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Omega Entity:
Lanterns of that nature are generally battery-powered, though I'm sure some models would have a crank dynamo built in for such events that batteries may not readily be available.

Pilchard123:
I've found when camping that a torch placed on an upturned bottle of water is quite a good method of scattering a directional beam. I'll post pics if anyone is interested and I can find a camera.

LTK:
I was wondering, do any devices exist that use batteries to charge mobile devices like phones and laptops? I imagine such a thing would be indispensible to the modern disaster-prepared technophile.

pwhodges:
Yes, they do exist, for phones at least; or you could use a UPS if you were going to be holed up and didn't need to carry it.  Of course, a disaster that required their use would probably kill the mobile network too; but I realise that my iPhone has large scale maps of the places I go already downloaded, and also a GPS (satellites would keep going for a while, as they are essentially autonomous) and compass, so would remain possibly useful for a time.

jwhouk:
ThinkGeek has a whole bunch of solar charging thingys for mobile devices, but I don't know how well they would do in weather like the Northeast has experienced.

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