I’m on Long Island and just got my power back last night, after 10 days without.
We did fine, BTW, without it, although the kids were a bit bored by the end of the day. The hardest thing was adjusting our sense of time. After cooking dinner on the open fire of the fireplace, playing a few hands of blackjack and a round of Trivial Pursuit or Pictionary, we’d look at each other and say, “What time is it?” Thinking it was about 9 or 10 o’clock, we’d be surprised to find that it was only 7:15!
I’ve never slept so much in my whole life! LOL
As I look back, I can say that I did a Good Thing when I insisted on only buying a house that had a wood-burning fireplace. I did another Good Thing when I installed a swing-arm hinge in said fireplace and bought a good, heavy dutch oven to hang from it. (Hubby laughed at me when I installed it years ago; He laughs no more. LOL)
So here I sit, watching the snow whip by me in heavy winds, and though we’d still be OK, it is now cold enough for me to hope we don’t lose power again. Right now there is about...oh...5 inches on the ground, but it is heavy snow, and I can see the branches of the trees sagging from the weight. PLEASE don’t let anything fall onto wires...PLEASE!
Regards,
Glad you made through and I believe your kids will be better off for it. They made it through a big ordeal.
A friend of mine from ND, now lives somewhere in NYC kept his hip waders even though he no longer hunts and his New Yorker wife made fun of them. He has been using them for the last few days while helping in his neighborhood.