[Petronski]

Her phones are all cordless, so when there's no power, well...there ya go!

A common mistake! Remember the power outage in NYC two years ago (or was it last year)?

[grellis]

Two years ago. Not one of my damn fool neighbors had so much as a candle or a flashlight, let alone a working telephone, yet we used to get mocked for being "old-fashioned."

We were the ones laughing when we fired up the barbecue!