Lost power for 12 days and nights in 2009. Fortunately the natural gas logs and three layers of thermal clothes and two cats got me through. The highlight was reading a paper back series that happened to be 12 books, and packed all of the frig and freezer foods in coolers, set them outside and ate steak almost every night. Pull out the iron skillet, set on the logs and had the best meals in a long time. Also, filled six carafes with water, placed them next to the logs and had warm water to bathe in.
I remember when I was growing up our house had electric heat but a gas stove. Whenever the power went out my mother would call my brother & his wife to “bring the baby over” and she’d have the oven on for heat. Nowadays I’m a lot more fortunate. We are on the same power grid as a hospital so we never lose power.
We lost power for 27 days due to an ice storm. Falling trees were knocking down power lines as fast as line crews could fix them. We had a wood stove insert in the fireplace and plenty of wood, and I buried all the frozen and chilled food in a snowdrift in the back yard. Had a 5-gallon cooler with an induction coil you put in the fire to heat the water for showers, and kept a couple kettles on the stove for hot drinks. Cooked on my camping stove, and even set up the BBQ on the deck, and found my collection of oil lamps I brought back from my tour in Turkey came in very handy. (In Ankara we were often without power for several hours every day.)
stairsteppublishing 5 months ago
Lost power for 12 days and nights in 2009. Fortunately the natural gas logs and three layers of thermal clothes and two cats got me through. The highlight was reading a paper back series that happened to be 12 books, and packed all of the frig and freezer foods in coolers, set them outside and ate steak almost every night. Pull out the iron skillet, set on the logs and had the best meals in a long time. Also, filled six carafes with water, placed them next to the logs and had warm water to bathe in.
SquidGamerGal 5 months ago
Umm… Shouldn’t they have their power back by now?
Wren Fahel 5 months ago
I remember when I was growing up our house had electric heat but a gas stove. Whenever the power went out my mother would call my brother & his wife to “bring the baby over” and she’d have the oven on for heat. Nowadays I’m a lot more fortunate. We are on the same power grid as a hospital so we never lose power.
Ed Brault Premium Member 5 months ago
We lost power for 27 days due to an ice storm. Falling trees were knocking down power lines as fast as line crews could fix them. We had a wood stove insert in the fireplace and plenty of wood, and I buried all the frozen and chilled food in a snowdrift in the back yard. Had a 5-gallon cooler with an induction coil you put in the fire to heat the water for showers, and kept a couple kettles on the stove for hot drinks. Cooked on my camping stove, and even set up the BBQ on the deck, and found my collection of oil lamps I brought back from my tour in Turkey came in very handy. (In Ankara we were often without power for several hours every day.)
Curiosity Premium Member 5 months ago
You check the Flue Before you light the fire.
asrialfeeple 5 months ago
Colour : gocomics. com /preteena /2002/12/03
asrialfeeple 5 months ago
Probably the right one for today : gocomics. com /preteena/2003/04/09