Quote:My ex husband is the dumbest smart guy I've ever known and I'm about to share a really good example. He got straight A's in all his college courses, but we so dumb about most things, now my example. It snowed a lot one year and knocked out the power and I was like at least we have the wokdstove and he was like how will we flush the toilets and stuff with no water? Hey genius, see all that white stuff on the ground? If you bring it in and out it near or on top of the wood stove it will under go a chemical reaction and create water...
I assume you had well water or a cistern on an electric pump? because I have city water and it still works wither my lights are on or not, and my phone still works too if I use the regular one, not the cordless version (home phone that is, my cell phone still works if it charged).