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Hurricane Hugo in Charlotte: How to entertain kids without power. When Hurricane Hugo ripped through Charlotte, the power at our house was out for 7 days. During that time the neighborhood and streets were dark. After a few days, what battery power existed had died. My wife and I cooked meals on our Propane grill. We had two small children at the time (My son who was 2 and my oldest daughter who was 7 months. I had a 1927 Victrola and a stack of old 78 records from the 10s, 20s, 30s and 40s. Since the Victrola was powered by cranking, it required no electricity. I think we were the only house in the neighborhood with music playing out the windows. My two kids at the time, sang and danced to it and my son used to help crank it up. Their favorite song: ‘The Merry-go-round broke down’
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 21:36:22 +0000

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