Storm Rant

In typical Northern Virginia fashion, once again we've got a decent storm and panic is ensuing! I had to go up to the market to get one item I missed when I was shopping yesterday and there are folks cleaning the place out of milk, bread, toilet paper and of all things, boneless/skinless chicken breasts. None of which will do you any good when the power goes out. Add to it that the main lights had gone out, and you've got complete anarchy.

Got home and Casa Couture is dark. Called in the outage to the power company, it's a circuit breaker at a substation. Which actually isn't too bad, it's easier to fix something like that than to hunt down a downed line somewhere.

Now, I'm no end of the world survivalist, but really, it's not that hard to be prepared for this kinda stuff and I don't understand the last minute panic buying every time we either have a snowstorm or hurricane remnants come through. I know where my flashlights are, and the batteries, and I have a no-battery flashlight as well. I have a radio that runs on batteries. I have non-perishable food that doesn't require cooking to eat, and bottled water. Buying milk ahead of a storm does you no freaking good if you have to toss it out when the power comes back on. At least one of my landline phones is a "dumb" phone that doesn't require electricity either.

It's all pretty basic stuff. And yet, there are still freakouts and lack of preparedness. I can hang out here comfortably for at least a few days or until the battery on the laptop goes, in which case, all bets are off.