Read as your appliances may become useless

[Ellen]

Well if I was rich as some I would have solar power.
I have not had a brown out here in California. Maybe some of the larger cities like LA and San Fran.
I stated that I would hate to do without a refrigerator if the SHTF, which was an interjected thought and I meant it will be difficult to do without one period.
The chip distrubs me. That means they are already thinking about controlling one further. Here in the states and/or California they have drones, gun confiscation (yeah right the ones that aren't suposed to have them) and water control etc., etc, etc.
Big Paul
We called those things Pie safes.
Jan
I have heard of the ones made with clay pots. You have a huge clay pot, then a smaller one inside with sand around it. Then you wet it all down good and fill the sand up with water, put your food stuff inside and cover with a wet cloth. What makes it work is the evaporation.