"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> sf wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 06:33:19 -0400, "Somebody" > wrote:
>>
>> > when the power goes out, and it's dark outside? Options seem to be
>> > greatly
>> > limited...
>> >
>>
>> Yeah, you're limited to whatever you can throw on the Weber and your
>> vision is limited to what you see by the light of flashlight or
>> candle. Not a huge hardship AFAIC.
>
> I light a candle or two and cook on the gas stove.


Not all of us have the luxury of a gas stove. So I use my grill.
Fortunately, power outages aren't that frequent here. My week-long power
outtage occurred when I lived on the outskirts of Memphis. The storm that
knocked the power out affected a tri-state area. Some people in northern
Mississippi were without power (or fresh drinking water) for a couple of
weeks. It was a very nasty storm. "Straight-line winds" my ass!

Fortunately I still had water. But it knocked out the phones, too. I had
to get up every morning, wash in cold water and drive to the office every
day to find out whether or not it was open. (It wasn't.) The office did
have emergency generators for the servers in the computer room. I also knew
the breakrooms were connected to the generator. And the breakrooms had ice
makers. I took bags and coolers and loaded up on ice

Jill