On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:56:21 GMT, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote:


"George" wrote: (clip) Good thing she finally found her cell phone in the
dark.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Do the cell phone towers have their own power?

At our house we have self-generating flashlights in a central location. I
HATE groping for a flashlight in the dark, thinking "This would be easier if
I had a flashlight."

we bought 3 florescent double-tube lanterns from good ol' harbor "fright"...
They were about $20 each and if you leave them plugged in and turned on, they
light when the power goes off and run for about 2 hours.. longer if ya go to 1
tube..

We both have cell phones and a nice 4 phone cordless system, but since we have a
lot of short power outages here, we have one "old fashioned" corded,
non-electronic phone for those times...
(it's a bitch when you're talking to a client and the phone goes off when the
power does)



mac

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