>>528538>Zone 5, Eastern USA>freak snow storm, Canada takes a big dump>snowed-in for 3 weeks>-40F/-40C temps at night for 2 nights in a row, mostly -15F/-26C during the day and night though>no electric (snow brought down 1000s of trees across power lines)>no natural gas (froze off)>no roads open (4 feet of snowfall 12 feet deep snow drifts)>15 feet snow drift across the front of house (open front door and stick food in snow)>no internet (didn't matter, none existed here back in the 1990s)>no landline phone (power goes out = no phones here)>no cell phones (no towers here back then)I have a wood stove. I tunneled around the yard to the wood shed. Burned wood for heat, cooking, melting snow for flushing the toilet, and melting snow for potable water use. Use candles and lamps for light at night when needed. Thankfully, I had plenty of food.
>summer time>similar situation minus the snow and cold>90F/32C to 105F/40C; 80% to 100% humidity>2 weeks without electric due to massive derechoNow days, I have battery backups, power generation, netbook, external HDD filled with movies, ebooks/audio books, porn, TV shows, survival stuff, DIY stuff, etc. I have everything I need for food, water, heat/cooling, electric, etc for up to 6 months at any one time.
