As you may have heard, parts of the Great Lakes region was hit with an ice storm Saturday night into Sunday. At 6:00 am Sunday we lost power, and 28 hours later (as I write this) we don't have it back yet.
Fortunately for us, I was one of those tinfoilers who thought Y2K was going to be a disaster, and so we added a woodstove for heat and kerosene lamps for light, and major food storage in our basement, and now all that prepping has paid off, as we are warm, well fed, and well lit. The water and gas service are still on, so we can still shower and flush. The kids, however, are a little stir-crazy, and I think I am a little as well.
So, I packed up my laptop and drove in to the office today, and I threw a couple of gas cans in my trunk so I can run the generator my friend Paul Townsend is lending me for a couple of hours to re-freeze my freezers. Now, my laptop is charged, and I can use it to charge all our phones so we can stay connected a little bit, although cell service is spotty at best.
This may impact our Christmas plans, as we were scheduled to host it for my wife's side of the family, but we may have to go there if the power doesn't come back on. We'll have to see.
