[Electronics-talk] Storable energy for prolonged periods of poweroutage

[cheez]

Wow!  We've come a long way since blaming the Communist Party for 
catastrophes.  Now it's ISIS or some other nutty misguided group.

Vince

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From: "Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Storable energy for prolonged periods of 
poweroutage


> Yeah, I forgot about that until I heard WCBS say they were going to play a 
> report.  They talked about it, and they played a little clip of Dan 
> Ingraham on WABC talking about everything slowing down and the lights 
> dimming.  I was in the New York Institute, and we didn't have any 
> studyhall that night, because all the sighted teachers couldn't see.  So, 
> we went back to the dorm and listened to Dandy Dan Daniels on WMCA.  They 
> were at least playing Rock-and-roll.  When WABC got up and running, they 
> went straight to the newsroom and sat around having this grim conference 
> about whether this was a communist plot or whatever.  But Dan Daniels, who 
> worked past his shift, was saying stuff like "Okay everybody, wherever you 
> are, get out of your cars and dance on the street!"  In other words, WMCA 
> thought to entertain the public to keep them cool instead of getting them 
> all uptight about what was happening.  Pam.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Gerald Levy via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 2:34 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Cc: Gerald Levy
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Storable energy for prolonged periods of 
> poweroutage
>
>
> Just by coincidence, yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the great
> Northeast blackout of 1965.  I was a student at Stuyvesant High School in
> Manhattan at the time (I still had normal vision) and traveled to school 
> by
> subway.  Fortunately, I got home before the power went out.  Life was much
> simpler in those days.  No cell phones or personal computers to worry 
> about.
> I remember doing my homework by candlelight.  But school was closed the 
> next
> day because the subways were still not back to normal, and so nobody could
> get there.  Where were you when the lights went out?
>
> Gerald
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Gerald Levy via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 2:09 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Cc: Gerald Levy
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Storable energy for prolonged periods of
> poweroutage
>
>
> Taping a bunch of 9 volt batteries together?  That's a new one on me.  The
> only reliable way I know of to use electronic devices during a prolonged
> power outage is with an emergency generator or perhaps a UPS.  Of course,
> you could buy one of those hand-cranked radios to receive the latest news
> and emergency alerts during the outage.  Actually, bunching 9 volt 
> batteries
> together sounds like a bad idea because it could damage the device you are
> trying to power if the voltage you are supplying it is too high.
>
> Gerald
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Diane Vlasoff via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 1:24 PM
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> Cc: Diane Vlasoff
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] Storable energy for prolonged periods of
> poweroutage
>
> I was hoping someone on the list might be able to help me with my energy
> storage issues for the upcoming potential El Niño event.
>
> Has anyone ever heard of using 9D batteries taped together and using a DC
> car adapter to charge your cell phone? Will that work? Will it fit in my
> equipment? Does anybody have any other ideas on how I can keep my
> electronics going if we have a prolonged power outage?
>
> I'll help is welcome in truly appreciate it.
>
> Diane Sent using voice recognition. Please excuse aberrations in spelling 
> or
> punctuation.
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