When discussing preparation, a key element that is overlooked is knowledge. Knowledge is invaluable. We simply can’t be experts on everything from first aid to farming to animal husbandry to metal working. Others can help show the way. A sustainment library should be both electronic and physical. An electronic library can be sustained given solar power and power packs. A physical library lasts even longer. But both must be protected from the elements.
Electronic versions must be downloaded on the devices you will use before a disaster. I keep mine on my laptop, my iPad, and my iPhone.
Here are some books I recommend in addition to my own Green Beret Preparation and Survival Guide that I have downloaded and on my shelves and ready to be grabbed in case of evacuation or bugging out.
Survival and Sustainment Library:
When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability and Surviving the Long Emergency by Matthew Stein. A great resource of information for long term skills.
SAS Survival Handbook by John Wiseman. Redundant to some information in this book, I have it because of the images of plants and other matter.
Peterson Field Guides put out a series of books about plants. Two keys are:
