Question for folks in Louisiana

[malaise]

Can't people use cars to charge their phones?

[msongs]

1. if they have gas and a phone charger system. electric car? outta luck nt

[malaise]

3. I can charge my phone, boil water

or make coffee

[ananda]

10. How do you boil water in your car?

TIA

[malaise]

16. Plug in to the lighter spot

What's the correct term?

[ananda]

17. Thanks. I did a search and it looks like..

the Spardar 12v kettle is a good one.

I'm going to get one before next winter. I wish
I'd known about this last February.

[malaise]

19. When you live in the hurricane zone

you'd better know. I love my cofee

[ananda]

26. Well, I'll be prepared if there's another power outage.

I still don't trust our power grid.

[luvs2sing]

2. I'm not in Louisiana, but..

when Ike blew through Ohio in 2008 and the derecho in 2012 knocked out our power for a week, we used our cars to charge our phones. We had chargers that plugged into the lighter. I’m sure there is better technology now. Yes..we took a lot of long drives, but there really wasn’t much else to do.

[malaise]

6. Same here

I even made coffee

[luvs2sing]

11. Our neighbors had two of the most valuable things I can think of..

a gas stove and a French press. Every morning, they brought me hot coffee.

[malaise]

13. LOL

I bought the car percolator at Sharper Image years ago - amazed that it still works. My supermarket owner gave me the French press and a bag of blue mountain coffee one Christmas.

We always keep a coal pot and a few bags of coal - after Gilbert we had no power for weeks but we were able to get fresh fish at the beach - We'd roast it on the grill in foil. Cooked lots of stuff with coal.

It's good to see that the next hurricane looks like a fish storm.

[Texaswitchy]

7. Ike got way up there.

Ike was one hell of a hurricane.

Houston and all surrounding areas just stopped for awhile.

Nothing to.do.

[luvs2sing]

9. It was nuts.

Here in Columbus, we had over six hours of 80mph winds and a smattering of rain. Took out our old maple and our gazebo.That was enough of a taste of hurricane to let me know I would never want to ride one out.

[Texaswitchy]

18. The wind was wild here.

It was way over a hundred.

The sound.

My old house had no problems.

Good thing we put in new windows and not a new roof.

We had a generator and plenty of gas.

I knew Ike was coming at us.

Houston got lucky because Ike turned east at the very end.

I feel for the people in Louisiana.

[LeftInTX]

14. My 2013 Subaru has a USB port...I think most cars nowadays do..

[Croney]

5. Yes, but if cell towers are down, they won't work.

You can play games though!

[malaise]

8. I heard President Biden telling the FCC to ensure that people could switch to

those carriers that were working. - but you raise a valid point - all may be down in some areas

[Scrivener7]

20. I got one of those little chargers that can jump your car or

charge your phone and computer.

A little bigger than a cell phone.

[malaise]

21. Will check that out

Thanks

[Scrivener7]

23. Around here we don't seem to lose gas supply during hurricanes,

and I have a gas stove, so coffee is always do-able. Thank God.

[Texaswitchy]

22. Power banks or jump starters for your car.

Always good to have .

During the big freeze there was no electricity.

[panader0]

24. The concern about no power would mystify people 150 years ago.

"What's air conditioning? What's this power you speak of?"
There are no hurricanes here, but in an emergency I have firewood galore, candles and an acoustic
guitar. I can heat, cook, see in the dark and play music. I'm old school. Real old.....
So old I can remember phone booths long before these damn smart phones. Actually, I love my smart phone.
For my 71st b-day, I'm getting a radio/light/phone charger. Solar or wind up.

[malaise]

25. Years ago I discovered a book on line detailing how our grandparents survived

without electricity.

[spanone]

27. they reported this morning that people were doing just that.

[malaise]

28. Glad to hear that

Hope they're drinking coffee as well