Could you Survive

I don't know how I would survive. I live in a high rise condo and when the power is off there is no way to cook, when the water is shut off you cannot flush the toilet. I suppose I could go to the nearby park by the creek and set up a char coal BBQ to cook and use their drinking fountains for water and the public washrooms. But what about the winter? It would be tough, the creek is frozen, the fountains and the washrooms closed. I have some friends who live in the country. They have a generator in case the power goes off, they also have a wood burning heating unit in addition to their regular heating system. So in the winter I would have to invite myself to their place. I love to read, so entertainment would not be an issue. This is an interesting discussion. It shows how much we are dependent on modern conveniences.

Hey , we Actually lost power for 6 days in decenber here in vancovuer b/c of a bug windstorm. We survived but it was cold at night. We had gas powered stove and water so we coudl shower and use the facilities. We just had to use cook when it was daylight.. after teh third day we got power from the neighbours to run the fish tank for a while and give the deep freeze a little bit of a freesze. but b/c it was clod nonthing went bad. lerts jsut say I had best sleep in a long time.

Not only could I survive, but we have had to on two separate occasions. In 1995, we had a microburst that outed our power for over a week and in 1998 an Ice storm that did so for almost 2 weeks. It was difficult, but we found that people banded together. There were hours that people with generators would run their water pumps,etc...to allow people to fill water jugs and many people cooked food on outdoor grills. The Ice storm, food ended up outside in coolers sitting in snow and ice banks. Keeping warm during it was a little more difficult, but everyone shared kerosene heaters and blankets. If it were to happen today, I would move in with my brother and his family as they live solely on solar and wind power and this doesn't affect them a bit. Interesting topic !!