Hopefully everyone in Toronto who OWNS a basement knows enough to simply GO THERE in order to cool off.
Turn off your air conditioning (window or central) and save the juice for more important things.....like....surfing the web (reading this blog), watching TV (tune in a movie and chill), turning on the fan in your bedroom....(when you finally decide to stop watching TV news about the blackout! )
If you're one of the unlucky ones, living in a part of town already in the grips of a complete power failure......just go to the basement, sit near a window, read a book you've always meant to crack open (or this morning's newspaper).....and have a nice cold beer. (I trust you brought home the ice for the styrofoam cooler and a six-pack!) With any luck, you charged up your iPod this morning and it can still provide you with a little 'passive' entertainment.
So that's my solution for dealing with the loss of electricity. Pour yourself a nice cold beer, grab a handful of chocolate chip cookies....or Dad's Oatmeals....head to the basement and play with whatever turns you on.
Stay cool, eh!
