It is very cozy here in the southwest this past week. We have been hit with a lot of rain and the winds are picking up. We need the rain desperately, but it is coming in one big storm. This weather reminds me of rainy, windy storms when I lived in the northwest. These gusty storms happened a couple of times a year, and it would knock out the power for a period of time. I remember the power being out for a couple of days where we were. I had to take out our camping stove and put it out on the deck so we could heat water, coffee and soups. I also took out our Coleman cooler to put our perishable foods in and tried to save as much food as I could for the day. If the power was going to be out longer than a day, I went to my neighbors, who many had generators and put my food in their frig. It was sort of outdoor camping in a way. My outdoor camping equipment was very useful through-out the year up there. Down here in the southwest, maybe I will just have to use the camping lantern, if the power does go out in this storm.