The only thing I’m worried about is losing power. I can’t go without FReeping for too long.
They’ve been pretty good at removing branches away from the powerlines in my area.
But my landlords backyard is ALL woods.
I hate losing power too. There is no way to really “prevent” it either, unless one is some type of survivalist, with 10 generators or solar panels, or a lifestyle that doesn’t need electricity, it’s a rather helpless feeling.
The last time we had a hurricane in the Baltimore area, I lost power for 7 days! In that time, I almost burned my house down with candles. ugh
I hate extreme weather. I’m blaming Al Gore for all of this until someone tells me different.
Something good to know when you have a power outage since most of us have some back up way to boil water:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2275972_cook-thermos-save-energy-money.html
My mother used to make oatmeal this way when we went camping. She would fix it the night before and it would be all ready the next morning for breakfast. Just make sure to lay thermos on its side for the most even cooking.
I have two wide mouth ones that work really well for this, and use the regular mouth ones to hold hot coffee, hot water for tea, and hot cocoa for the kids. We get most of our power outages in my neck of the woods during the winter months when something warm tastes really good because there is no heat in the house!