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Thank heavens For my 80yr old mother's 70yr old Kirby Layzeebeaver Nov 2020 #1

But when the electrical grid fails Cirque du So-What Nov 2020 #2

Ha! Well said. Nt. Layzeebeaver Nov 2020 #3

We joke, but failure of infrastructure has crossed my mind Rorey Nov 2020 #4

It's always been a concern of mine Cirque du So-What Nov 2020 #5

Blizzard of '66 Rorey Nov 2020 #6

Layzeebeaver

(1,866 posts)

1. Thank heavens For my 80yr old mother's 70yr old Kirby

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Thu Nov 26, 2020, 08:10 AM

Nov 2020

She will be fine when the interweb collapses.

My grandfather sold them for awhile back in the 50’s.

Cirque du So-What

(27,515 posts)

2. But when the electrical grid fails

Reply to Layzeebeaver (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 26, 2020, 08:14 AM

Nov 2020

You’ll be glad to have one of these. Enslaved baby mammoth. No home should be without one.

Layzeebeaver

(1,866 posts)

3. Ha! Well said. Nt.

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #2)

Thu Nov 26, 2020, 08:16 AM

Nov 2020

Rorey

(8,513 posts)

4. We joke, but failure of infrastructure has crossed my mind

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #2)

Thu Nov 26, 2020, 08:17 AM

Nov 2020

We're so dependent. It would be very difficult for many to cope.

Cirque du So-What

(27,515 posts)

5. It's always been a concern of mine

Reply to Rorey (Reply #4)

Thu Nov 26, 2020, 08:23 AM

Nov 2020

Even as a ten-year-old, the northeast power outage of 1965 affected my worldview.

Rorey

(8,513 posts)

6. Blizzard of '66

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #5)

Thu Nov 26, 2020, 08:30 AM

Nov 2020

I grew up in North Dakota. In 1966 we had a horrible blizzard. Our power was out for four days and we were trapped. Our only communication with the outside world was our party-line phone, and we were on the same line as a family whose 12 year old daughter was lost overnight in the storm. It profoundly changed my life.

https://www.weather.gov/fgf/blizzardof66