
Power on the Road, Peace at Home
Leslie Williams

The Light That Waits in the Dark
Carey Roeder

Power, for Leslie, is peace. It is certain that medication will keep running, that a TV can teach and entertain, that a game can be played with a granddaughter, and that a truck breakdown becomes just an inconvenience instead of a disaster. "Even if I'm not gonna be home, I feel peace thanks to Jackery," he says.
For Carey Roeder, power is not about luxury. It is about the quiet hours—those long stretches of darkness when the storm has passed but the grid has not yet healed. In those hours, the Jackery glows like a promise: that even in an uncertain world, there can be light waiting in the dark.
"Great product," says Keith. But for a man who's seen the grid's fragility and science's limits, the true value is deeper - that quiet hum powering light through the darkest hours.
For Angelique, Jackery is a practical tool and a creative enabler. It frees her to follow stories, to sleep where the camera points, and to keep working when the grid is unreliable.
The first night Jacob brought his Jackery to his brother’s off-grid home, he introduced a new phrase: BYOP—Bring Your Own Power. It was a playful twist on the familiar BYOB (Bring Your Own Beer).
Darryl leans back into the hush of his favorite sound: nothing but the soft tap of water on the hull, and a battery humming just beneath his feet — power enough to share, but quiet enough to remember why he built it.
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