Before the Internet Goes Down — Save These 9 Things to an Old Phone

Hey guys! My full guide is on sale now 📖 Grab it here: https://stan.store/rangerrickus On February 22, 2024, one network configuration error blocked more than 92 million calls and over 25,000 attempts to reach 911. The day after Hurricane Helene's worst damage, about 82% of Buncombe County's cell towers were offline. Your phone's GPS still works with zero bars, and the Army publishes its survival and first aid manuals free. A spare phone loaded before the network drops keeps all of it in your pocket. Load it after, and you get nothing. Subscribe to the channel: @rangerrickus In this video, we talk about 9 things a veteran saves to an old phone before the internet goes down, including offline maps that work without a signal, family phone numbers and FEMA's text-first plan, the federal rule that lets a phone with no SIM dial 911 and the 3G catch, copies of your IDs, insurance and DD 214, a room-by-room home inventory video, a medication list and lock-screen Medical ID, the Red Cross First Aid app and the Army's TC 4-02.1, the free Army survival manual and the SURVIVAL acronym, the 7 NOAA Weather Radio frequencies and your family radio channel, the EPA bleach chart for water, and all of Wikipedia offline with Kiwix, plus how to store the phone so it's alive when you need it. Subscribe if you want your plan to keep working after the bars disappear. Comment where you're watching from and which of these 9 saves is going on your old phone first. Pass this along to your family group chat or a Facebook prepping group, and thanks for being part of this outfit. Chapters: 00:00 Opening 00:45 Offline Maps of Your Whole County 04:21 Phone Numbers, Family Plan and Nine One One 08:06 Your IDs, Insurance and Home Inventory 11:56 A Medication List and Medical ID 15:19 The Red Cross App and Army First Aid 18:36 The Army Survival Manual, Free 22:57 A Radio Frequency Card for Your County 26:25 The EPA Bleach Chart for Water 29:56 All of Wikipedia With No Signal Sources: Organic Maps, offline maps and GPS https://organicmaps.app/ Benton Institute, North Carolina cell outages after Helene https://www.benton.org/headlines/troubling-quiet-north-carolina%E2%80%99s-cell-service-outages Benton Institute, FCC findings on the February 22, 2024 AT&T outage https://www.benton.org/headlines/february-22-2024-att-mobility-network-outage-report-and-findings FEMA and Operation HOPE, Emergency Financial First Aid Kit https://www.mssp.uscourts.gov/sites/mssp/files/Emergency%20Financial%20First%20Aid%20Kit.pdf American Red Cross, First Aid app https://apps.apple.com/us/app/first-aid-american-red-cross/id529160691 U.S. Army, TC 4-02.1 First Aid https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/ARN14135_TC%204-02x1%20C2%20INCL%20FINAL%20WEB.pdf EPA, Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/emergency-disinfection-drinking-water #RangerRick #Prepping #Preparedness #Veteran #EmergencyPreparedness #GridDown #OfflineMaps #OldPhone #InternetOutage #CellOutage #HurricaneHelene #ATTOutage #FEMA #FirstAid #ArmySurvivalManual #NOAAWeatherRadio #GMRS #WaterPurification #Kiwix #OfflineWikipedia #EmergencyDocuments #FamilyEmergencyPlan