It's no secret that people love their cellphones, but Floridians might need to put them down or follow these tricks to make their batteries last past Hurricane Irma.
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Here’s what you can do before the storm:
- Buy a portable charger: These little devices are great to have and can charge your phone a few times after losing power.
- Purchase a car charger: If you've exhausted all your options, you can always sit in your car and charge your phone.
- Fully charge your laptop: Instead of using your laptop during the storm, leave it completely charged and off. If you lose power you can plug your phone into it.
- Keep your phone plugged into the wall socket.
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Here’s what you can do if you lose power during the storm:
- Don't use live wallpapers. They drain your battery.
- Disable power-hungry services including Bluetooth, GPS and Wi-Fi.
- Turn off push notifications.
- Delete any unused apps and widgets.
- Enable "power saver" or "airplane" mode.
- Disable auto-update on your apps.
- Turn off and restart your phone to kill any open apps.
- Turn down the screen brightness.
- Send text messages instead of making phone calls.
- Don't use your phone unless you have to.
Thinking about evacuating? Here’s the Evacuation Zone MAP and the details you need you know:
Palm Beach County evacuation zones are determined by the threat of storm surge, not the wind "Category" of a hurricane. Zones are on the Atlantic coast as well as near Pahokee, Belle Glade and Lake Okeechobee.
Palm Beach County has a map searchable by address.
Evacuation ▮ Zone A: Evacuate if you live in a manufactured/mobile home, have substandard construction; or live in a flood-prone area.
Evacuation Zones ▮ B, ▮ C, ▮ D, ▮ E: Click map to identify a zone. For the best experience, tilt your phone and pinch to zoom in.