We have no power, so I haven't been able to post. I am at Aunt Ruth and Theo's house to post. We are charging all of our stuff- phones, computer, iPad. Pat made it the last camp stove at Target yesterday. The entire mall was closed, Target was running on emergency power only and Pat said it was hard to read prices. She bought a ton of batteries, flashlights, and two lanterns. We were set for last night - all snugged up with plenty of light and hot soup. Pat also got the gas powered stove going about half power. She is going to try again this afternoon so that it can really heat things up.
It's a little weird not knowing what to do. There's been a run on gas and cash. So there is no place to refuel either way. There are a million trees down, literally at least one big limb for every tree. I called our power company this morning and they said there are 800 people in Holyoke without power and that the transformers are all okay. It's going to be a house by house fix. We might be out of power for a while. I asked them if they could do our house soon as I have a little kid and cancer. They said the people with oxygen and babies with feeding tubes come first. Stark reality that made me cry and feel grateful at the same time.
So if you don't hear from me for a couple of days, you know why.
Doesn't bode well if this is what happens after the first snowfall of the year!
ReplyDeleteI hope that you're keeping warm and comfortable. Tell Miss B that I can't wait to see her.
Love M Xx
Ruth,
ReplyDeleteThe apartment is open in our house (Christopher is away for a few weeks). If you, Pat & B would like to come to Conway you are more than welcome. Just show up and move in. We never lost power which was a miracle.
Karen T.