On 5/19/2015 11:31 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >, gravesend10
> @verizon.net says...
>> When I lived on Long Island when there were protracted power outages
>> the entire neighborhood hosted a giant cookout, even pets were invited
>> to eat, it was cook and eat or toss tons of food. When Hurricane
>> Gloria hit there was no power where I lived in Shoreham for eleven
>> days, no phone lines either and there were no cell phones then, it was
>> my daughter's 16th birthday. Scroll down to the Long Island section:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Gloria
>
>>
> A couple of years ago we had a freak late snow storm which took out
> the mainland power pylons that feed the undersea cable to this island
> (and many of the wooden poles here, so no phones either). The island had
> no mains power for 6 weeks and large areas were completely cut off by
> deep snow.
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21922510
>
> Janet UK
>

WOW, the snow drifts were epic!

Did you have a generator?