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With Hurricane Sandy raging across the east coast right now, we are all being reminded of so many things. Like making an emergency kit, knowing where flashlights and candles are, stocking up on food & supplies etc. But as I was reading tweets and Facebook posts yesterday, I saw a lot of people talking about how they were preparing for the oncoming storm by making they were “all charged up,” as in, phones, tablets, laptops.
Good point... I thought (as I tried to remember where all of my chargers were). We take the battery life of our tech devices for granted, but when there’s the possibility of a power outage, we need them more than ever!
In a power outage, your cell phone or mobile device may be your only contact with finding out what’s happening in the rest of the stormy world. And we all hate that feeling when we pick up our phones and see a little number like “25%” on the battery life indicator.
Here are a few things to keep in mind in storm season, so that you’ve got some connection with the world during a power outage.
If you’ve still got power on your devices, check out the Twitter feed for the Weather Channel’s Hurricane Central for the lates updates & photos from Hurricane Sandy
For more information about emergency preparedness, check out the Canadian Red Cross page here. They have excellent info and links—things that make you go...RIGHT! I have to do that!
Stay safe, stay warm, send me a tweet to let me know how you did in the storm.