or long life milk are highly recommended. (Note, If its winter and the power goes off it may be simpler to move the freezer stuff outdoors into the unheated shed or garage) Water A few gallons stashed away can make like much more bearable if the power or water supply goes off, it's amazing what a cup of tea or coffee can do to alleviate stress in a blizzard or blackout, obviously the more water stored the better. Camping water containers that can be five or ten gallon sizes are only a few pounds each to buy. A packet or two of water purification table's again is only a few pounds. A decent gravity fed water filter is possibly a luxury but could be a life saver, not cheap but a huge improvement on getting dysentery or typhoid. Heat and Light Candles are cheap and plentiful and useful in a power cut BUT should always be used inside CANDLE LANTERNS because of the stupidity of some tragic people who consistently manage to burn down their homes when badly positioned candles fall or get knocked over. Portable self-contained cassette camping cookers can now be bought for under 20 pounds and a five pack of gas canisters fore under 10, this device can provide essential heating and cooking facilities in a storm, blizzard or power cut. ONLY USE IN WELL VENTILATED ROOMS WITH AN OPEN WINDOW. Don't forget to pick up a few cheap BIC lighters and a kitchen sized box of