Jeff, when I first saw this post I thought maybe you were have an ice storm in your area! We are expected to have ice issues here in NE TX tonight... that is if the forecasts are correct!Jeff said:Where are all the New Englanders? Are they alright? Report in with any news please.
I was mainly concerned about the New Englanders. I know that Teninx has been without power, Ethan's okay, and we've heard from Leslie - nothing from Kirstin.Angela said:Jeff, when I first saw this post I thought maybe you were have an ice storm in your area! We are expected to have ice issues here in NE TX tonight... that is if the forecasts are correct!
Thanks, Jeff, but you don't have to worry about me. I was hoping though that we would have had a generator purchased before the real winter weather hit. I am in a rural area and if the ice gets too bad we will lose power. The ground is still too warm for ice to be an issue on the roads, just have to watch out on the bridges and overpasses on the interstate and I don't plan to be out driving around! I am just thankful I am not any further north than I am!Jeff said:I was mainly concerned about the New Englanders. I know that Teninx has been without power, Ethan's okay, and we've heard from Leslie - nothing from Kirstin.
The temperature's been dropping all day here so now I'll start worrying about you now Angela.
Thanks for the update Teninx. Glad you and the Mrs. are OK and Kirsten, too. We had the same problem after Hurricane Ike in the rural areas because of the trees and will likely have the same if and when the ice hits here this winter. I think now is the time to go generator shopping for our house!Teninx said:As it stands now, there are appx. 130,000 households in NH without electric power. More are coming back online every hour, but some in rural areas may have to wait until after Christmas for power to be restored. In some cases the tree crews have to hike into the woods to clear fouled wires before the linesmen hike in after them and try to reconnect the whole mess. My sister, who lives in a heavily wooded area on the back roads, does not expect power to be returned this month. She's ok with a big generator, but isn't having much luck finding someone to wire it into her house...hard to find a transfer case within a hundred miles.
Got an email from Kirstin and she is fine. Strangely, some of her apartment has power and some does not....she has hot water but no heat, for example. However, she's OK.
Updates as situation develops.
I learned rather late in life to prepare, but I did learn and none too soon. While my neighbors shivered and worried about freezing pipes, I kept the house warm and marginally but sufficiently powered to weather the storm. Of course, if it was just me alone I'd be camped out on a cot at the high school gym shelter eating mac and cheese from the serving line....but having the privilege of caring for Mrs. Ten has brought me kicking and screaming into adult responsibility.gertiekindle said:I'm glad everyone is okay, but it can't be easy to be without power in the winter. Hope you all have generators or wood burning stoves or whatever to generate heat.
Gas hot water heaters need electricity to spark the flame and shut off when the power fails.Betsy the Quilter said:Perhaps Kirstin has a gas hot water heater...
Betsy
Oh, well.Teninx said:Gas hot water heaters need electricity to spark the flame and shut off when the power fails.