Praise the Lord !! Power back on after 39 hours..Lessons Learned...

[MORTARDUDE]

Power back on after 39 hours. My freezer and refrigerator haven't been this clean in years..of course they are both empty..this is the second major catastrophe here in 9 years ( In 1994 we had a killer ice storm )...this was a REAL mess....

Anyway...lessons learned :

1. I WILL have a well over-stocked emergency supply cache. It will be checked periodically to be sure the contents haven't been pilfered or "borrowed". There are a number of things I will put in there that hadn't occurred to me before..such as 50 one dollar bills...a spare phone that doesn't require electricity...a P-38 can opener...and a lot of other stuff that I had one-hell-of-a-time trying to find in the dark.

2. Consider the purchase of some sort of generator. I will try to find a used one in the want ads or something. Don't want to pay a lot, but need something dependable..especially in the winter. Sure nice to have.

3. Even if we don't have a major power outage again, just knowing I am prepared is well worth the effort.

4. Like the song said, "You don't know what you got 'til its gone..."

Larry

IMHO

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