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My family and I are very close to the predicted path of Dorian as are many of you who are reading this now. Even if you personally aren’t in the path of the storm, I bet you have a family member or a friend that is. In our particular neighborhood we lost power for nine days during the last storm that came through. Many people these days opt not to have landline telephone service and completely depend on cellular. This makes battery and power management even more critical. So how do you best prepare to be without power, potentially for weeks, and still ensure you have at least one cell phone on for emergency communications? I’m sharing below what my family is doing (and we all own iPhones) but most of this can be applied to other cell phones as well (you will just have to translate the setting differences).
Batteries, Batteries, Batteries
The first step is to identify every battery source in your home that can be used to power your cell phones. You probably have more of these than you might think. Here are just a few to consider:
- Laptops (can charge phones via USB)
- Apple Watch chargers with built in batteries
- Travel hubs and photo card reading devices
- Portable USB battery chargers
- Car parking mode dash camera…
