Wasn't the outage nostalgic? Harking back to the days when there were no internet , no debit cards and I-phones, it was great!
Was funny to see Eaton centre packed with people trying to get WIFI at cafes and stores that do not use Rogers.
I didn't know how long outage would last, so first thing I did in the morning was to head to ATM and withdrew $200 cash
I have two phones from different carriers and while my home internet and one cell are Rogers, my other phone and trailer internet are not, so I was not actually down except for when I was driving which didn’t matter because who needs internet when they are driving. My main concern was if there was an accident, so I brought my work phone. Which normally I leave at home when I go to the trailer. Got to the trailer, went fishing and kayaking. Had a monster bass on but of course, it got away
I keep cash on hand at the house at all times. Probably in an amount more then I should. I keep enough food to last a few months. Which sucks when we have a power outage like we did during that storm a few weeks back. Power was out for over 2 days so had to restock that but even then, we were good. Had food, board games, cards, but I remember people going to their cars to charge their cells.
This is just a good example to try to always be prepared for at least a couple of days without power, internet, cell phone etc. It was also the blackout of 2003 that taught to be ready
