Those of you in the Northeast may know that we recently had quite a storm blow through - Here in suburban NY we saw winds of 75mph yesterday and the damage was simply apocalyptic. I have never seen so many trees down in this area, and it seemed like half the roads were blocked or closed due to downed power lines.
In any case, that left some 70,000 homes in the county without power and, of course, mine was one of them. At first, this was fine, but when it became clear that they weren't going to be getting things back on line anytime soon ("five days" is their estimate) I knew I had to move all the food out of the freezer if I wanted to save it.
My mom and my sister came over to help me take it all to their house, but, of course, it was completely dark inside the house and pitch black in the basement where the freezer is. They looked at me (wearing an Energizer 1xAA Cree headlamp) and said "We can't help, we have no lights!"
Well, luckily (or unluckily?) for them, I conjured up a 1xAA Cree XR-E Q5 light out of my pocket for my sister, handed my mother the headlamp, pulled out the Raw NS that was hanging around my neck for myself, (I don't trust them with the good stuff!) and we went to work.
They were awfully impressed with the lights and that I had them on me. I was almost tempted to show them the Raw NS on high, but I was afraid they'd ask what I paid for it!
Lessons I learned:
1. Having more than one light on you can be extremely useful
2. Headlamps are best when you want to carry things
3. Spill is much more important than throw for indoor tasks
4. Flashlights are fun lovecpf
In any case, that left some 70,000 homes in the county without power and, of course, mine was one of them. At first, this was fine, but when it became clear that they weren't going to be getting things back on line anytime soon ("five days" is their estimate) I knew I had to move all the food out of the freezer if I wanted to save it.
My mom and my sister came over to help me take it all to their house, but, of course, it was completely dark inside the house and pitch black in the basement where the freezer is. They looked at me (wearing an Energizer 1xAA Cree headlamp) and said "We can't help, we have no lights!"
Well, luckily (or unluckily?) for them, I conjured up a 1xAA Cree XR-E Q5 light out of my pocket for my sister, handed my mother the headlamp, pulled out the Raw NS that was hanging around my neck for myself, (I don't trust them with the good stuff!) and we went to work.
They were awfully impressed with the lights and that I had them on me. I was almost tempted to show them the Raw NS on high, but I was afraid they'd ask what I paid for it!
Lessons I learned:
1. Having more than one light on you can be extremely useful
2. Headlamps are best when you want to carry things
3. Spill is much more important than throw for indoor tasks
4. Flashlights are fun lovecpf
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