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    Storming like crazy here

    Hey, yawl, It is ferociously storming here and the power went out and came back on, THANK GOD!!! But, if I disappear for a while, then I have lost power. :eek::rolleyes:

    Just wanted to let yawl know.............

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    We have some rain here today, but not bad! I hate when the power goes out! We live on a mountain that isn't that populated so we are #1 when it comes to getting the power fixed! We went 3 days without power at the end of January, 20 below zero temps one year! We have a woodstove so we have heat and can cook on it!

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    Can I come and live with you?? It must be beyond beautiful there! I live up in the Ozark Mountains and I just LOVE it here! The hillsides look like they are ablaze with colour in the Fall.

    I have been without power for several days too, got a really heavy ice storm here the first winter I moved up here. I think my power was out for 3 days too. It was interesting, to say the least, LOL

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    Hi Landon! Isn't it amazing how much we depend on electricity? I like to think I could live without it! But I like to "flush" if you know what I mean!! I can live with the rest though! Cooking on a woodstove is kinda fun! Crocheting by lantern light is doable too! What else do we need?? Food and entertainment-got that covered!!!

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    We have a little bit of rain here - need much more. We were supposed to get a good amount of rain, but so far not. Stay safe!

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    Coo temps but no rain! Maryjane, you must have a fancy commode that uses electricity to flush. I can flush without electricity. Our phone service goes out all the time though and that means the computer.

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    Our water pump is electric!! And we have no water source nearby! Guess I forgot you can flush by hand!! Silly me!

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    Maryjane, I still have an outhouse around back so I could go(Pun intended) a long time!!

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    Just curious (since I'm a townie at heart), why no generator? Lived in the high desert area for awhile in a modular home and would have frozen to death if power was lost for any length of time since it had only a forced air heating system. I learned that heating a 2000 sq. Ft. house with only a fireplace wasn't possible.

    The first winter there the temp. dropped to 9°F, freezing a brass valve to the strorage tank. Finding a replacement was a an exercise in futility which almost ended in divorce (that happened later :-/).

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    I've been in that kind of cold! The cold that goes through your bones! It is vicious!! My home never got below 50 or so, so it wasn't too terribly bad.

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