re: Looks like they do not want FEMA/Harris taking credit for Starlink

exactly like I do......

I'm linked in with mapping to do inspections. When hooked up to follow the map I'm charging at the same time.

My Ex Wife and her husband lost all power. They live 15 minutes from the nearest store. He drove to Florida to buy two generators. They've been charging ever since. I told him he should buy a Ford to light it all up on his next truck buy. "Already planned"

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Solar phone chargers exist.

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Better than nothing, but the units with NOAA AM/FM radio, flashlight, crank charge if solar not option, are better multi purpose than these.

I love it

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Any recommendations for those of us not so prepped inclined?

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Depends on your budget and how prepared you want to be. You can get several different levels of all-in-one generators. All-in-one means batteries and inverter in one package. With those, you can use panels to charge the batteries or plug in to AC power and charge. The kwh is what you want to pay attention to. Just under 4 kwh (4000 watts for an hour, 1000 watts for 4 hours etc) is a out as big as they come, but you can get mutiple backup batteries and expand the capacity significantly.

Solid brands are Bluetti, Ecoflow, Anker and Jackery.

You pay a premium for the all-in-one convenience. You can get 5 kwh Lifepo4 server rack batteries for around $1100 and an inverter to charge them for about the same. Panels are .30 a watt. With a little knowledge and research you can build a system for significantly cheaper per watt hour than the all-in-one setup.