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yippee rain!
"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. These events seem to have become more regular. perhaps two very strong hurricanes/typhoons so close together will finally wake up the governments and peoples to make much stronger changes... i can sure hope so. ;-) I really do doubt that will happen. in the meantime i think we're only on the front edge of this sort of thing, both frequency and strength are likely to increase for some folks. Yup. |
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