Day 3: Monday...
I've been three days without power before. But three days without power in 90 degree heat, and also no running water...well, that's more difficult.
I guess I'm more stressed than I thought. Last night I had a horrible dream. I left my house to get supplies, and while I was gone, another disaster hit. I wasn't able to get back to my house or to safety. The dream had an awful ending.
I now know why the recommended amount of water & food in regards to disaster preparedness is a two week supply. Most sites will tell you two weeks, because there's no guarantee that your relief will come in three days.
How true. Even though some neighborhoods have their power back on, there are still power lines, poles, and trees laying all over on my street & others near me. When I really thought about it... in the winter my street is one of the very last to be cleared of snow. So, I believe that the same would probably apply now.
At work I was pretty annoyed to hear people laughing & joking about the storm, the damage, & just blowing off how serious this is. It was almost like people feel like this isn't really a disaster, because they weren't really affected in a major way. When they realized I still had no power or water, I got the "really?" look, then, the discussion kept going. A picture of a co-workers SUV smashed in their driveway drew huge jokes & comments. All I could think of was, how lucky is he that the tree didn't smash his house & family??
Later in the day one of my good friends called who's power had just been restored. She offered me her generator, knowing I had nothing. By 11:00 pm I at least had air circulating & enough light to see without candles.
I had a major headache from the day's events, but, I fell asleep very very grateful for my friend's kindness.