[Jenna26]

Originally Posted by queenofthehivemomof5 I am sorry that that happened. I guess fortunatly for us power outages are more likely to happen in the winter months than summer months. And with Wyoming winters we would probably be OK. But we have invested in a generator this summer (craigslist) and that makes me feel a bit better since if we have no power in the winter we have no way to cook (I guess we could BBQ outside?) or heat our house.

This made me smile, because 3 years ago while living in Indiana, we had a huge ice storm come through that knocked out our town's power for 6 days, 7 nights! I stayed with my in-laws, as they had a generator and the temps didn't go below the low 60's in their home. We grilled out on the back porch almost every night, and hung a battery-operated lantern from the dining room light! LOL.

OP, I'm sorry you had such a loss, but glad you didn't pay full price for all the food.