emergency lighting options for emergency survival prepping situations power outages off grid living load shedding
hi it's AlaskaGranny winter storms are heading this way and you know what that
brings with it power outages prepping for power outages I've been going through my emergency lighting
options to make sure I have a nice supply of lights for emergency power outages load shedding lights that are in good working order and
I thought I would share with you the supplies that I have for an emergency
lighting option should I have a power outage load shedding emergency off grid living most of us have a nice selection
of flashlights it's good to have a variety to have enough that they're
spread around your home keep some flashlights next to your bed keep some flashlights in your car keep
some flashlights in the kitchen put a flashlight anywhere that you might
be that if the power went out you can reach and grab it and you'll be fine to
make your way around with a light to figure out what to do next I have a flashlight that has
a hook and a magnet so I could use it as a task light in an area one of my new
favorite flashlights is a USB rechargeable flashlight it's small
compact bright and inexpensive flashlight headlamps flashlights are always a great idea if you want to
be walking around you put on your headlamp flashlight turn it on and you have your
hands-free to do anything else that you need to while you're walking with the light from the headlamp around in
your home or out of doors make sure you have extra batteries to fit any
flashlights and headlamps that you own next make sure you have some oil lamps light from an
oil lamp is far brighter than a candle it actually burns the oil slowly one
bottle of lamp oil should last you for a long long time read the directions don't
overfill your lamp and trim the wick so that it doesn't smoke up your home solar
lamps are a good idea but they're only handy if you know ahead of time and you
make sure that they're charged if your lights go out at night and you have
and charge them up they're not going to be very useful unless the power stays
off for an indefinite amount of time glow sticks should be a part of your
emergency lighting option glow sticks are safe in any emergency situation
because they don't have any kind of a flame crack and shake and your glow
stick is activated glow sticks can be placed around your home with no fear of
setting anything on fire they're safe with children and pets and can provide
quite a bit of light candles are also a great option for emergency lights the safest candles are ones
that come already inside a container make sure you protect any surface so
that you don't have to clean up dripped wax or your candle can't be knocked over
and set something on fire you're going to probably need multiple candles to
light up a room so make sure you have an adequate supply of candles in your emergency stockpile candles come in a lot of
shapes and varieties they last different amount of time think about what your
needs might be and choose candles that fit those needs then you need to make
sure that you have a way to light your candles make sure you have matches if
you have candles down in containers get some fireplace Longreach matches a
utility lighter can be easier to use on a candle then a traditional lighter
make sure to use extra caution with children and animals around open flames
and if you're in something like an earthquake where there might be a gas
leak never light a candle use a flashlight a glow stick something else
that is not in any way could spark a flame and cause an explosion I
experience a power outage at least once a year so it's important for me to have
the emergency lighting options available so I know we'll be okay no matter what happens
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