Adam Clark

⚡️ Power outages in Spain, Portugal, France this week and yesterday in Bali Here's some stuff I can recommend to get to live through the next power outage, as we got through the outage in Portugal, but it might be anywhere in the world next, and it might take days, you never know, I feel we can increasingly depend less on public utilities and services, so good to prep a bit 📡 Starlink My biggest recommendation, the biggest issue we had during the outage wasn't missing power oddly, cause everything has batteries these days (phones, laptops) but it was internet. Without power we didn't have Starlink, and the 4G masts slowly run out of battery power too, so within 3 hours the internet was dead everywhere in Spain and Portugal. We had Starlink but we didn't have anything to power it, so couldn't use it, which brings me to the next thing: 🔋 EcoFlow 1kWh battery + 400W solar panel You charge it with electricity (when you get it) and then when there's an outage you can use it to plug it any electronics, like phone, laptops, Starlink. What's nice is you can buy it with a 400W solar panel, which if you have sun will let you charge it while power is down. Tip by @NorbertDragan 📻 Battery-powered radio (with USB-C) Without internet, you need a radio to figure out what the heck is going on. During the outage almost all Spanish and Portuguese radio stations became emergency radios and told what was going on. Very helpful. We listened in the car to see the status. Cause again without internet you don't know much. ⛽️ Gasoline-powered generator This is optional cause you already have EcoFlow but in case shit really goes down for days, and you need more power, you can get this. I go the Denqbar DQ-2100 it gives 2100W with 55dB (not loud) and uses about 0.5L gasoline per hour at max, but much less if you use less power. Then get a 20L jerrycan of gasoline to fuel it. 🍖 Barbeque with gas Another thing we did NOT have but now will have. A gas barbecue with a big gas tank. A lot of big Weber barbecues have a separate gas stove @dwjorgeb recommended me which you can use to continue cooking. Most new houses esp in Europe come with an electric stove, ours too, so without power we couldn't cook anymore. Even with a battery we'd have to dismount the stove because all the electric cabling is built in. So having a gas barbeque is a big benefit I think 💦 20-40L of drinkable water One of the next things that will go after the power goes out for days will be the water pressure people told me. So it makes sense to have about 20-40L of water I heard. First thing we did when power went out was buy more water. You can survive without food for quite a while, without water not very long! 💵 Get lots of cash out When power went out remarkably in Portugal we could still go to the supermarket and pay with cards, well, for a few hours, at some point that went down too. And everything switched to cash. Luckily we had some cash left in the car because without it the supermarkets would literally not let you buy anything! Worse is that ALL the ATMs we went were out of money! So you need a stash of cash. Find a ATM that takes out a lot and take out money 20 times, it's annoying but now you have a cash backup. 🔫 Home defense This varies by country in what is legal to get. But I recommend you get some stuff to defend your home in case shit goes down. After 48 hours of no power apparently societies turn into an anarchy. So just in case, get some stuff to defend yourself. ⏰ Long term Long term if you have a home, it's good to get solar and some big home batteries. One Tesla Powerwall is 13.5kWh, so that's like 13.5x EcoFlows 1kWh's. So if you get two of those that's a lot of power and you can go for about a week, more even if you have sun and solar. Anyway hope this helps, I'm not a prepper but wanna be ready for the next one 😊