Flooding washes away homes in southern Indiana; woman's body found downstream

[Kaleva]

10. I tried. Didn't have a car,...

walked or used public transportation where I needed to go, kept the thermostat down to 55 in winter (that sucked), cut up all cardboard and newsprint to put in the compost pile, shopped at a thrift store for 2nd hand clothes and household items, recycled the water from my shower to use to flush the toilet, took Navy showers, used the rinse water from my washing machine to use as wash water for the next load, tried to buy as much priced to sell food at the grocery store to save money and use the food for myself rather then it being thrown out by the store, used salved electrical wire to make clothes lines so I could hang dry my clothes instead of using a dryer.

It was interesting but rather labor demanding an sometimes uncomfortable. I had to wear a jacket in the house all day long during the winter.