Prepper’s PING!
We were without power for 5 hours here in North Texas for who knows what reason. It was a great time to test my supplies. The first thing I discovered is that too many of my lighting items, such as oil lamps and lanterns were stored too high for me to reach by myself and hubby was gone. So...first lesson..get those things in an easy to reach area. We found that little collapsible lantern made by Coleman to really put out a lot of light. It uses D cell batteries. I got a big fire going in the fireplace for warmth and lighting. This blackout hit around dark which made a problem for gathering things together. We just ate sandwiches from things in the fridge. We have one phone still on a land line which meant we had phone service to the house. Most of our phones are the cordless variety which don’t work in a powerless environment. We had cell phones but tried to not use those unless absolutely necessary. In general, a good trial run for some things.