Question

Suppose you are on a winter vacation, and a big snowstorm hits. The electricity in your cabin goes off. You have a woodstove to keep you warm, but you have no water because the well has an electric pump. You were hoping to make instant hot cocoa. Where can you get the water for cocoa and how can you boil it?

Answer 1

Because you are surrounded with snow, you can gather some snow and heat it up via the wood stove

Answer 2

Take a large pot, Go outside fill it with snow and boil the water, add snow as needed.