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Hi, I'm Kellene Bishop, the Preparedness Pro. Feel free to go to our website, PreparednessPro.com
and see all kinds of great ideas to help in your preparedness and self reliance efforts.
Today I just wanted to show you one of the solutions that I have implemented in my home
in the event I had a long-term power outage. We did a little dry run a couple of weeks
ago for a couple of days, in which we had no power in the house. It was in the middle
of winter. And one of the things that frustrated me the most was not enough light, especially
when I was cooking. That's the most important part of the house, in my opinion, especially
when you're trying to live through some uncomfortable circumstances. So I came up with a solution.
What I use is strands of LED lights. Just a string of lights. And LED will obviously
use significantly less power or battery or what have you, than regular lights. So what
I've done, is I've taken this strand of lights and just, if it was just a couple of days
of power outage, we would just tape them up like this. Not exactly attractive, but I'm
not entertaining, you know, the Pope or the President or anybody. So I would just string
this string of lights here, through my kitchen, so that I can have the most important parts
of the kitchen all lit up. And like I said, if it was for longer term, I would just fasten
them underneath everything and they would still give me the light I wanted. So what
I'm going to do then, is we've just got the little attachment that goes on the end, and
just your typical, you know like your car plug in. And this is my little, the baby generator
that I have. This is a Humless unit. It's called their Roadrunner. It's just a little
guy, but this little guy will power these lights for eight hours, not that I would need
it that much in a day. But it will power for a long time. And all I do is turn it on. Now
see, let's look. See how much light that gives even with the lights already on. So we'll
just turn the lights off here. That is abundant amounts of light. I mean I feel like I wouldn't
have any problem working in my kitchen in the midst of a power outage right in the middle
of night. So lots of wonderful light that I can work by. Now the nice thing about these,
too, is they actually have a sticky strand on the back. And it's, it'll hold. It's not
going to be kind of flimsy for you. It'll hold. So you could actually just stick them
there or here or whatever work environment that you want. This little guy charges with
solar energy or you can plug it in when your electricity comes back on. Or you can hand
crank it to fully charge it. Or you can even use an adapter that works with the wind to
charge it. There are so many different ways that you can use it. And it's nice and light.
So I use it for my lighter chores, in the event of a long-term power outage. Keep in
mind, that one of the important things that you want to do when you're in a long-term
power outage scenario is be very mindful of safety. So the fewer open flames that you're
using, the better. Also, if you're in a survival or endurance test, the key is to preserve
your own physical energy. So anything that I can do to make my life easier, that's not
going to exert tons of energy, that I may need for emergent, something more emergency-based,
is great. So that's why I've actually gone ahead and gotten into some of the solar generators.
This has been my favorite by far, and like I said, just this little unit alone will power
for eight hours. So, there's my little tip or trick for the day. Check it out. You can
get these LED light strands at FiveStarPreparedness.com. I love that particular site, in part because
every information is kept private. They will never open their books to anyone. They don't
keep any records of who buys what. They accept checks and money orders so that you don't
have to pay by credit cards, and I really like that privacy, that privacy in that interaction.
So, hope you enjoy, and I know I will.