[Magdalen] East coast storms

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

And the good times just keep on rollin'  Looks like the next torm is coming
for us. Already kicking butt to the south. They predict New England is
going to be hit, especially near the coast.
The Hudson River Valley will get snow -- it just isn't sure how much.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 10:25 AM, Charles Wohlers <chadwohl at satucket.com>
wrote:

> No power outages here - we were well north of the center of both storms.
> We did get several inches of snow from yesterday's storm.
> However, just a few days ago we (coincidently?) received an email from our
> solar installer that they're now offering Tesla Powerwall batteries as
> backup for outages. We're looking in to that. At least here, power, while
> it goes out relatively often, has never gone out for very long. We do have
> a wood stove for heat and a UPS for the internet, but, like you, no power
> means no water.
>
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: cady soukup
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2018 7:57 AM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] East coast storms
>
> Yes indeedy, I was giggling from the choir seats up in front.
>
> (And took a startled look at the Collect for the Day to make sure that
> line was there; it was!)
>
> We had no power from early Friday to late Tuesday. The house was down
> to 56 at its lowest - given that the temperatures were below freezing
> at night, I am impressed. Everything in the refrigerator/freezer made
> it through, although our neighborhood crows had a feast on some
> leftovers. My beloved spousal unit finally sees the wisdom in a
> generator - evaluation in progress. This is at least the 3rd
> power-outage that lasted longer than 48 hours since 2012. I foresee
> more in our future.
>
> Yes, no light, no heat, no water, no internet, yes shelter. We have a
> small propane camping stove. We have a pond, and bought 5-gallon
> buckets to flush the toilets. We could get out to obtain potable
> water. The parrots (blue & gold macaw, sun conure), cats. fish
> (guppies), and dog all made it through. The cats were more actively
> lap-seeking than usual though.
>
> Cady
>