vtsnowedin
Elite Member
I came home from work tonight and found the power was off. No storm to speak of, probably just a fallen tree, but if your off you are off. The misses and the resident adult daughter had lit some candles and were reading by candle light and waiting for the power company or yours truly to do something. I fired up the portable generator that I bought back before Katrina and ran a couple of extension cords into the kitchen and the master bed room. Supper was prepared on the gas range using a match to lite the burners (steak, mashed potatoes, and carrots) and then the cord was moved into the living room so that the reading might continue. A few minutes later the lights came back on and the drill was over. I need to think about more fuel storage as I only had on hand about ten hours worth of fuel and that would hardly do in a real emergency like Sandy in N.J. One benefit of the drill though was changing old gas for new in the tank of the Honda generator.