Han wrote:
"Stormin Mormon" wrote in
:

Thanks for the field report. Glad you are common sense, and
practical fellow.

"Ed Pawlowskio" wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:20:10 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

Sorry to hear you were without power. What did you do, in
response? Light candles, or what?


Lit a couple of kerosene lamps. They give enough light to
get by for hours. We have a gas stove so cooking is not a
problem either. I was going to bed early, blew out the light, and
the power came back on.

We were using a propane camping light, and LED flaslights. Will go
and buy 1 or 2 propane ceramic heating stoves tomorrow. With that I
think we could withstand several days of no power, and it's
comsidrably cheaper than a $1000 generator. We used a rather big
camping cooler with ice for the perishables.

Consider, too, a few kerosene lanterns. They're fairly cheap (about $6). Buy
some kerosene and store it in re-used one-quart oil containers. These
containers can be found in quantity in your neighborhood auto parts store's
trash bin.

Kerosene lanterns don't put out a LOT of light, but enough to stumble around
by.