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--- lifestyle:involuntary [2020/05/06 21:42]
frater_secessus [necessities]
+++ lifestyle:involuntary [2020/05/14 10:21]
frater_secessus [niceties]
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 For **privacy**, you can use a sunscreen in your front windshield and cut-to-shape cardboard (preferably dark or painted) on side windows.  Hanging clothes up in the window is a sure giveaway.
-For **power**, most charging for small devices like phones and tablets will be by USB.  Some newer vehicles have USB jacks built in.  If not, you can find ones that fit into the cigarette lighter in dollar stores and similar.   Charge as often as you can, preferably while driving.
+For **power**, most charging for small devices like phones and tablets will be by USB.  Some newer vehicles have USB jacks built in.  If not, you can find ones that fit into the cigarette lighter in dollar stores and similar.   Charge as often as you can, preferably while driving.  See [[electrical:12v:intro#what_you_can_run_in_the_van|this discussion of power options]].
 If you will be going to work or public indoor space regularly [[rv:build:minimal#survival_micropower|a small battery pack]] and extension cord may serve you well.
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 Register for **social services** in your area as quickly as possible, as there can be some lag.  Food banks, unemployment, food stamps, etc, **they exist for precisely this reason**.  They were //funded by you// and by people like you for situations just like this.  Don't be a hero or a proud idiot.
+If you **still are going to work**, do as much of your device updating, bathroom-using, washing-up, trash disposal, ice-making, water collection there as is appropriate. Example:  rotate in freezer packs when you get to work and put them back in your cooler at the end of the workday.

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