Post by Guilect on Dec 21, 2008 17:10:33 GMT -5
Well,
I am back.
Didn't know I was gone, did ya.
Well I was.
I was not able to live in my house for 9 days.
We had a massive ice storm here.
It knocked out the power.
For me it had been 9 days, however some still do not have their power.
The storm knocked down trees about one every 20 feet across every road. Some houses were damaged, some cars.
Power lines were down about every 50 feet.
Power line poles were snapped. It looked a little like a war zone.
I spent the first night without power in my house.
In the morning the temperature in the house was 48 degrees F.
Cool, but not too bad, kind of like camping.
So, I stayed the second night in the house.
In the morning, the indoor temperature was 36 deg. F.
Too cool for me. So I then stayed the next night at a relatives house. They too did not have power but they had a wood stove.
They had a well for their water supply and without power they did not have water. So baths and using the toilet was not possible.
So I left there.
From there, I stayed at another relative's place. They originally had no power and had stayed at a shelter that had been setup at a school. But they were lucky and got their power back after 3 days.
I would go back to my house every day and, with a flashlight to see, get clean clothes and monitor the temperature.
After a few more days I decided to drain all the water pipes to try to prevent them from freezing. The last time I checked the indoor temperature was 27 deg. F.
Now I am back as power is finally on and the heating system is cranking away. Everything seems to have survived.
Well everything except all the food in the refridgerator and freezer.
I have never had the power out for more than one day before. Usually the power might go out in a storm for 3 or 4 hours. This was different. At the peak 322,000 people were without power.
I never got too much sleep. Either I was sleeping in the cold, on a hard floor, or in a spot that meant for someone 2 feet shorter than me. Oh, and my relative snored ALL night.
So, I will be looking into some sort of alternative heating source.
Maybe a free standing gas stove, maybe a generator.
I am back.
Didn't know I was gone, did ya.
Well I was.
I was not able to live in my house for 9 days.
We had a massive ice storm here.
It knocked out the power.
For me it had been 9 days, however some still do not have their power.
The storm knocked down trees about one every 20 feet across every road. Some houses were damaged, some cars.
Power lines were down about every 50 feet.
Power line poles were snapped. It looked a little like a war zone.
I spent the first night without power in my house.
In the morning the temperature in the house was 48 degrees F.
Cool, but not too bad, kind of like camping.
So, I stayed the second night in the house.
In the morning, the indoor temperature was 36 deg. F.
Too cool for me. So I then stayed the next night at a relatives house. They too did not have power but they had a wood stove.
They had a well for their water supply and without power they did not have water. So baths and using the toilet was not possible.
So I left there.
From there, I stayed at another relative's place. They originally had no power and had stayed at a shelter that had been setup at a school. But they were lucky and got their power back after 3 days.
I would go back to my house every day and, with a flashlight to see, get clean clothes and monitor the temperature.
After a few more days I decided to drain all the water pipes to try to prevent them from freezing. The last time I checked the indoor temperature was 27 deg. F.
Now I am back as power is finally on and the heating system is cranking away. Everything seems to have survived.
Well everything except all the food in the refridgerator and freezer.
I have never had the power out for more than one day before. Usually the power might go out in a storm for 3 or 4 hours. This was different. At the peak 322,000 people were without power.
I never got too much sleep. Either I was sleeping in the cold, on a hard floor, or in a spot that meant for someone 2 feet shorter than me. Oh, and my relative snored ALL night.
So, I will be looking into some sort of alternative heating source.
Maybe a free standing gas stove, maybe a generator.
