Info FOr You quieting the voices...
Monday, February 4, 2019
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If you've been reading my blog for a while, or if you are one of those wonderful, crazy new followers that have told me that you've gone back to the beginning and read the whole thing (xo to all of you!) then you know how much I love New England and how much I love living here.
That said, there is one thing that I
power outages.
This morning we woke up to this winter wonderland!
As much as I enjoy the beauty, there is this nagging little voice inside my head screaming...
"PLEASE DON'T LET THE POWER GO OUT!"
It was in our second winter here that we lived through what is now referred to in the media as the "ice storm of the century." (the story is here) While we were some of the "lucky" ones who only lost power for SIX days (some people were without power for over three weeks), it was still a very traumatic event. We were living in a rent house while the farmhouse was being renovated, and our rent house's only source of heat was a tiny flame from a very lame gas fireplace with the temperatures getting down into the single-digits every night. When we lived in Dallas we would have the occasional power outage and would gripe for days if the power had been out for 2 hours!! So, needless to say six days was a really long time. Last year we lost power for two days and then just last Saturday we were out for a full day.
There are a lot of occasions in New Hampshire for power outages: snow, ice, high winds, falling trees, etc... When we renovated the farmhouse (and after the ice storm) we buried our electrical lines from the road, but that doesn't eliminate all the other factors around us.
(I would also like to note for the record, that somehow Dan always seems to be out-of-town during these power outages..... hmmmmmm...)
So.... this week this little beauty was installed! For those of you not familiar with this type of animal this is a whole-house generator that comes on automatically when the power goes out.
(This should make some of the voices in my head go away!!)
let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
(I would also like to point out that Dan, with the help of Big Blue!, built the stone retaining wall behind the generator... it is still a work in progress!)
So, what's the longest you've ever been without power?!