Power cuts

How did you folk get on during the recent huge power outages? I bet the
worst problem to those at home was not having the fans and air conditioning
going!

We`ve been warned to expect power/gas otages if we have a hard winter - so
I`ll check on my camping gas stoves and lamps and candles I think!

I`ve not been on line for a few days, as I had to reformat the `puter - no
not that virus - just the mess that some Gator files left behind (I was
trying to download it for my ex son in law - never again!)

Pat P
--
Do not worry about tomorrow`s troubles. Today has enough troubles of it`s
own.

"Pat Porter" ) writes:
How did you folk get on during the recent huge power outages? I bet the
worst problem to those at home was not having the fans and air conditioning
going!

We`ve been warned to expect power/gas otages if we have a hard winter - so
I`ll check on my camping gas stoves and lamps and candles I think!

I`ve not been on line for a few days, as I had to reformat the `puter - no
not that virus - just the mess that some Gator files left behind (I was
trying to download it for my ex son in law - never again!)

Pat P

As it happened, I was on the way to the cottage when the power
failed. I arrived to find no power, and immediately worried about the
frig, which was fine. I asked my neighbour, who was surprised to find she
had no power either. We gradually found out how widespread the outage was.
However, we were at the best place to be. Ever since the ice storm,
there are *lots* of emergency generators around. Every permanent home has
one "built in". At my dock, you could hear them humming away. Any
electricity outage is a minor inconvenience. The next morning someone
brought over a portable generator, and I plugged in my frig/freezer. My
neighbour brought her food around, and stuck it in with mine. I gave her
all my ice to keep the rest of her food cold. As it happened the power
returned about an hour later, and I really suffered very little
inconvenience at all. However, I am seriously thinking of buying the
smallest size of portable generator for next year.

--
Jim Cripwell.
The gods do not subtract from the allotted span of one's life, any
time that is spent in stitching.
Adapted from a sign on The Cobb, Lyme Regis, England.

How did you folk get on during the recent huge power outages?

Well, first I had to walk down 48 flights of stairs in the dark to get out of
my office building....then walked and hitchhiked 50+ blocks to the train
station to find out the trains were not running...slept on the floor of Grand
Central Station in the dark until they were able to bring a train in at 4:40 AM
the next day....but at least I had plenty of great company and made several new
friends, as we shared warm water, life stories and aspirin!

Linda in Wappingers Falls