"Cut off the electricity and water for three days in one area of the country and we descend into chaos."
An article I read a few years back suggested families get in the habit of going one day without TV or computers at least once a week.
Have everyone, kids included, spend the day reading or doing outside activities. Even get out the checkerboard games. Play kick the can, etc.
They said Americans need to be prepared mentally, emotionally, etc. for what hardships we might need to endure if major emergencies happen -- coping without TV and computers for extended periods of time, maybe days or weeks.
I'm in my fifties can remember in my youth of not having to lock my bike for fear of having it stolen. Looking at a Sears Catalog where you could order guns {no questions asked). Like to continue but Al Sharpen is being interviewed on MSNBC,
"Cut off the electricity and water for three days in one area of the country and we descend into chaos."
"They said Americans need to be prepared mentally, emotionally, etc. for what hardships we might need to endure if major emergencies happen -- coping without TV and computers for extended periods of time, maybe days or weeks"
Chaos was Miami last Friday as 770,000 customers out of 900,000 in the county were left without power. No lights, no traffic control, no groceries,no fast food and at my house no AC, no refrigeration for my food.(Cooking was still there due to gas). We got updates via battery operated radio and TV, which we used sparingly. At night, my son and I played board games by the candlelight. A PC was really the least of my worries. I was more worried for my elderly parents who were sweltering in the 93 degree heat. Andrew taught me that one can live without power, we did for a month a half. You get creative, as I even learned to bake potatoes on a grill..
Loss of power is nothing compared to the loss of a house and all of your belongings as we are seeing in the Gulf...