"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
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Farm1 wrote:
"songbird" wrote in message
we didn't get hit by the power outages last weekend
from the strong storms that went through, but we did
have a power outage here last night too.

Seems to be ubiquitous.

something
in the distance arc'd and lit up the sky a few times
while the power went off and on and then it finally
stayed off. four hours later it came back on and
things went back to normal. we always have extra
water stashed away to flush the toilets in case we
have the power go out on us. in the winter i more
worry about heat than anything as it gets cold
enough to freeze pipes and cause damage. we have a
gas fireplace so we can keep ourselves from freezing
but that doesn't heat the crawlspace underneath.

We installed another wood burning heater over the past winter and it
has improved out quality of life enormously as a result of selecting
just the right spot to place it.

Luckily for us we don't have temps that (usually) get low enough to
freeze our water pipes but I know why you'd not want that to be
happening at your place. I think we've had our pipes freeze perhaps
4 times in about 20 years. It makes for an uncomfortable morning but
that's aoubt all the inconvenience it gives.


You must be up the hill a bit. Anywhere near Nimmitabel? Numbugga
perhaps?

No, not near either of those, but I do like the bread shop at Nimmitabel.