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My power went out on Sunday at about 8:30 PM and was out until 3 AM. The entire street was pitch black because the transformers in town got knocked out by a severe thunderstorm that came and went in under 30 minutes.
Lights in the house:
Observations:
I watched a Paul Harrell video about three-day-survival-packs, and he showed this product, and I realized that such a device would have been pretty useful for a power outage. I'm weighing that, a very bright and long-reaching flashlight, and certain weapon attachments due to the power outage. Likely, I'll get all that and then the next power outage will come and I'll find I didn't think of something else, too.
Apparently many people just start up their generators when this happens. Meh.
I am no flashlight autist, but this flashlight is like little babby. Clearly not up to the task of making the rounds outside. My current general purpose house flashlight-at-hand is a COAST XP11R (cheaper on Amazon.) I forget if I got it as a gift or if I purchased it, but I've had it for a couple years and have been pleased. Great flood of light for seeing where you're going while walking down a dark road or checking the back yard, with an adjustable beam that reaches a more than acceptable distance. Handy enough to stick inside a man's pocket, though obviously not as handy as little babby light. It comes with a USB-C rechargeable lithium ion battery and the option to slot in alkaline AAA's if you prefer.
Yes on working holster if you have a common light there's probably a ready-made option for your CZ. Yes on hand cranked radio all-in-one doohickey. It's probably junk but it only needs to work for one serious outage to be useful, so why not? Yes on having generator but precluding its use except for A Real Emergency. Is it worth having a generator you rarely if ever use? I don't know, I'm not a philosopher. The power is out and you aren't supposed to have wifi with the power is out. The freezer meat can't be allowed to go bad, but you are supposed to play cards in dimly lit rooms.
Lol thanks for the flashlight recommendation. Recommendations like that are part of why I posted. I guess I also wanted to hear other preparedness, or failures to prepare, that other people had. That flashlight looks pretty great without spending like a hundred bucks because you want the BEST flashlight possible.
Looking more into it, yeah, that radio is probably junk. Apparently the crank is a weak point on crank radios. I guess if I wanted a doohickey like that, there might be better stuff. I'll have to look into it some more. Or maybe I'll just buy that flashlight and forget about the rest of it.
Don't get me wrong I have an even junkier doohickey crank radio around somewhere. Although the fact I can't immediately go and look at it should tell you my level of preparedness versus a legend such as Paul Harrell. I haven't regretted forgetting about the doohickey.
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