It’s time for the next addition of #SpareReel!

As you pretty well know, often, one tiny event, choice, or interaction can easily change the outcome of an entire movie. While in the moment, wide eyed and devouring our popcorn, we never see it coming, But, it’s always that one little thing that makes all the difference in the end.

What if, in all our favorite movies, we had the chance to go back and change that pivotal moment, that crucial interaction, or that unknowingly vital character. It would be pretty epic, right? Well, what if we took it up a notch and gave that main character in your favorite flick a SpareOne Emergency Phone? Endless possibilities, right?

In Titanic, what if the front lookout spotted the iceberg and immediately called the ship captain. Thousands of lives would have been saved. 100 years later James Cameron would win Best Film for epic about tragic lovers aboard the Hindenburg!

Quite a change, right?

Now, you’ve thought about how the movies would end, well, what about your own life? Would your story play out differently without the ability to pick up a SpareOne, know the battery wouldn’t be dead, and make a call? Would your wife of been able to call when she got a popped tire on the side of the road and her cell battery was dead? Would your child be able to call to let you know he go to his friend’s house ok? What about you? Would you of been able to stay connected with friends and family during a power outage…. even if it was just to discuss the big game you were missing?

Just as in the movies, a dependable method for calling and communicating can play a pretty substantial part in the outcome of your story. As you come up with some unique endings to your favorite movies, think about your own life or the lives of people around you. Could the dramas become romances, the horror tales become comedies, or the become adventure tales? Give it a thought and let us know in the comments below how a SpareOne could change your favorite feature film, or even your own bio flick!

As you may have heard, India was hammered this weekend by powerful Cyclone Phailin, forcing nearly a million people to evacuate from their homes near the coast. Learning from the 1999 cyclone which killed 10,000 people, Indian community members and government took extreme measures to practice emergency preparedness and made sure residents living in homes deemed unable to survive the hurricane’s wrath were safely placed in fortified shelters.

At least four days before the cyclone hit, police in the coastal states of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh began traveling through villages to warn residents of the coming storm and urge them to go to government shelters set up in schools and other concrete buildings.

By Friday, the day before the cyclone hit land, hundreds of thousands of people had moved inland.

By Monday, only 25 people had been reported killed, even though tens of thousands of homes were destroyed. The successful evacuation effort was earning rare praise for a country known for large-scale disasters that have caused high death tolls.

“If we had stayed here, everyone in the village would be dead,” said Amma, a 55-year-old fisherwoman, reports The Weather Channel. “I consider myself lucky to be alive.”

“We were preparing for a super cyclone, but Phailin did not turn into a super cyclone,” disaster official Tripti Parule told the AFP news agency.

He said the evacuation was the biggest in India’s history for such an event.

India’s National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said 1,200 personnel had been deployed to Orissa and 500 to Andhra Pradesh.

“The teams have medical first-responders for first aid and heavy cutting equipment. In the case of cyclones there is a likelihood of collapsed buildings.”

Over the next week, damage from the storm will continue to be accessed. Although thousands of homes and millions of dollars in crops have been lost, through the immense emergency preparedness efforts, the immediate casualty numbers were able to remain significantly low.

Emergency preparedness is a two step process though, and hopefully the Indian government will be able to provide for the tens of thousands of now homeless people. When preparing for your own emergency, please know that it is one thing to survive the storm, but you also have to be able to survive the days or weeks that may follow of no food, no water, no shelter, no electricity, and no transportation. Think ahead. Live prepared!

How would your favorite movie end, if someone had a SpareOne Plus emergency phone?

While the plots of most films feature the main character overcoming an intense obstacle in his or her life, we thought it would be fun to see what might have happened if these protagonists had a SpareOne Plus handy. The movie’s outcome would be totally different, and it’s these outcomes that we are sharing with you- our “SpareReel.”

Whether it’s living on an island, being forgotten on Christmas, or being trapped on a boat — SpareOne could have made the difference for this handful of movie characters.

Follow #SpareReel as, weekly, we share some of your favorite movies with the new “safer” twists to their endings!

Man versus Nature gets a lot easier when Man has a GPS-located waterproof mobile phone. Jaws wouldn’t have been nearly as dramatic if in the crew’s moment of distress — and tormented by a great white — Chief Martin Brody whipped out a SpareOne Plus and called the Coast Guard.  For those that love boating and fishing, like Brody’s pals Sam Quint and Hooper, the SpareOne Plus would have fit perfectly in an onboard emergency kit.  The trio could’ve met up at a bar afterwards to share their scars and reminisce about their little adventure.

There is no busier time to travel than Christmas in The States; just ask The McCallister Family. While eight-year-old Kevin may have been too young to have his own smartphone, an emergency mobile phone could have saved the family a lot of headaches.  A quick SpareOne call to his parents would have solved a bunch of problems: the Wet Bandits would have had to find a different block to burgle, Buzz’s tarantula would not be missing at large, and Mrs. McCallister would not have had to endure a medley of . With a SpareOne is lightweight, durable and easy to store, you also won’t have to worry about coverage charges, roaming fees or phone chargers. Bring the SpareOne Plus with you on the road and you’ll  be traveling worry free and be one call away from the ones you love.

There is nothing worse than being stranded on an island with no food or communication with the rest of the world. Tom hanks knew this all too well as he spent days and months hanging out with a volleyball turned best friend.

Although he became very close with Wilson, Tom Hank’s vacation could have been saved with a simple call for help before the plane crashed into the South Pacific. Instead of putting lipstick on a volleyball, he could have taken his girlfriend Kelly out to dinner and shared a glass of Merlot while planning out their next adventure.

Lasting over 15 years on the same charge and up to 10 hours of talk time, the SpareOne Plus would have been a perfect solution for Tom Hanks. Bring along the SpareOne Plus with you on your next vacation, adventure or even quick trip to your cottage, as you’ll always be only a phone call away from the ones you love.

You’re 6 years old and you need to make a phone call with the phone already in hand but don’t know how to do the rest. This was the case for Buckwheat and Porky who were in need of help when their and they had to leave the phone hanging as they couldn’t dial 9-1-1.

Most 6 year olds know their colors and a quick push of the red 911 button on the SpareOne Plus would have solved all their problems and the clubhouse never would have burned down. Alfalfa would have gotten off the hook with his buddies for bringing Darla into their girl-free clubhouse and Waldo never would have gotten a chance to sing his way to her heart.

It’s very important to keep our children prepared for any emergency that may come to surface and with the SpareOne Plus’s easy access to 9-1-1 and it’s Programmable Numbers, our kids can feel confident when trying to call for help in times of need.

While the dangers of winter weather varies across the country, nearly all Americans, should take a moment to begin thinking about winter storm preparedness. I know, it’s still early October, but the weather is starting to change and as the air gets colder and the days shorter, winter will be here before we know it.

As for now, for most of us, it may not seem like winter quite yet, but Mother Nature is feeling particularly feisty this year and will be blanketing the Rockies and surrounding states in a rather early, pre-winter storm.

This storm will be excerpted to bring heavy rain, strong winds, and a foot or more of snow to higher elevations. As the storm passes the Rockies, the rain will change to snow on the Plains of Wyoming, the Black Hills of South Dakota and perhaps the Nebraska Panhandle.

As most of us have experienced when the weather turns cold, our cell phone batteries seem to stay charged for only a fraction of how long they normally last. This can be quite a problem when you go to use your phone because you have a flat tire in the middle of a blizzard and you only have 5% battery left; even though you just charged it!

Fortunately, SpareOne Plus emergency phone, which is a FULLY FUNCTIONING, unlocked, AA battery powered mobile phone; is temperature tolerant and continues to work all the way down to -22F below zero! The phone also comes in a waterproof pouch to keep it dry. Because SpareOne Plus is unlocked, you can either use the SIM card from your regular smartphone to make a call, or buy a prepaid one from your local wireless provider. Insert the active SIM card and you are able to make calls just as you would on a normal phone. In the event of an emergency where you don’t have access to your own or another prepaid SIM card, the center Emergency Call Button automatically dials 9-1-1 when pressed.

So, as you prepare for all the wonderful things Mother Nature will have to throw at us this winter, remember to get a SpareOne Plus emergency phone and keep it in your car, house, jacket, or wherever. You never know when it will come in handy and because it runs on a single AA battery, you will never have to worry about keeping it charged!

In the next few weeks, I will go into more detail about winter weather survival and how to prepare. Stay tuned!