It is amazing, after days in a house in the 30's, the furnace comes on and 60 seems hot. Our amazing bodies get use to what they need to. Top things we didn't have for the power outage, but will next time. More candles, you can never have too many and don't forget the dry matches or lighter. Wool socks, yes, I love all of our hand knitted socks, but we really LOVED them this last week. A battery powered radio, that takes no more than 4 C batteries, if this is your sole source of info you would be surprised at how fast it goes dead (I am going to buy one of those crank ones ). They have some that even charge your phone and are solar. Water, we have a well, no power, no water. I have found some 5 gallon boxes to fill up, with a spout, these can be used to manually flush your toilet. We are big campers, so my husband manned the camping stove. This was a life saver, when your house is in the 30's even a cup of tea is a luxury. Happily for my husband, I am in a
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