An often overlooked MUST HAVE for an extended "Bug In" or "self quarantine"

As we know, the big baddy right now is Ebola. Some of us here on GLP may decide that the smart choice for them and their families is to bug in or self quarantine for 3 months or so. Its actually possible that if things were to start getting out of hand the government may demand that people self quarantine or face arrest and being taken to certain camps.
We often talk about being prepared with food and other supplies but how many of us have stocked sufficient entertainment for everyone in our families? Prolonged periods of isolation has been known to drive people crazy.

Unless you're lucky enough to have solar you can forget about TV, XBox, etc. Sure some have generators but unless you plan on risking carbon monoxide death it'd have to be outside which would defeat the purpose of a bug in. It's also unlikely that you have 3 + months of gas stored at home.

You need to take it old school. Board games, cards, books and the like. Finding something you all like doing together is a great idea.

One thing I've been doing for a while is downloading radio dramas. Once a month we have a 24-48 hour period where we hit the breakers and go with no electricity for a day or 2. At night we sit down and listen to radio dramas by LED candlelight as a family. I have well over 5 gigs of mystery, comedy, horror, and a BUNCH of twilight zones. They are all made for radio so it's just like it was back before TVs.
All you need is a small solar charger to charge your mp3 player or your phone and an sd card filled with your shows and you're good to go.

You can get these shows from your local library but they can also be found in less legal ways online.


Wow, sorry this was so long.