Not so charming during outages...we had one that lasted nine days a few years ago when windstorms knocked tall trees down, taking many lines down for over a week. Power company prioritized trees that had fallen on houses, and/or were blocking streets and roads...hundreds of them. My transformer went out too, whatever that is, so my apt without power forever, it seemed. Bags of ice in freezer kept things frozen. And I trotted over to neighbors’ places to cook. Nothing fancy. All those nice markets in the ‘hood were closed for over a week too....my gym was open, a couple of miles away, so I could take showers there.
Bought some cold cereal at big drugstore close to the gym. WORST stuff I ever ate. Unimaginable that people would actually give their kids these sugar-loaded breakfast foods........Unconscionable, actually. As much sugar as candy bars.
You survived!! Congrats.
I know folks up north who belong to gyms not too far away from home....helps when there is no power, for showers.
We had to do the same, once, during a two day power outage...years ago (not weather related). We showered at the nearby clubhouse gym.