Thinking about disaster preparedness. There are a million lists — I've rarely seen one include a simple car battery & inverter for power.
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~Infinite cell phone recharges, occasional lighting, a few laptop refills.
It just seems baffling to me that we chart food, water, but not power, given our reliance on devices for communication.
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Understood, was just wondering what you wanted the backup power for.
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My advice: USB power bank for phone, chemlights for dim area lighting, flashlight for bright point lighting. Ditch the laptop to start
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Thanks. My question: why don't the lists deal with power
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TBH That seems overly involved and a bit solipsistic —
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Who's to say I wouldn't like to be able to provide power to other people's laptops in a post-disaster scenario?
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Hence "to start" if you're not well prepared yet. Personally, I have an online 1.5 kVA UPS and a 3.5 kW generator with ~48 hours of fuel
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Spec: must fit in my closet. I am unwilling to store fuel with my clothes.
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Oh yeah: take a look at https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B013JHYQNC … - they come up cheap on amazon every so often, and you use the USB batteries directly...
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different spot on the maslow chart? back up power for comms that need infra that doesn't have power isn't backing anything up...
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it's obviously nice to have (so it should be on *your* list) but food and water are vastly more "survive day one and two" than power *
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* unless you *are* powering an efficient fridge for your insulin, or other critical consumable meds, but that mostly can't be on my list
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Rechargeable small batteries, small solar panels, and solar lights are all part of my prep gear. Handy during any power outage, no cranking.
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