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Apps and files to download once, while you have a signal, so a tablet or a USB stick still works later.

General information. Use it at your own risk. Follow the law. Seek a clinician, a licensed tradesperson, or the authorities when you can.

Written for a household in St. Johns County and northeast Florida. This is a planning aid. Orders, zones, and shelter instructions come from the county and the state.

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Before

  • Kiwix stores Wikipedia, WikiMed, and other references as ZIM packs. Install the app, then download the packs from the Kiwix library while you are online.
  • OsmAnd and Organic Maps can keep a map on the phone. Install the app, search for Florida, and download that region. This website does not load map tiles.
  • The ARRL getting-licensed page and the license manual are the ham study references. Download or buy them before you need a class.
  • The American Red Cross First Aid app and the FEMA app are the two phone apps to install from the pages linked here.
  • Download the free Hesperian editions of Where There Is No Doctor and Where There Is No Dentist onto the tablet. They are the references for care when a clinic is far away. They are not a license to perform surgery.
  • Save Ready.gov kit pages, or the PDFs those pages offer, onto the tablet and onto a USB stick.
  • A load list: charge the tablet, install the apps, download the packs and the Florida map, copy the PDFs to the USB stick, turn wifi off, and confirm each file still opens.

During

  • Use the copies you already downloaded. Do not count on a store or a website.
  • If the tablet battery is low, switch to the paper card and the USB stick in another device.

After

  • Update the packs and the Florida map when you next have power and a signal.
  • Replace a USB stick that will not mount. Keep the paper list of what is on it.

Checklist

  • Kiwix installed, with Wikipedia and WikiMed or the packs you chose
  • Florida map downloaded in OsmAnd or Organic Maps
  • ARRL references saved
  • Red Cross First Aid app and FEMA app installed
  • Ready.gov pages or PDFs on the tablet and on a USB stick
  • Wifi-off test done

Download while you are online

Save these on a tablet or a USB stick. This site does not fetch them for you.

Sources

Official pages only. Open them for the full instructions.