ok, so remember that forecast i mentioned last week? well, there were a few things noaa left out. like, the part about how the trees would get so laden with heavy wet snow that they would all start to break. and that thousands of breaking limbs and falling trees would invariably knock down myriad power lines. which means over a million homes without power. which translates as no heat, no water, and no phone. for several days.
in many ways it was like one of my favorite fantasies: house arrest with all my craft supplies (and plenty of food). for the first day i was happy as can be spinning yarn, looking at books, and crocheting by candlelight. but by the second day the temperature indoors was getting close to the one outdoors, and the complete lack of communication (no phone or radio, and mr. smith was down in the city) started to get to me. i bailed, and went to jill’s for the night, where the lights were still on.
for the most part it’s been fairly steadily back on for two days now, though while we were out today it must have gone out again at some point. but this morning a friend told me he knows someone nearby who hasn’t had power for seven days as of today. so we are among the lucky ones…
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