In California, my kids and I are used to making 'apocalypse boxes' | By Tess Taylor for CNNOpinion
Tess Taylor is the author of the poetry collections"Work & Days" and"The Forage House." She has two forthcoming books of poetry about California,"Rift Zone" and"Last West." views expressed in this commentary are solely hers. Read more opinion articles on CNN.
In the last hours before power was scheduled to go out over large swaths of the Bay Area where I live, the mood was eerie, disciplined and uneasy. In Berkeley, one CVS was out of batteries and I know it wasn't the only one. REI had been sold out of solar lanterns for nearly a day, and, in some caricature of early 21st century hipsterdom, two 40-something men in goatees were fighting over a remaining $450 YETI cooler.
Tess Taylor People emailed each other nervously, googled how fast things might spoil, delivered food to friends who were still inside the power-on zone. A chef we know drove a load of meat across town to another friend with a freezer who maps showed would still be connected to the grid. Some people, working the long hours and gig jobs the Bay Area requires, barely had time to prepare.
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