Pbbbt! We were without processed clean water for two weeks and power for eight weeks after Typhoon Karen in Guam. I calculated how to make some quonset hut stuff that landed in our yard into a dew- and rain-collector and Dad and I put it on the roof for water and Dad got to grill everyday. Back then, the candle wax didn't evaporate, it melted, so we made new candles by melting the wax and pouring it into juice cans with string in the middle. Fortunately, it rains at least once a day in Guam, so people tended to just stand outside and wash up as much as possible.
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Date: 2007-08-04 09:53 pm (UTC)Mother made it all seem like an adventure.