Message #575778

[Reuben]

We lost power for three days and our house is 100% electric so it got cold...had to fire up the generator and finding gas was a chore to keep it running...luckily we filled our vehicles and gas cans prior to the freeze...still, finding gas to keep the generator running 24-7 was not easy...there was food and water shortages as well...

I helped a few with a couple of cases of water...helped 3 more families with pvc fittings and piping...
Supplies were hard to come by...

Even before the freeze it was not easy finding insulation...I used house insulation and tie a wraps...

I keep a stack of wire cages in my garage...during cold weather we set them up and the 8 dogs will spend the nights in the insulated double garage sometimes during the day if cold enough...it is a pain feeding, watering and exercising them several times a day...

During the freeze we were told to work from home but the laptop ran out of power...most chemical plants if not all were not able to stay running during the freeze...

I do remember the coldest ever in my 65 years was back in 1989...my wife had shot her first buck and it stayed frozen sold for at least 3 or 4 days...that is cold for this neck of the woods...