On Feb 25, 10:01 pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
What's really amazing is how unprepared people are for these kinds of
disruptions. [...]

Heh. And businesses, too. Whenever a storm knocks out power, it's
ridiculous to be standing in line at the local grocery store, because
there's nothing anyone can do without modern price scanners. (If
they had the price attached, as in the old days, then you could make
do, of course.)

As for our home, I'll always keep regular phone service and an old
Princess phone to connect with. It's amazing how many of our
neighbors have cable phones and lose all comms during power (or just
cable) outages. During the big blackout, even cell towers ran out of
juice. And even those with a regular phone, often only have cordless
phones which won't work without power!

Kev