During ike we were in Willis, our home was off the grid 3 weeks and yes it was also no water or gas use. We had no issues. We were prepared, even enough so we could wash up every few days because I had over 100 gallons of water and 42 cases of drinking water.
The only issue I had was people started burning debree and being we had Windows open for air flow I started having respiratory issues. We ate good, we played ,we cleaned ,we lived.
Guess we were preppers and still are but I won't be washing any part of me with honey, I had 3 cases of baby wipes......LOL. when the lights and water came on I had 3 gallons of water left and 6 bottles ......we didn't ration because we knew it wouldn't be months. I used a lot of my water to wash things that could have waited and since we didn't have a flowing filter for turtles I had to change their stinky water. In a real crises we would not waste water that way and eat the turtles......roflmao. 4951