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robotech_masterShortly after the last entry, we got a phone call from the electric cooperative. It seemed that one of our neighbors (relatively speaking) lacked power or water, or any way to get out of their driveway. So we piled into the Suburban and went down to take a look.
It proved easy enough to clear the driveway blockage; most of the trees could be shoved to one side by hand, and the chain and the Suburban's four-wheel drive took care of the biggest one. It turned out they had drinking water, but lacked the ability to flush their toilet, so Mom & Dad brought them a couple of five-gallon buckets full of water they'd filled the last time we had the pump on.
This evening, Dad got out a couple of Coleman lanterns and fiddled with them to try to get them to work. Unfortunately, one of them wouldn't feed gas right, and the other one had its fuel intake nozzle so corroded that it wouldn't hold air pressure. Fortunately, we've decided to run the generator overnight to make sure the well doesn't freeze, so it's largely academic for the moment; we have light in plenty. Dad plans to look at both lanterns tomorrow and see what can be done about them.
Brrrr, it's chilly. It's going to be 6 degrees tonight, and 0 tomorrow night.
I figure tomorrow is probably the earliest I can expect to have power back in my apartment. I've taken down the apartment management's number and I'll phone them tomorrow to see if they can tell me if it's back yet.
For now, though, I think I'm going to see if the parents need to send anything out, and then go watch a movie with them. I've got Laura; hope they haven't seen it.
It proved easy enough to clear the driveway blockage; most of the trees could be shoved to one side by hand, and the chain and the Suburban's four-wheel drive took care of the biggest one. It turned out they had drinking water, but lacked the ability to flush their toilet, so Mom & Dad brought them a couple of five-gallon buckets full of water they'd filled the last time we had the pump on.
This evening, Dad got out a couple of Coleman lanterns and fiddled with them to try to get them to work. Unfortunately, one of them wouldn't feed gas right, and the other one had its fuel intake nozzle so corroded that it wouldn't hold air pressure. Fortunately, we've decided to run the generator overnight to make sure the well doesn't freeze, so it's largely academic for the moment; we have light in plenty. Dad plans to look at both lanterns tomorrow and see what can be done about them.
Brrrr, it's chilly. It's going to be 6 degrees tonight, and 0 tomorrow night.
I figure tomorrow is probably the earliest I can expect to have power back in my apartment. I've taken down the apartment management's number and I'll phone them tomorrow to see if they can tell me if it's back yet.
For now, though, I think I'm going to see if the parents need to send anything out, and then go watch a movie with them. I've got Laura; hope they haven't seen it.
