Sunday, February 7, 2010

We sure did GET IT !!!!!!

OMG did we ever get the snow, the worst storm this area has had since the early 1900's. We tried to get ready for the snow, however I don't think anyone was ready for a 30+ hour without electricity and somewhere about 20 inches of the white stuff. Sure was difficult, and we couldn't go anywhere as it was a state of emergency and only essential, emergency cars were allowed on the roads. It just kept coming and coming and around 3 this past am it turned to rain and sleet and thats when we lost power. We are in the middle of 2 major roads. Rte 113 goes N and S from salisbury up to Wilmington and US 1 goes N and S from Ocean City Md to New Castle and the bridge to NJ. There were 7 fallen power lines/poles down on 113 and 3 on rte 1 near Rehoboth. What a disaster!! No sewing machine, no TV, no radio and no computer. Back to years gone by. Bless my daughter and my Grandson, they shoveled us out and also shoveled for 3 houses where the people were unable to do it. One was very elderly, one just had 2 knees replaced and one a widow with a bad back. I am real proud of them, it was not easy and they came home exhausted and soaked. Each took a quick hot shower while the hot water lasted and fell asleep. We had a gourmet dinner, soup and crackers. Lucky we have a gas stove so at least we could heat the soup. I hope the food in the freezer is okay as we didn't open it at all. We all went to bed at about 8:30. We had 4 blankets on our bed and Pat & 2 kids slept in the living room in sleeping bags. We have a fireplace but a limited amt of dry wood as we very seldom use it. That kept us warm for a bit.. Thank you God for keeping us safe and say a little prayer that the power stays on!!

7 comments:

  1. Glad to hear you are okay. I was worried about you and Pat. I have a small gas space heater to cover me when we have a winter outage. After our blizzard in 1993, when I was very lucky and didn't lose power, I decided that it was necessary to have. I also have a kerosene heater in the out building that I can bring in if I have to.

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  2. Bless you and your kids. I was amazed, truly, when I watched the news last night. And I just spent the most beautiful spring day outside. Things are really bass ackwards.

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  3. Glad your power is back and you are able to give thanks -- that will help you get through this. It's been the same here in south Jersey, but we are further inland and didn't get the same winds off the ocean. I love the ocean and would like to live near it, but sometimes it's harder. The sun is shining today, and although it's still cold, maybe some of the sun's warmth will help all of us. Your kids are wonderful, such a blessing to have them close enough to help.

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  4. Wow. What a challenge and I'm so happy that you all survived. I don't think I've ever seen that much snow in Utah. Electricity is such a blessing.

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  5. I was just about dozing off....listening to the scanner (and the electric company workers on it) when one of them said: "Breaker 47 is closed and looks like it's holding".....and...suddenly, our little "test" light came on and the power was back. I was afraid to get too hopeful, though, since we had that 10-minute restoration of power late in the morning that then crapped out and left us powerless for another 11 hours!!!

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  6. Oh...meant to say that, knowing your Brandon and Patti, I'm not surprised they were so helpful to the neighbors. (Makes me wish I lived on YOUR street...hehehe)

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  7. Oh wow....I am glad you are doing good....my worst part was no sewing machine.....

    That was so nice of them to help the neighbors and you should be proud.

    Stay warm!!

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