Twenty inches of really heavy, wet snow landed in the area Friday night. Lost power around midnight Friday and ours didn't come back on until Sunday afternoon. We also lost our phone and cell phone. We were totally cut off. We were able to get to town by Saturday afternoon once the county plows made it to our street, but the town was basically shut down. Some folks in the county still don't have power today and it was cold last night!
Anyway, we were just fine. The stove kept us plenty warm and we were able to melt about 2 gallons of snow an hour on the stove to flush the toilets and wash the dishes (well water here). We could have survived indefinately. After hearing about the emergency shelters being set up and concerns that many people's pipes would freeze last night, I'm feeling pretty darn lucky to have a stove!
I'm also going to have a lot of work this spring cleaning up the damage in the woods. That much heavy snow really took it's toll on the trees. The beech especially didn't like it. Oh well, lots of firewood.
Anyway, we were just fine. The stove kept us plenty warm and we were able to melt about 2 gallons of snow an hour on the stove to flush the toilets and wash the dishes (well water here). We could have survived indefinately. After hearing about the emergency shelters being set up and concerns that many people's pipes would freeze last night, I'm feeling pretty darn lucky to have a stove!
I'm also going to have a lot of work this spring cleaning up the damage in the woods. That much heavy snow really took it's toll on the trees. The beech especially didn't like it. Oh well, lots of firewood.