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To: Neeka who wrote (216470)	7/17/2012 12:04:27 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

That event will always be with me because of the time I got to spend with my husband and my sister. Was that the inauguration day storm when Clinton was first sworn into office? We lived in Issaquah then (Klahanie) and also lost power for five days - Tuesday to Saturday. We hung blankets over the doorways and spent all our time in the family room/dining nook and kitchen. Had a fireplace in the family room and we broke out our old Kerosun kerosene heater. Cooked on a camp stove outside. We had gas hot water so we had showers. All in all, it wasn't bad. After Erika was born in 1998, I bought a 5k watt generator because the Plateau was notorious for power outages. They'd been undergrounding utilities, however, and I never had to use the generator. Still have it in my garage.

To: Neeka who wrote (216470)	7/18/2012 9:07:25 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 225578

That is a really cool story. It probably shaped the relationship between your husband and sister. Being so self sufficient also gave your grandparents quite a bit more disposable income. They probably saved a lot of it and left a tidy little estate. Most of the people who lived through the depression always had a certain distrust for banks and investing. I remember running out of the various supplies my grandfather stocked up on during the shortages in WW II. We finally ran out of the Hershies Cocoa when I was about 10. The soap bars lasted another six or seven years. There were many other items and I recently described some of the alcohol he stockpiled. The thing is, in times of shortages if you have something to trade you can eventually find someone willing to trade for what you need to survive. Grandaddy lived through the depression with a child who was grew into a teen during that time. Those things shape you. This is one of the reasons why Eastern European immigrants are often the most alarmed by the kinds of policies that democrats champion, they lived through the shortages caused by similar policies. My mother used to can mint jelly, tomatoes, and all sorts of stuff. We put up huge stocks of squash every year and picked the bruised ones to eat first. They generally lasted most of the way to the next harvest.