Comments on: Really dark http://sodsbrood.com/dreams/2007/12/07/really-dark/ Searching for the question to the answer of 42. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:57:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Matthew http://sodsbrood.com/dreams/2007/12/07/really-dark/#comment-16262 Matthew Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:30:55 +0000 http://sodsbrood.com/dreams/2007/12/07/really-dark/#comment-16262 I think the worst time I've ever had with power outages was a couple years after I started living up here in suburban Maryland, outside D.C. There was a hurricane a couple years ago that left wide swatches of the area without electricity, in some cases for as much as a month. In our case, the house where I rent a room was without electricity for about a week or a little more. It sounds impossible, but when you have whole counties and the entire District of Columbia struck with a natural disaster that cuts power across the board, it can take a long time to get it fixed. And yes, we were extremely unprepared. Kind of funny, but afterwards I bought a heavy-duty flashlight and a value pack of D batteries and put candles and matches in a dresser drawer. I even bought a box of those large "official" emergency candles that supposedly last days or weeks. I have never had the chance to use any of them, and in fact I had the thought the other day that I ought to replace the D batteries because they are getting so old. I think the worst time I’ve ever had with power outages was a couple years after I started living up here in suburban Maryland, outside D.C. There was a hurricane a couple years ago that left wide swatches of the area without electricity, in some cases for as much as a month. In our case, the house where I rent a room was without electricity for about a week or a little more. It sounds impossible, but when you have whole counties and the entire District of Columbia struck with a natural disaster that cuts power across the board, it can take a long time to get it fixed. And yes, we were extremely unprepared. Kind of funny, but afterwards I bought a heavy-duty flashlight and a value pack of D batteries and put candles and matches in a dresser drawer. I even bought a box of those large “official” emergency candles that supposedly last days or weeks. I have never had the chance to use any of them, and in fact I had the thought the other day that I ought to replace the D batteries because they are getting so old.

]]> By: Heather http://sodsbrood.com/dreams/2007/12/07/really-dark/#comment-16101 Heather Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:47:00 +0000 http://sodsbrood.com/dreams/2007/12/07/really-dark/#comment-16101 Ugh. We'd be woefully ill-prepared for Y2K.2, wouldn't we? Must. Leave. A flashlight. Upstairs... Ugh. We’d be woefully ill-prepared for Y2K.2, wouldn’t we?

Must. Leave. A flashlight. Upstairs…

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