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To: Boogieman

“A Kindle seems like a stupid thing to put in a bug out bag.”

I was thinking that, too. Can a Kindle access digital maps without power for sending/receiving wifi?


25 posted on 01/27/2013 4:30:39 AM PST by MayflowerMadam
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To: MayflowerMadam; Boogieman

I can store maps, tidel charts, first aide instruction you can store any information you want after all a Kindle or such is basical a small data storage device, with it’s communications applications being secondary. As far as power there are any number of light weight back-up power systems available, but I would hope that if a person was aware enough to have a BOB they would be aware enough to conserve power and limit it’s use to the esentials. I mean if you are bugging out it ain’t no time to sit down and watch ‘The Hobbit’.


27 posted on 01/27/2013 4:46:41 AM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: MayflowerMadam

“A Kindle seems like a stupid thing to put in a bug out bag.”
“I was thinking that, too.”

I have a Kindle and it talks by Wifi to Amazon to download books. You could download a book of maps but can’t use it to roam around the internet.

I have a solar panel to charge it and other devices but you can’t take a fairly large solar panel with you if you have to leave. In that emergency of leaving New York, taking a Kindle is...stupid.


39 posted on 01/27/2013 8:28:07 AM PST by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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