It has taken me a couple of days to post our "snow story". On Sunday while at work the snow started falling. (Thanks to that "new invention - cell phones", many people now think that they need to phone 911 every time a vehicle slides into a ditch). Needless to say, I was kept quite busy "checking out" a number of abandoned cars where their owners just left them for the next sunny day. As the wet snow built up on the trees they started falling into the power lines, so 911 and we in turn were kept busy with power lines across the roadways.
Prior to leaving work on Monday morning, wife Carol called to say the power was out at home and that she would start the generator. On my way home from work, daughter Jessica phoned me to say that the generator that powers 70% of the house was acting up. It wasn't until later in the day that I finally diagnosed that the brushes went bad :thdown (after 13 years of dependable service). So we were in the same powerless "fix" as our neighbors. Since one of the things the generator supplies is the well, we had no water, so we sent Jessica out to the shop to procure water from "Sea Shift's" water tank.
Since we received 12" of snow, the majority of my day ended up being spent on the Kubota plowing the driveway, parking areas, the private road we reside on and cutting up a few of our trees that fell over our fence line and one that landed on our log garage roof...(fortunately, no damage).
In the evening we went to the volunteer fire hall, where I spend time when I'm not at my "paying" job. Where thanks to a generator about 20 of us enjoyed a spaghetti dinner and watched the Seahawks play Green Bay.....(so sorry, Green Bay fans :wink ).
Then back home for a night's sleep (house was plenty warm :lol: as we heat predominately with wood). Awakened to the wind-up alarm clock instead of the "sound of music". Fortunately, for a propane cook top on our stove a steaming cup of coffee prepared by a loving :rose wife (who didn't have to work as the schools were closed), and off to work early for me, so I could shower at work before the beginning of my shift.
(I lived many years on Montana in the cold and snow, but I don't ever remember lengthy power outages such as I've experienced here...of course sage brush :crook in Eastern Montana doesn't fall over power lines).
Last night, I was thinking about what a minor inconvienence this was compared to what the folks went through and some still are going through courtesy of Hurricane Katrina. (As well as many other major weather related problems other experience).
Footnote: Wife told me the power came back on this afternoon and our water pipes seem to be intact :thup .
Our Husky dog is in heaven.
at least we'll get up to around 65 today. 