I woke up this morning at six thirty to no electricity. I didn´t know if the problem was just in my flat or a general power cut. Anyway I decided to wait a while and see if it came back as it was rather early to ring the supervisor.
It is amazing how much we take electricity for granted. I had to really stop and think how to heat the milk for my morning coffee, normally I just pop it in the microwave . My stove is gas but uses electricity for ignition...what to do. It took a while for the penny to drop that I could use matches (duh!) and even longer to find some. Mission accomplished I went back to bed with my coffee for a nice read, as I usually do, except that it was not light enough for me to see the page properly as my Kindle screen does not light up. Grumble, grumble.
The lights came on a couple of hours later so it must have been a general power failure. We do get them occasionally but they don´t usually last long. I hope this is not a sign of things to come because our water reservoirs are very low, one is at only 25%, and this affects the power supply. What we need is rain and lots of it. Meanwhile I am getting in a supply of candles and more matches!
I'm fully expecting power cuts here although they say there will be none, I don't believe them and have stocked up on candles and am buying a small camping stove just in case. We have gas cooker but heating is gas powered by electric so we'll face it all if and when it comes.
ReplyDeleteI remember in the 70's we had power cuts and it was quite cosy with the candle on.
Treat yourself to a head torch, you can read with those if the power goes out again,
Briony
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What a brilliant suggestion, thank you so much Briony I hadn´t thought of a head torch. Since reading is such an important part of my day that really fits the bill.
DeleteI batch cook and freeze most of my meals in individual portions so re-heating them as opposed to cooking isn´t such a problem. My main worry is my freezer supplies spoiling in a prolonged power cut. Heating is not really an issue here, being non-existent!