Storms knocked our power out, literally the second we got home from work last night.
So, my prepper instinct kicks in, and I immediately grab a lantern light, and go all over the house lighting our candle sconces, etc. (while decorative, it's also nice to be able to walk around the house in an outage, without needing a flashlight, etc.).
Well, we had forgotten to take anything out to thaw, but since we had to do the store anyhow (on the way home), we picked up something to cook. Well, no power, so that idea was gone. I mean sure, we could have put it on the grill, but really. (and fighting the rain?)
So, I still started to just stay put, but then I'm like....the heck with it. I want AC, etc.
So, I was a bad prepper. Instead, we just went out to eat, hoping if we stayed out long enough, it'd be back on. Our power company has a cool app, so we could see the area affected. Relatively small, about 150 people only. Estimated time to be back, midnight.
Well, that sucked. So, we made sure not to be in a rush while out. Got home about 11pm, power was still out, and house is now kind of hot (FL). Man, I really can't sleep in the heat. But, we also have to get up at 6am, so we tried. Power came back around 1am, so then I could finally get some sleep.
Good news though, is that although my wife already agreed to my generator and window AC in the guest bedroom idea (it's more containable than our master bedroom, and after Irma, the need for this was realized)...she hasn't yet loosened the purse strings for it. So....that's now changed, and we'll be shopping this week for both.
So, my prepper instinct kicks in, and I immediately grab a lantern light, and go all over the house lighting our candle sconces, etc. (while decorative, it's also nice to be able to walk around the house in an outage, without needing a flashlight, etc.).
Well, we had forgotten to take anything out to thaw, but since we had to do the store anyhow (on the way home), we picked up something to cook. Well, no power, so that idea was gone. I mean sure, we could have put it on the grill, but really. (and fighting the rain?)
So, I still started to just stay put, but then I'm like....the heck with it. I want AC, etc.
So, I was a bad prepper. Instead, we just went out to eat, hoping if we stayed out long enough, it'd be back on. Our power company has a cool app, so we could see the area affected. Relatively small, about 150 people only. Estimated time to be back, midnight.
Well, that sucked. So, we made sure not to be in a rush while out. Got home about 11pm, power was still out, and house is now kind of hot (FL). Man, I really can't sleep in the heat. But, we also have to get up at 6am, so we tried. Power came back around 1am, so then I could finally get some sleep.
Good news though, is that although my wife already agreed to my generator and window AC in the guest bedroom idea (it's more containable than our master bedroom, and after Irma, the need for this was realized)...she hasn't yet loosened the purse strings for it. So....that's now changed, and we'll be shopping this week for both.
