
It was four years ago today that Hurricane Sandy hit my town. The superstorm piled a massive amount of snow on my area. If you think that would be bad enough we lost power. Plus my mother was on dialysis. And there was a utility line down in our driveway we needed to make sure it was not a live wire before we attempted to drive under it.
Needless to say we were in a matter of life and death. If my mother couldn't get to dialysis, she would die. The only communication we had out of the house was my cell phone. But we had no power to charge it. Suffice it to say, I was in an all out panic mode because I knew I had to figure out a solution before my battery died -- or my mother would too. I was able to, but it was a lot of added stress to an already survival mode situation.