What’s Your Go-To Item in a Blackout?

TeaTimeTalisman

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What’s Your Go-To Item in a Blackout?

Can’t go through a blackout without my solar lanterns and the old hand-crank radio. I’m curious, what’s the first thing you folks grab when the power goes? Always looking to up my game.
 
Can’t go through a blackout without my solar lanterns and the old hand-crank radio. I’m curious, what’s the first thing you folks grab when the power goes? Always looking to up my game.

Solar lanterns are such a smart idea—mine live on the windowsill so they're always charged up, just in case. I also swear by my stash of battery-powered tea lights. They last forever and you can scatter them around to avoid stubbing your toes in the dark. The first thing I usually grab is a pot of water off the stove,