As of this time, we’ve been without electricity in our neighbourood (Swansea) for 41 hours and counting, courtesy of the great 2013 Toronto rain & floods.
This morning we put out our green bin with the first installment of ruined food from fridge & freezers.
Depending on cell phones for communication and internet is a challenge without power to charge them. Our home phones were useless, but fortunately, our classic 1940’s Northern Electric rotary dial classic works perfectly on our landline.