How to Survive Without Electricity

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When natural disasters occur whether it be winter storms, thunderstorms or tornados, the first thing that most people lose is electricity. There are many ways that you can obtain power in these events when typical power grids go down. If you have a generator, they are perfect for emergency power. If you do not have a generator, you can also use solar panels for power. Solar panels can be bought and installed fairly cheaply if you have knowledge on how to build them. Having a backup power source is one of the basics of survival prepping. Next to food, water and shelter it is probably one of the most important things needed for survival but it is not required. This is especially true in today's technological era. If you have a way to power devices such as phones and GPS devices you have access to the outside world as well as survival information as long as you still have cell service. Having power can allow you to cook, keep food cool, charge electronics and more. Electricity is taken for granted until you don't have it.

 

We are always losing power here. Storms, all kinds of storms are famous for putting us without power. I love it. No tv no internet. We get to sit here and talk. Can foods do not need to be heated or cooled. Fire is easy to get going out here and we can basically start a fire with anything. I really want to look into soloar power, I think it is a good idea all around end of the world or otherwise. It might give our planet a small chance of a longer life. I know when we started talking about building our next home I mentioned I wanted to have solor panels, it is something really good to get into.

 

Knowing how to generate your own electricity can come in handy especially if this will give you an advantage over everyone else. As there are hardly any paper maps available these days, having a GPS could ensure you get to any place where you could get help.

However if you won't be getting help anywhere and can't lug appliances like freezers around, one could survive without electricity.

 

I would love to learn about solar power. Talk about sustainablity, this would qualify. We live in an area where we get a lot of sunshine, too. A generator is a good thing to have, but you have to have gas to run that. We are 20 miles out in the country so that might not work out for us all the time. Though we do keep extra gas around. One thing I learned about solar is, that when you generate your own, then what you don't use can be sold back to the electric company. Is that cool or what?

 

Solar power can truly come in handy especially if you are under situations where technology/power is pretty much nonexistent. I would love to learn more about solar power, i think it will be quite complicated for beginners but with a lot of research and dedication to learn at least the basics of it, you'll come through. Anyone should be able to have their own solar power if they genuinely want to. It's good to have a backup skill like this since you'll never know when power outage strikes and generator fails you.