Creativity in Survival

The first night of our ice-induced power outage I decided to stay home for the adventure of it. I had over thirty candles lit, and the oven provided a little heat while I roasted a turkey I'd been thawing. I used borrowed coolers to pack up the contents of my fridge, then the coolers lived in my car for the next few days. I was afraid someone in my neighborhood would steal them from my front porch, and also feared how using my porch as a makeshift fridge might shift my placement on the white trash continuum.

When I awoke the next morning, cold and migrainey, the adventure ceased to be fun. My cold bed wasn't terribly inviting, and the world outside of my bed was even more cruel. Getting ready for work by candlelight wasn't amusing either. That was it! I was abandoning ship and staying elsewhere until power was restored.

Lunch was great though that day at work. I just went out to my car, grabbed some turkey and a jar of fancy mustard, and voile! Instant meal!

It was fun to see how other people survived the blackout too. One of my friends used his camp stove to reheat some chili. He used a meat tenderizer to grind coffee beans then brewed it in a percolator on the camp stove.

Other people brought their essential little devices to work to charge, and took showers at church or friends' houses, and the fireplace became their oven/heat source/entertainment.

Craziness! Thank God for electricity!!