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   RM> Quite a day today. Like usual my shopping day was the   
   RM> worst weather in several days. It didn't look too bad but   
   RM> the slushy stuff on the roads was weirdly slippery even   
   RM> where not very deep..   
      
   AA>It seemed to be a big meltdown today.  But that left the   
     >backroads as a big bumpy mess.  I happened to be following   
     >behind a snowplow on my road this morning - the ride was   
     >relatively smooth. But coming home tonight, I really had to   
     >slow down to under 30km-20km/hr to minimize the bumpy racket   
     >the wheels were having.   
      
   My roads didn't have deep stuff on them but it was slippery,   
   more-so than glare ice would be. Even when there was only   
   1.5 to 2 inches of it it felt like the car was pushing through   
   it more than it would in 3 times as much snow, but I later   
   thought about it and it might have just felt odd because the   
   traction utility was trying to control slippage. I did see the   
   light flash at one point showing traction control was on..   
      
   AA>Yep.. when the hydro goes out here, all "productivity" stops.   
     >I don't think I have a working flashlight anymore - I got fed   
     >up with trying to keep the batteries fresh.  I'll just use the   
     >phone "flashlight" if I need to illuminate a path in the house.   
      
   AA>But I do have one floorlamp feeding off a UPS (that I can   
     >silence when the alert kicks in) ..and with just an LED bulb,   
     >it runs for about 4hrs.  The UPS just has a basic 12v 9A batt.   
     >Maybe consider something like that so that you don't have   
     >manipulate a flashlight.   
      
   I have a small flexible USB lamp I can use on my computer if   
   there's no power. It's only a single LED so it would probably   
   run forever off the Laptop battery..   
      
   But those little LED flashlights that take 3 AAA batteries,   
   they throw a lot of light and seem to last forever. I spent   
   over 4 hours using one of those for reading when the power   
   went out and it hadn't dimmed at all. Using the flashlight   
   occasionally I find a set of batteries often lasts me for   
   3 or 4 years. I think the batteries usually die of old age   
   rather than from use..   
      
   But that is a limited area of lighting. In power outages I   
   often still end up resorting to candles to light a room..   
      
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