We lost power for a week a few years ago after a storm. We are always prepared. Thank god it was in September while it was still warm, not November.
The article was correct in that no amount of blankets will warm a child when it’s 30 degrees.
How about a little compassion Freeper friends,,, this hit ALL the residents, not just the ones we disagree with politically.
If people still have a roof over their heads, it is hard for me to understand the lack of preparedness, since they had ample warning. We always have several methods of heat, ability to boil water, water storage, food storage, and lighting.
The hot water tank can be drained for drinking water if needed. Empty Soda jugs could have been filled with drinking water. The bathtub could have been filled with water as well.
I have sterno stove, charcoal grill, wood pit, coleman camping stove, and a fire place to use for cooking. Also a generator and several containers of fuel, a kerosene heater too. I have coleman lantern, oil lamps, kerosene lamps, candles, led lights and batteries.
We often have electrical outages in the summer and winter here in our area, and when my Dad was alive, he was on oxygen 24/7, and we were all electric. Not being prepared could have had a really sad outcome. I don’t understand not doing contingency planning for the worst.
Those people whose houses burnt or washed away, I can understand, but I do NOT understand Bloomie denying help from the National Guard. My prayers for all those impacted.
Just glad I don’t live in New York, the governor and mayor don’t seem to have a very organized plan either.