Reply #47: I was driving with the radio on and it went all staticky, which I blamed [View All]

On the semi truck in front of me. Then when the announcer came back on and said," What the heck was that?" (very unannouncer like) my blood ran cold. Then I saw the stoplight out. Then I saw the next stoplight out and the next...and so on. I got home-sure enough-no electricity. So I headed back out to get daughter from volleyball, and by this time traffic was snarling up. Turned on the radio and got the news that it was a multi state breakdown. Got to the school, they were practicing so left it as was.

Then I made the mistake of trying to find ice. only 45 minutes after the blackout the whole of St Clair Shores was iceless. this was scary stuff, I had food to save. Luckily my neighbor-who was positive this was end times- gave us her generator as she took off for greeener, more electrified pastures.

Survival kit neccesities:

1. A sense of humor-we had a blast teaching the girls to play poker for pennies by candle light.

2. Really good neighbors. We got to know our new neighbors over snaking extension cords through the fence to hook their fridge to the generator. (we had three hooked up)

3. Water in the deep freeze. I bought 3 gallon jugs pre Y2k and left them there because I am basically lazy...and they were still good.

4. Cold rags wet place in bags and frozen. I had these for boo-boos the kids get, but they came in handy to cool us off in the heat.

5. A gas grill and plenty of stomach room to eat all the food we had to cook to keep from spoiling.

Endnote: we lost most of the food anyway.:(


***edited because Which is not spelled whick.