through and survive a total grid down. My skill level is over 10x of Canadian prepper, I don't usually brag, but I also might be the highest skill level guy here, and im in good company with Praxis that I'm also sure has a higher level of skill than Canadian...Canadian said he scored 74, I didn't score myself lol
So the new video from today has the website where you click the responses and I scored 68.74, I aired on the side of caution and scored lower if there was doubt.
I scored a 67 on that test. Even with the additional details, I think it has room for improvement, but both tests are great ways to get thinking about this topic. It was a cool idea they came up with.
I got a 54. My chickens just ate most of my baby garden. We are still learning about how to set up a yard. So be careful one prep doesn't eat another. Lol. 🐔🍅
Our chickens keep fleeing their chicken run too. This summer I hope to expand their run so maybe they won't bother doing that anymore. I'd love it if someday my front door stepping stones weren't always covered in chicken scratch debris and their poop... someday... ;)
@@PraxisPrepper I had to fence off an area around my back porch door. The chickens beg for treats, poo all next to the door, and dig holes. Now I have a no poo zone. But I will have to fence them off. Again. 🐔💩
I scored 69/100, but I think I was a little tough on myself. Canadian pepper's video was a good start for a prepper-rating system. More prepping influencers in the community should build on this model and fine-tune it. Kind of like the attention to detail and thoroughness of "Strategic Relocation" by Joel Skousen.
One of the funniest/interesting insights into the far right prepper mind I have ever seen was curtesy of a RU-vid video from about 8 years ago. Wish I could remember the channel. It was about networking. This guy who was prepping for a war against liberals warned that the right shouldn’t feel safe just because they have all the guns. He said that the left is so good at organizing that the left during a civil war will show up to your door with so many people that your guns won’t be able to stop them. He at the time was trying to inform his audience about the downfalls of thinking every man is an island who can Rambo his way out of anything, he wanted the right to build coalitions with one another. Long story short, joke is on him because you cant outlast runaway climate desalination.
Yeah, that's the lone wolf ideology. It's a route to a lonely last few years on Earth before one dies of something like a sprained ankle with no one to help.
I was using a LED lamp for fill light on my face, and given that it was trying to compete with full sun, it was SUPER close (just out of shot to the right). I bet you saw some of that reflected. It's sort of a star shape.
You know, they never seem interested i my sprouts for some reason. I offer them some occasionally and they're like, "What the F are these supposed to be?!!!" ;)
If you do the Canadian prepper test and you didn’t get a very high score and you got pissed off maybe The person taking the test need to work on some areas to get your score up I thought the test was pretty realistic and shows the person what he needs to work on
I scored 54 but then there were some categories that couldnt apply , for instance in the uk guns are heavily restricted so no legal access to hand guns, assault rifles and heavy restriction of any other firearms, BUT military service and time spent using firearms in the US means Iam comfortable around and using firearms, this means i scored 3 not 10. next comes hunting, this because of the gun laws and regulations (you can learn archery but unless in somewhere like scotish highlands you cant use it to hunt), hunting is not allowed and fishing is strictly regulated, though I know how to so i scored 3 out of 10. so i figure for a country where gun and hunting laws are prohibitive but expeience knowledge iscounted that makes my 54 equal to a 68 to74. if SHTF happened and law broke down getting a fire arm and ammo would become more possible and my past experience mould put me at an advantage over looters who just picked up weapons with no training. i think the money point was useless and love that your lad picked up on the flaw in the millionair bunker plan. something i have said going back to the cold war, unless you dig, build and hide your bunker with just those going to use it, your bunker is useless. imagine you spend $2m having a bunker built and outfitted , heres the flaw, unless your a pre BC egyptian pharoe, your bunker is going to take minimum 6 workers to build, 4 delivery drivers, architect, , planning officer, 2 electricians, 1 plumber, air filtration company(4 men), solar installers (2 men), 2 security installers. thats a min of 22 people who regardless of confidentiality clauses , may when the time comes and they dont have bunkers , lets say bring 1 other each, thats 44 desperate people who know the location of your bunker, its construction, layout. strengths, weaknesses, tech back doors, and any possible deliberate flaws, you are sealed in your cammoflaged bunker behind 3"titanium doors, encased in 1 foot thick concrete and steel walls with food and water for 3 years, hermeticaly sealed against gassand biological agents. but along come 44 people who know the rescue weak points or deliberately weak points, or failing that, know where your air inlet /outlets are that they can block to force you to suffocate or open up.
I enjoy watching the CP. He has a very good delivery IMHO. I have some preps,, BUT a survivalist is only as good as what he finally decides to carry on his back. That ole ruck space is very discriminatory. Ounces make pounds.
That's definitely the truth about it coming down to what we happen to have available when we need it! All the preps in the world do nothing when they're out of reach. That's why I (and I think CP as well) try to always remember that it's the skills that matter most because they're always right there in your brain for when you need them.
The most shocking thing I heard in this video is that you never had a debit card until recently. I am more surprised by that than someone loving off grid. I don’t even know how to comment on this. Are there other ways to order things online? I feel like a debit card is saver than routing numbers. I just find that so interesting. I would appreciate a video on what the benefits of not having a debit card are.
I have had credit cards, but never debit. It's just never come up. Credit cards give people cash back on purchases and when I was growing up and first getting into the financial system, IDK... I feel like there weren't debit cards back then. People just used checks. So yeah, no real reason. It's just never come up.
There was one other thing I had wanted to toss in there as "fighting words" in the intro, but couldn't figure out how to do it without bogging it down with too much fat. I'd wanted to say (to Canadian Prepper), "You have a problem with that?! Come at me bro!" I wish I'd been able to fit that in... maybe in another one.
During the Great Depression of the 1929 era White Tail Deer nearly went extinct in N. America. Although they were everywhere and commonly seen before the Depression when their first census was taken in 1933 by then there were very few left and it took decades of managed hunting before their numbers grew again. During the depression millions of Americans looked on them, trout and bass as a food source and the nubers still alive years later was very small. Add in the nuclear war scenario and the effect of Radioactive Fallout on those animals and suffice to say even 3 days later most of them will be dead. Birds too. There will be rats and some burrowers left, buy if they come out of their burrows too soon and make diet of fallout covered plants or corpses, most of those will be dead in a week too. About the only species we know of basically immune to radiation is the cockroach. Yes they will have lots of dead stuff to feed on, but how many pounds of cockaroach per week does it take to keep a human alive? Most of those whose approach is I will go to the woods and live off what I can hunt or fish will within a week begin to realize that wasn't a good choice. It usually takes about planted 5 acres to keep a family of 2 alive. Skinny people if there are 3. Beware of plant blight. Then there is the radioactive top soil problem and the plants absorbing things you don't want in your food. People who initially survived Hiroshima and Nagasaki mostly did okay because their food after the bombs was imported to them from elsewhere. But just look at what happened on Bikini when the islanders were allowed back in and tried to feed themselves there. Deaths. Lots of them. If you scrape up the radioactive topsoil a) don't breath the dust. B) put that Hot pile of dirt where? C) replace it with what? Simply covering the soil with 8 inches of not irradiated soil sounds good, but hardly any prepper keeps 1,000 tons of stored clean topsoil in their bunker.
Polly tunnels would be a good option, a lot of gardens use them to good effect without the threat of nuclear war. Honestly though selling everything and living on a large sailboat would give you a way higher chance of surviving that kind of situation. I dont know why sailing isn't more talked about by preppers, yachts are totally off grid, generate their own power and can convert sea water in to fresh. You can catch fish as you move and could set up gardens on remote islands without anyone ever knowing about them. Seems like a no brainer to me
I've eaten crickets (they're actually surprisingly "snackable"), but never a cockroach. Even if cockroaches survived though, who would want to eat them if they were eating radioactive crap. They are what they eat.
@@PraxisPrepper Yes that is a problem. In the TV series Fallout they revert back to their original size, about the size of a small dog. Fantasy. They have found families of cockroach living in Nuclear reactors. The ones found there are the same size as the ones in NY or LA tenements. Like I wrote radiation doesn't do much to them. Their DNA is too simple for it's function to be bothered much by an occasional gene damage. Yeah okay an occasional blind one or missing some legs. Not a problem, the others will eat the ones that are weak. But yes, they probably would be an unsafe meal. I think feeding humanity a year or two after the disaster will be one of the biggest problems. Maybe also throw in a nuclear winter and how 2 or 3 years of snow hampers planting crops.
@@kenibnanak5554 It's for reasons like the one we're talking about here that I (and so many other preppers) aim for a few years of food. If a disaster like that hit, we'd have some buffer time to try to figure things out and for radiation to get less "radiationy". If after 3 years, things still look dire, I suppose we can (and likely would) end up ending our journey there, but at least we'd have a shot. Hopefully humanity doesn't go down that road. It'd be terrible for all of us.
I got about 54. OK, so actually I got 54, not about 54. But then there is that ex SAS/special forces fellow that a few people have been talking about, I assume he would score very low, but his plan is just let everyone else do the work and then take them out and use their stuff. I think CP's video was also made to appeal to a very wide audience and was by design built to make people feel a little better about themselves. Except for the obese people, he didn't pull any punch's there, or the severely mentally ill, or the disabled.
Yeah, there are a few people out there that brag about how they plan to become moochers in an emergency situation. I really don't know how well most of them would fare. Clearly, history suggests that some of them could become war-lord sorts of figures, but there can only be so many predators like that in a system and a LOT of them would kill each other off. Overall, IDK how honorable of a plan it is to intentionally plan to be a parasite when (with a little effort) it's possible for those people not not only avoid being parasites, but to actually become assets to their communities. A lot better life (IMO) being seen as an asset by people than a monster.
@@PraxisPrepper I would agree with your summation myself, although I have never been in a position where I am forced into a choice of the lesser of two evils in this scope. I would also point out that if history has taught us anything it is that those who we mention here (warlords etc) have always been the ones at the forefront of humanity echoing down through the ages. Humanity, as I see it, is inherently flawed in this regard. It could of course be a natural phenomenon that keeps the tide of humanity at bay :) Who knows.
Keep in mind that it's a scoring system that Canadian Prepper essentially pulled out of his ass. I mean, I think it has a lot of utility for inspiring self-improvement and is useful for starting a discussion, but Nate himself would be the first to agree that it's not a conclusive evaluation of everything that goes into preparedness. You may well have assets and advantages that aren't covered in it.
Keep in mind this was just a scoring system Nate dreamed up. It's a nice conversation starter, but hardly conclusive of anything. Just a way of calling attention to areas where we can improve.
80...must be flawed. :) I can't get younger-but Im in great health and ACTIVE AND CAN OUT RUN MOST YOUNGINS. Financially secure but that could only change if I won the lottery. :(
That's so true about the lottery. it destroys so many people... I'm sure those are the only ones we hear about and the people who win and it doesn't become a tragedy never get talked about. but yeah, mo' money mo' problems for some people.
@@Jilly-Kerry-2Mullens That's so true. It must be really isolating being wealthy like that - not really knowing who is a real friend or someone looking to take advantage of you.
Did a little bit better than CP but not yet in the 80th percentile. On a family-legacy farm that saw ancestors through the Great Depression, self-described lover of gardening experiments with some husbandry / livestock skills that include slaughtering techniques of which I hope never have to use again LOL! No livestock at this time (#retirementdreams) but years of experience with bees, chickens, turkeys, ducks, quails, rabbits, goats, and pigs, still linger in my muscle memory. Cows and horses were at cousin's farm up the road but can be housed here if needed. With time, resources and skills gets practiced, keep playing in/with the dirt! ;) Have fun and make mistakes to learn even more every day :D Proximity to large population so security needs improvement but remote community willing to stand together
I used to watch all his videos but lately it seems its all "the world is ending tomorrow " or selling something. Alas, a lot of the sights have started doing this.....
Nate still does the classic prepping videos too, but few people tune in for them and they don't get pushed by the algorithm (based both on his experiences and also my own). It's a case of him providing what the market seems to want. Nate's often the first to lament how he'd prefer to be doing more "how to" videos vs so many "the state of the situation" videos. Personally... I like his "the state of the situation" videos because I find his vids a very quick and easy way to gather up the news of the day (related to the run up to war) without having to do all the sifting myself. Saves me a bunch of time.
Nate is just putting out there a system to scale one self on a list of subjects just like they used to score people on Doomsday Preppers years ago I don't see a problem with it and I don't give a shit if he is using it to promote his survival gear big deal good for him. There is always someone out there that will find a way to bring someone down it is called The Tall Poppy Syndrome. I see some fun in this and a way to improve on my own situation I would not score so well mainly due to my weight and being a lazy bugger who likes to sit in front of his computer watching you all. I have skills I have preps I can defend myself but most of all I can see my weaknesses and the need to address them by getting off my fat butt and doing something about it. Maybe I need to see this and to read all most of the comments below to inspire myself to do so time will tell. Stay safe......
Technically a scale of 10 is 0 to 9 with 9 being perfection… I didn’t do a precise calculation but my score would be in the 40’s, if intelligence were added then I would have scored much higher (I know you watch Anton Petrov too), preppers are smart, stupid people don’t prep.
@@PraxisPrepper I had mentioned Anton in a comment to one of your videos as an example of ‘the smartest people are not the wealthiest because they have other interests’ and you replied mentioning the tragedy of his second son.
Lol. Heart, knowledge, hard work and alot of luck dictates what happens Buts sounds like a good gauge.. I failed Does make you take an honest look at your preparedness
@@PraxisPrepper I scored myself lower than initially came to mind while going through it on the personal one. I think the highest I scored myself was on the security one. I scored that an eight. I have a lifetime of experiences in that I just don't talk about too much, but know how I function on the street, in the face of conflict, and how to deal with certain things. Most the rest I scored 5-7s. As far as preppers go, we're pretty mid range, but better than the lower portion.
@@OutlawCaliber13 That's exactly how I felt when rating my firearms experience. Per CP's depiction of what a 5 meant on that one, I went with it, but in retrospect, I later felt like someone with my level of knowledge is more like a 3.
Define age.. lol.. im 55 and still pass the pt test for 18.. 68 pu 96 su 2mile 16.35 min.. The only bad thing i had was people... thats a small but tight circle.. Mental health is i dont tolerate stoopid... not ignorant just stoopid
He's never left his roots. People just rarely bother to pay any attention to them. His last video was one on the challenges of learning firearms techniques, and the one before that was about water purification. I think his video prior to that was food related maybe??? I'm not 100% sure on that though. My main point though is that CP (and I) both create videos on specific skills and knowledge related to this topic. People just tend to pass on watching those videos, only watch the videos on current events (aka doom and gloom) and criticize both of us for "only" making those videos. I agree with you on the age thing. I'm more fit than most people half my age. but that said, fit or not, a sprained ankle now when I'm in my 40s takes a LOT longer to heal than when I was in my 20s. I actually am nursing one right now that's been a pain in my workflow for the past month with me repeatedly thinking it's "good enough to use again" and then re-injuring it because I didn't wait long enough. Getting old ain't for the faint of heart! ;)
Maybe I should redefine... im not totally against cp.. news needs to be reported.. So maybe split it.. 60/40 either way.. I dont know how many years I've followed him 10 maybe.. long time I mean like I watched him do outdoor mods and kit vs kit vids ect. Just seems since the whole Jabby 💩 he has went more commercial like.. The whole "this is it we all gonna die" Has me wondering if it is or not.. should I tune in immediately or do I have time to watch later.. I just sub with you and I am going to be viewing past videos.. I think your way of thinking and mine are very similar.. frugal make it happen Cap'n.. use the intelligence the good lord gave us.. like ole vanilla ice.. yo if there's a problem I'll solve it🎶🎵🎶
@@jeffburton4576 Anyone who drops Vanilla Ice references is OK in my book! I think I've been following CP about since 2015 or so, and yeah his message has gotten a little bit "nearer term" since covid I agree. I think that has more to do with the evolving realities of the world though, and not so much any change in heart on his part. He's the absolute first to agree (he and I have chatted about this) that his thumbnails and titles are designed to bring eyeballs in the door with the "immanency" of the message. But I think his videos themselves are pretty rational and on point, so I keep tuning in to him. I think of him as my research assistant. He goes out and scrubs the news for stories of relevance, and reports on them. Then I sift through what he's found and come to my own conclusions about how close things actually are. He saves me a TON of time doing the news sifting though. So I appreciate that. Hey, if you're new to my channel and like sci fi, I made a fun sci fi preparedness series a few years ago called "Alien Invasion" that you might enjoy. I also have a whole playlist on building my new preparedness-minded home, which isn't as fun as the alien series, but is useful for anyone looking to do the same.
I usually ignore his channel now .. he seemed to orientate to be more into cash drifted away from his roots... I admit admire his business skills ... etc but I watched it... well 69 open honest etc.. almost like his old videos
He still does the "how to" videos too, but on his channel (and mine as well) people just don't watch them, so RU-vid doesn't push them out. This video I did (with the CP title and thumbnail) got well over 2k views in less than a day. My last "how to" video has been out for 2 days and it's gotten 270 views. People (generally) don't want the informative how to videos, so hosts don't feel super motivated to make them. I still do... but I don't feel driven as though a ton of people are interested in watching them. I just do them to share with a small group, and spend an appropriate amount of time on them given that fact.
No need to apologize. If you don't find him useful, that's up to you. For me he's very useful. So I tune in. Your not watching his vids doesn't harm anyone - so no need to say sorry. To each their own preferences. :)
No worries there. Not every dish is right for every person. That's a good thing IMO (that people have different tastes). The world would be pretty dull if we all liked the same things.
Congratulations on your 82! I watched CP last night and found It to be an interesting little assessment tool, but like you pointed out, most of us already know our area(s) of weakness. I would like to see an expanded evaluation that included things like communications, ability prepare foods other than canned and freeze-dried items, foraging, growing, making and using plants for medicine, little red hen skills (grow your wheat, grind your wheat, THEN make bread), repairing/making clothes and shoes, is there at least 1 skilled medical person in you family or community... I bet this group could come up with an expanded list for the individual, family and community levels. Maybe more of a detailed list of questions within each topic with just a yes/not option and 1 point for each yes. There also needs to be a way to weight each topic, although there is some disagreement among homesteaders & preppers about which area is the most important. Maybe someone could start a community google doc that everyone could go into a add questions into the categories. That said, I would STILL already know the areas of weakness for myself and my family and what I/we need to work on. But self-assessment tools are a fun diversion after a long day of gardening and other daily work. Take care of your ankle. It took me 2 years to fully recover from my last bad sprain back in my early 60's because I just would not stay off it long enough for it to fully heal. When the time is right, physical therapy does wonders to help strengthen the appropriate muscles. I now wear high cut boots that support my ankles pretty much all the time. Makes for hot feet, but the added support is worth it.
Yeah, there are a lot of factors not folded into this score. It's a cool dialog starter though. Gets people thinking. :) Also thx for the ankle advice. I'm hoping to still be able to do a planned hike this July that goes from 2000 feet to 6000 feet. Even in shape without injuries that mountain has always left me feeling pretty sore by the end of the 4000 feet up and 4000 feet down. I hope my ankle will be back by then.
Most of survival is the situation you are put in and how you react. Stay calm and think it through. Think outside of the box. I didn't score high. I am not skilled in any survival. I am old and have multiple chronic issues. We are highly creative as a family and smart. We can garden and fish. Honestly we are likely going to be injured due to our close proximity to a primary target.
As a Gedankenexperiment, it is of mild interest. I came in at about 50 on this, strong in some areas very weak in others. At 68, I am not super prepper, not super anything anymore if I ever was. Unlike most younglings I understand the truce of the bear, most younglings do not even have a clue. Failure here will kill more people than hunger or exposure. Most of us older boomers are loners, not so much by choice but because if you have friends they tend to die off. I think most preppers are whistling in the wind and assume far too much that stocks of beans bandaids and bullets make them safe. Nothing is farther from the truth, in some way its makes them less safe. Granted I would prefer to have preps in excess myself rather than not but not for safety just for comfort. My family can do the 3 month thing if we are not over ran by mauraders or the golden horde. After that it is only a matter of time, we will starve but while not something that fills me full of joy, we got more life than at least 90 percent of humanity did, at time of plenty. So I can count that up as a win. I do not think CP stands a chance in hell if it goes tits up, he is too well known, his government is even more corrupt than ours. I hope he has a well stocked and well hidden bug out and knows when to cut his losses. I am not sure he understands the truce of the bear either. We are all too often our own worst enemy.
He just released a video where he shares a rating application his team made. I scored 67 on that one (vs my 82 here). It's his last video if you want to check it out, FYI: It's confusingly labeled as doom and gloom as usual ;)
I loved your comment that you are immune to despair. I'm right with you. It was the only area in which I was a 10/10. To me, everyday is a great day and I am the eternal optimist. With that said, my score was only 47. I don't hunt and hate fish (although I actually do like to go fishing). I also scored low on skills. I am a ham radio operator with my extra class license and part of the Red Cross, so that brought up my score in that area. The area is which I am now focusing is my physical fitness. I'll be combining that with gardening as the season is underway. Good video by both you and CP.
HAM radio is something I've been wanting to improve my skills with too. Do you happen to know a good list of (national) emergency radio frequencies that would be good for people to know? I've been trying to compile a list, but have had trouble finding agreement between different sources.
It's not that simple as there are a lot of frequency uses. From traffic nets to RACES/ARES nets, sometimes the frequency is in use for emergency communication and sometimes for rag chewing. Are you a ham? If not, you can get a class/training for free and then a radio, if you pass the technician's test.
@@girldboro9834 I'd started studying for the test a few years ago, but got pulled away from it with other things (being a sudden single-dad related mostly), and I haven't popped back yet. It's very interesting to me though, and I'd like to spin back to it sometime.
If he is, he's not too bright - because there are WAY easier ways to make a living than what he's doing. It's almost like he's chosen to do what he's doing primarily for reasons other than $... almost.
