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Flotsam / Jetsam

Powerless

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A great and large storm dropped about 9 inches of snow on our house yesterday. Our power went out around 3pm, and as of this writing it hasn’t come on yet. Because we had no candles, we went to bed very early last night. It was pretty cold in the house when we turned in. The temperature in the house this morning was a crisp 45 degrees. So we abandoned ship. We’re staying at my in-laws’ house tonight.

A few things this experience has taught me:

  • It would be a good idea to have some candles or a lantern on hand.
  • It’s not such a sound idea to build your snowman before the snow has finished falling.
  • If and when we move again, we’ll be looking for a house with a secondary heat source.

    • I would share pictures of our winter wonderland, but we had to hike down the hill to get to the car this morning, and I didn’t want to add to the Stuff To Carry pile. I did take some pictures of the kids playing yesterday; I’ll try to share those after we get back home.

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    Update! The power company’s Twitter feed (I know!) says they’re estimating that most of the power outages will be fixed by 11pm Monday. That’s tomorrow night. For most of the outages. I’m very thankful that we had a place to go!