The power has been out at my parents' house in Arcadia since yesterday (So. Cal).
How prepared are you for a power outage? Do you have candles? Matches? Lighters? Canned goods? Portable gas burners?
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Wow, why has it been out? I guess we are prepared....
We do a lot of camping, so we have all of that stuff. It would just be like camping but sleeping in our own beds!
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@Rosie Girl: The santa ana winds are super strong this year. The high recorded was 97 mph. scary!
I think we'd survive fine if we were to have a black out. It gets really cold here though, so I'd be concerned about my LO staying warm through the night. -
We're in LA and ours went out yesterday for an hour, and our friends have been out for almost 24 hours now! It's a good reminder to get prepared for an emergency, we just had our scented candles and little tea lights out.
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My family lives in that area too. A tree fell on my old car that my sis now uses!
I think we are pretty prepared. When we had Hurricane Irene hit here in August I learned all about emergency prep! I made a "go bag" and everything. If a blackout were to hit though, our apt building has a generator so we'd be okay for a bit!
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We're in Concord and have been lucky to not have any outtages, but I think we'll start keeping the flashlights closer by. Other than that, we should be okay. We have our cell phones, so communication won't be an issue, and we have a lot of prepackaged food if needed.
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We have an emergency kit by our front door. Right after the big earthquake up north here in Japan, we decided we should definitely get an emergency kit ready.
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I keep a 2-person 3-day grab and go kit in our front hall closet. I also keep long-burning candles, bottled water, flashlights, batteries, canned food and cash (hidden) on hand. My husband thinks I am nuts as we live in Manhattan, NYC - but I perfer to be prepared! He did think I went a bit overboard with the recent hurricane scare when I filled our bathtubs with water just in case!
We do a lot of camping, so we have all of that stuff. It would just be like camping but sleeping in our own beds!
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