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by jasonpeacock·4y ago·view on hn ↗
"This power outage is a great reminder of why it's still important to maintain and own wood stoves, kerosene lanterns, candles, etc."

Next he's going to talk about keeping a horse in a stable out back in case the gas station runs out of fuel.

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I don't know about you, but if I lived in a place where the power goes off I'd certainly have good torches and non-electric heating.

(Of course if internet goes down my phone has tons of spotify tracks downloaded onto it, so I'm sure I'll cope)

Sure, but light and heat are pretty fundamental to meeting a basic level of comfort. Whether or not I can listen to my favorite album without internet access isn't.
> Whether or not I can listen to my favorite album without internet access isn't.

What about being able to work?

This comment thread is about someone specifically calling out having an offline copy of music and movies.