—because it’s not that-that expensive, is pretty compact, can be used for non-emergency things, annd yes, as seen with the Asheville/western NC catastrophe, would be invaluable to have a way to charge phones, laptops, anything during power loss.

There’s some more expensive (~$1,000?) large battery reservoir things that can apparently run a fridge which is helpful. But not in cards for us. Plan to put a real 1st aid/toiletries type bag together at some point, though. Feel like I can’t trust the power system here in NC.