Emergency Prepardness - Power Outages, Hurricanes, Snow Storms -- Oh My!!

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This was from several years ago but it might have some ideas;

Cooking during a power outage!

I I am in the East Bay, and fortunate enough to find that it looks like my gas stove top and maybe even gas water heater will work, but my refrigerator has been off since 12 midnight, and I expect the lights to be limited to flashlights by about 7 PM. I have some jelly I’ve been working on and think I can make it work before the fruit juice and purée spoils, and I guess there’s always take out. Is anyone else affected ? Does anyone have any exciting ideas?