thanks again mum! power still on, but the internet dropped out today. fortunately I have a heap of data on my phone plan and am tethering through that. situation is still very unstable here
@koalagardens Maybe you should look into a power pack or backup system for your pc, phone and even a light Katrina. We had to get one due to all our loadshedding and it works really well.
@ludwigsdiana yes I've bought a pretty hefty one, but still waiting for it to arrive. you obviously can't buy anything like that here just now, and even buying online, stocks are hard to get as we have multiple tens of thousands of people affected here, and some still do not have power from the first flood. (can you imagine that )
I've also bought a little battery reading light and radio but I rarely turn on lights in the house at any time, usually have a couple of candles in strategic points and I normally go to bed around 8pm anyway
I have a whole new emergency plan, but much of it can't be put into place until a lot of recovery happens here because everything is still emergency work only. no one expected to be back in flood exactly 4 weeks later, but we are all paranoid now!
I've also bought a little battery reading light and radio but I rarely turn on lights in the house at any time, usually have a couple of candles in strategic points and I normally go to bed around 8pm anyway
I have a whole new emergency plan, but much of it can't be put into place until a lot of recovery happens here because everything is still emergency work only. no one expected to be back in flood exactly 4 weeks later, but we are all paranoid now!