How to Survive a Power Outage for Several Days
This article is rated moderately challenging because surviving a power outage is a challenge in itself. Maintaining your sanity after several days is another. This article will teach you simple steps and tips to ease the inconvenience. Does this Spark an idea?
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How To Survive A Power Outage For Several Days
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Be prepared with a large supply of batteries and a battery operated camping heater. Count your blessings if you have a fireplace, wood burning stove or gas logs. Whatever source of heat that you have, trap heat into the room and everyone should stay there. If the power outage is in the sultry heat of summer, you should be prepared by having battery operated camping fans.
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Cook all perishable foods. In a well ventilated area, fire up the camping stove and cook as much of the food from the freezer as possible. When life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade! Even in a power outage, there's no reason why you should not feed your family well.
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Play games. As long as there is nothing else to do when there is no light, you should have games ready to play by candle light. Not having power can be scary for small children, so you should remember to make it fun, even if the adults are miserable.
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Prevent power surge. As soon as the power is out for awhile, unplug all appliances in the house. When the power returns, it may cause a surge. By unplugging all of your appliances will save you a lot of money in repairs and replacements.
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Communicate. If you use cordless phones in your house as your only telephone source, you should have a corded phone to use as a "back-up" telephone. When the power goes out, so does your cordless phone. Having cell phones are great, but if your battery is low, you do not have another way to charge it. It is crucial that you have a reliable form of communication in case of emergency.
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