In case of a power outage

If there's a power outage at my house, don't plan on being able to contact us via the telephone. We have a phone that we could plug in that wasn't cordless, the kind that doesn't need electricity to function. Micah liked to play with the phone and carry it around and pretend to talk on it. Today he unfortunately found a new use for it. He dunked it in the toilet and swished it around a bit. I'm not too willing to try it to see if it still works. Something tells me a dunking in the toilet will make it not so useful. So, we trashed the phone and now will be unreachable if there's a power outage. At least we still have the cell.