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In reply to the discussion: Fighting feminism: let’s get practical [View all]bettyellen
(47,209 posts)fortunate enough to have a good circle of friends and couch surfed as needed when the cold set in. Loads of barbecues and baking (my oven worked) by candlelight, and even more than the usual large amounts of pizza and beer, LOL. My car was fine and I shuttled supplies and food to our generous hosts and drove us periodically to the river so we could make phone calls (after about 3-4 days).
I mostly worried about my cats, the darkness and cold had them very stressed and one caught a very bad cold. I visited them 3X a day armed with flashlights and cooked and ran the oven for an hour each time. Boy when the lights came on it was a mess up in here!
Two friends lost their apartments and everything in it. One hated her landlord, was insured, and is pretty calm about the whole thing. The other was having a rough time financially, and we raised over 6K to help him get back on his feet. My goofy friend presented him with one of those huge checks you see on TV, LOL. That was pretty awesome. So, I feel lucky, and super fortunate to see that in a pinch, I do know a lot of pretty wonderful people. I witnessed hundreds of random acts of kindness and really only a few cranky moments.
Thanks for asking, and the warm welcome!