{"id":5211,"date":"2014-01-15T14:43:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T19:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=5211"},"modified":"2014-01-15T14:43:25","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T19:43:25","slug":"where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Where were you when the lights went out?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(Re: A Lack of Resilience, January 9, 2014)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The length of outage for us \u2013 29 hours \u2013 took us by surprise and caused us to have some food spoilage. Writer Shelley Wister\u2019s ideas on how to avoid food spoilage were great. There was some fun during the aftermath. When I placed a tin pie plate behind a candle to create more light, my wife one-upped me by placing a candle in a large tin turkey basing plan.<br \/>\nOur worst dilemma was what to do without a TV. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Bill Hack<br \/>\nAurora<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5211&amp;t=Where%20were%20you%20when%20the%20lights%20went%20out%3F&amp;s=100&amp;p[url]=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5211&amp;p[images][0]=&amp;p[title]=Where%20were%20you%20when%20the%20lights%20went%20out%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5211&amp;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Where%20were%20you%20when%20the%20lights%20went%20out%3F&amp;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5211\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Re: A Lack of Resilience, January 9, 2014) The length of outage for us \u2013 29 hours \u2013 took us by surprise and caused us to have some food spoilage. Writer Shelley Wister\u2019s ideas on how to avoid food spoilage were great. There was some fun during the aftermath. 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