Prepare for a disaster by making sure what you buy has a VERY long shelf life, so you can put it away and know that it will still be usable in 5, 10 or 15 years (when a natural disaster strikes, if you survive, you will be grateful you were prepared). Also, know that in a natural disaster situation (a typhoon is simply another name for a hurricane) a living area can become unlivable in minutes or less...
Emergency Power for Cell, Warmth & Cooking!
Fire powered cell phone chargers spotted near NYU in Downtown Manhattan. - The PG-1 power generator creates a temperature differential across the thermoelectric module inside the unit. Heat flows from the higher
temperature surface to the lower temperature surface creating an electrical output. When the electrical circuit is completed, electrons flow and generate electrical power. LINK: http://www.tellurex.com/products/thermoelectric-pg1.php
Fire powered cell phone chargers spotted near NYU in Downtown Manhattan. - The PG-1 power generator creates a temperature differential across the thermoelectric module inside the unit. Heat flows from the higher
temperature surface to the lower temperature surface creating an electrical output. When the electrical circuit is completed, electrons flow and generate electrical power. LINK: http://www.tellurex.com/products/thermoelectric-pg1.php
Own some sort of solar device: either make one as part of your own self-sufficiency strategy or buy one:
"How The Nokero SunRay Pro Power Solar Charger Saved My Skin & My Sanity During Hurricane Sandy"
"How The Nokero SunRay Pro Power Solar Charger Saved My Skin & My Sanity During Hurricane Sandy"
When there is no sun & the wind is blowing too hard (making it necessary to take down any wind turbines you made), then this device will help:
Hand Crank Cell Phone Charger by Eton and the American Red Cross Could Be a Lifesaver
Hand Crank Cell Phone Charger by Eton and the American Red Cross Could Be a Lifesaver
EVERY region should have local water filtering solutions that are tested and the locals should be VERY familiar with thier use. During a disaster it's too late to learn water filtration methods without having problems.
The cheapest method is to have some sort of sand filter:
News Report: BBC: 'Super sand' to help clean up dirty drinking water Contaminated water can be cleaned much more effectively using a novel, cheap material, say researchers.
Dubbed "super sand", it could become a low-cost way to purify water in the developing world.
The technology involves coating grains of sand in an oxide of a widely available material called graphite - commonly used as lead in pencils.
The team describes the work in the American Chemical Society journal Applied Materials and Interfaces.
In many countries around the world, access to clean drinking water and sanitation facilities is still limited.
The World Health Organization states that "just 60% of the population in Sub-Saharan African and 50% of the population in Oceania [islands in the tropical Pacific Ocean] use improved sources of drinking-water."
The graphite-coated sand grains might be a solution - especially as people have already used sand to purify water since ancient times.
Here is a list of water filtration devices well within the budget of ANY local community (if you put a little thought & possibly research into it).
The cheapest method is to have some sort of sand filter:
News Report: BBC: 'Super sand' to help clean up dirty drinking water Contaminated water can be cleaned much more effectively using a novel, cheap material, say researchers.
Dubbed "super sand", it could become a low-cost way to purify water in the developing world.
The technology involves coating grains of sand in an oxide of a widely available material called graphite - commonly used as lead in pencils.
The team describes the work in the American Chemical Society journal Applied Materials and Interfaces.
In many countries around the world, access to clean drinking water and sanitation facilities is still limited.
The World Health Organization states that "just 60% of the population in Sub-Saharan African and 50% of the population in Oceania [islands in the tropical Pacific Ocean] use improved sources of drinking-water."
The graphite-coated sand grains might be a solution - especially as people have already used sand to purify water since ancient times.
Here is a list of water filtration devices well within the budget of ANY local community (if you put a little thought & possibly research into it).
For long term local community durability:
Developing Self-Sufficient & Self-Sustaining Local Economies & Businesses (such decentralization strategies helps prevent the cascading effect of having everything fall apart because everything is connected, such as is common with power plants in any serious storm - More about decentralization here: The Dangers Of Nuclear Energy & Parallels To The Tower Of Babel)
For more ideas study my page on Natural Disaster Management
Developing Self-Sufficient & Self-Sustaining Local Economies & Businesses (such decentralization strategies helps prevent the cascading effect of having everything fall apart because everything is connected, such as is common with power plants in any serious storm - More about decentralization here: The Dangers Of Nuclear Energy & Parallels To The Tower Of Babel)
For more ideas study my page on Natural Disaster Management
Remember: In a natural disaster situation there is no law as everyone is struggling to survive (in many cases cops & fireman can't even reach you if they wanted to), keep the following images in mind and understand that with the climate changes underway this could easily be you...