I did loose electricity (in an all electric house) but only for about 1 hour today.
I'm convinced I could get through anything, only because I've been 'tried' on so many things at different times of my life.
When I read your post I remembered back maybe now 5 years ago (not good on timing).
So, it was winter and we'd had so much snow nothing could get down any of the roads. I live off of one the the most winding (two lane roads) in my area. All roads were closed due to the amount of snow.
So (I live in an all electric house) I lived here for 4 full days in this big house with my cat Jack.
I ate peanut butter/jelly sandwiches, I sat in my car during the day and watched videos (I have a machine that connects to my car and plays DVDs). When night came, Jack and I went inside and huddled up with lots of blankets.
I had a few of the large batteries (2 I think) and used those to power a heating pad. He and I huddled up against it at night.
I couldn't get down my driveway even when the roads were eventually cleaned somewhat because there were live wires across my driveway that had come down.
Eventually, the electric company came and everyone else who's wires were down (they were all down).
Another time (not long after my husband died) my refrigerator also died. I kept looking for a new refrigerator. But first I had to clear the thing out. THAT was the hard part. I brought the huge trash can into the foyer and carried bags and boxes down the stairs to the big trash can.
When the refrigerator was empty and the can was unbelievably full I had one heck of a time getting the trash can out the front door and down the front steps (you have no idea how hard that was. My knees were really bad back then.
The refrigerator had to be a specific size because it had to fit into the kitchen space between two sets of cabinets and one above. It had to be able to have air circulate.
Finally, after probably (I'm not exaggerating) 6 weeks (at least) I decided on the refrigerator.
What did I do in that time? Well I had an ice chest and I kept it on the back screened porch. If I needed something cold, I'd go out there to the ice chest.
My family and friends thought I was crazy (I am, but so what).
I was not going to just jump and get something I didn't want. My husband was among things a builder so we have builder's cards and get things discount. Even with that it wasn't about the price, it was finding something the right size.
There have been lots of other times when I've had to handle things on my own. We had lightning hit our house 4 times (once when he was on business). We couldn't live in the house for 5 full months.
We set up our business in the garage and would leave the hotel and come to this house every day. He had his own companies and this way he could keep an eye and the builders who were redoing our house.
We took 1 week off at that time and took our daughter to Houston (because we'd never been there). It was a fun trip. We had our own room at the hotel. We checked out before we left and checked back in when we got back. We had to go to another room then because our room was rented. The insurance did not pay for our hotel while we were on vacation and it was easy because during the fire it was all sent away being cleaned. The few clothes we had were kept at my daughter's house.
So, I think most people can do things....I'm no different from anyone else.
I think everyone (especially women) have it in themselves to survive most things. We females are very confident and will usually find a way to do "IT" (whatever it is) if we're given enough time.
As far as loosing electricity, it's happened so many times I've lost count.
There have been other times when I've had to 'make do' for a day or two...no big deal.
All of that said, I still become a raging @#$ when the temperature wherever I am gets humid. It's not the hot with me, it's the humidity.
Right now I have 2 dehumidifiers running upstairs in my house. I can't stand any form of humidity in the summer.
I've been told a lot of women are like me in that way?
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