Hurricane Preparedness: How To Charge Your Phone When There's No Power

Thanks to natural disasters and blackouts, millions of Americans wind up without power at some point during the year. It's sometimes unexpected and they're left trying to conserve the batteries on their phones, but what can they do if they run out of juice and don't have any kind of battery pack? 

It turns out there are some easy hacks that bring life back to phones even without power! 

One option only requires a 9-volt battery and a ballpoint pen:

And here's another hack that just requires fruit and some pennies! When life gives you lemons, make lemonade (or battery power):

You can also always breakout your portable wind turbine or other helpful survivalist tools:

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