This past Sunday Vermont saw hurricane force winds in some parts of the state and as I write this there are still a few thousand Vermonters still without power. I do not know how strong the winds were at my house, but the sound of my broken storm door slamming against the side of my house woke me up in the night and around 3am our power went out. Fortunately, we are fairly prepared for power outages at my house. The cooktop of our kitchen stove is propane, we have a woodstove for backup heat, a supply of bottled water, lanterns and some easy stovetop meals on hand. Aside from the occasional need to truck in water for the horses during extended outages we are fairly well prepared. My area was fortunate because the extent of the storm damage was minimal by comparison to other parts of the stay and the power outages we did experience didn’t last more than 8-12 hours.

The events from this past weekend have inspired me to create the ultimate survival kit for your favorite techie. This could be a great gift for the coming holidays and the best part is these are items you can probably use every day regardless of the weather and power conditions. I’ve bundled together with the Tivoli Pal radio, the Outdoor Tech Buckshot Pro and the Just Mobile Gum++ portable power pack for iPod,iPad, and iPhone. Having a portable radio with its own built-in battery, a light source and portable power source are essential items when our communications and power sources are limited. This bundle normally would sell for $339.97 and for our Kibbles & Bytes readers I am offering it for $279.99