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Emergency Preparedness – Part 2

June 29th, 2006

Continuing on my “emergency preparedness” backpack, these are some communications electronics to have.

The AM/FM radio might be in the pre-packed kit you bought, but I remember what it’s like to be in an information vacuum during these events, and so I upgraded my radio. Battery operated radio. So, you can get a cheap hand-crank radio, and battery operated TV-radios. I have this one that’s a light and radio and uses solar power … cool.

Update: I just saw an ad for a new Red Cross/Eton emergency radio. It’s a hand crank (90 secs of cranking gives you an hour) and has a cell phone charger. Bummer, now I’m going to have to get one of these too.

One thing I got, that I’m not convinced is important, are a pair walkie-talkies. But they’re so cheap nowadays, might as well just have them. Make sure they are not the rechargeable kind, but the kind that take batteries. And oh, by the way, make sure you have batteries.