quoting this one, because your other is a page back. We were lighting candles, and AA battery powered lamps to get around. The AC had to be the worst part, it just didnt work, thats all there was to it. We had food, we got a little experimental with things, but we made it. We got gas as we needed, theres a corner store down the road we walked to, and we syphoned our car tanks for what they were worth. Its not HARD to live without your everyday things, just hot and boring. I had heat flashes for 3 nights in a row, but I much rather have that than what some people had. My phone didnt work for a month.,......shit happens, I didnt GO ANYWHERE for a month really....it was to a point where you didnt need to go anywhere but the gas station, and really didnt want to GO any further because you didnt WANT TO SEE what happened until you last had to.