We never lost power but since we were having lots of flickering lights and surges, I decided to proceed as if we would be in the dark at any moment.
Pre-storm:
Inventoried what we had on hand, added some fruit and some extra munchies to keep my guys sane in the event of a power outage and we were set.
Precooked a few pounds of hamburger and froze it for making chili, burritos and biscuits and gravy on woodstove. Ditto biscuits and bread.
Filled every available container (including washing machine) with clean, fresh water to use for flushing, dishwashing and animals. Already had plenty of drinking water. No need for extra ice since I keep clean 2-liter Pepsi bottles of water in freezer.
Bleached and set aside coolers.
During storm:
Cooked on the woodstove and found out what did/did not work. Coffee pot took forever to reach temp even with foil over the spout so I need to figure out how to get better results. Other than that, cooking was a success! May try bread this week just to see if I can do it, lol.
What I should have had on hand:
Foil- liquids heat quicker when I sealed the edges of lids while cooking. In a long-term event, I would need more.
Tea bags-just plain forgot these. No iced tea here!
What would have been handy:
Headlamps for outdoor trips and walking through the house to retrieve things. Much safer than kerosene lanterns and leaves hands free.
Pre-storm:
Inventoried what we had on hand, added some fruit and some extra munchies to keep my guys sane in the event of a power outage and we were set.
Precooked a few pounds of hamburger and froze it for making chili, burritos and biscuits and gravy on woodstove. Ditto biscuits and bread.
Filled every available container (including washing machine) with clean, fresh water to use for flushing, dishwashing and animals. Already had plenty of drinking water. No need for extra ice since I keep clean 2-liter Pepsi bottles of water in freezer.
Bleached and set aside coolers.
During storm:
Cooked on the woodstove and found out what did/did not work. Coffee pot took forever to reach temp even with foil over the spout so I need to figure out how to get better results. Other than that, cooking was a success! May try bread this week just to see if I can do it, lol.
What I should have had on hand:
Foil- liquids heat quicker when I sealed the edges of lids while cooking. In a long-term event, I would need more.
Tea bags-just plain forgot these. No iced tea here!
What would have been handy:
Headlamps for outdoor trips and walking through the house to retrieve things. Much safer than kerosene lanterns and leaves hands free.