Dan & I did it for 2 weeks. It sucks but, hey what about all the great stories like Chuck said... Is the generator loud? Did you get enough oil?Is there a gas station open? Is there a line to get gas,since everyone is getting gas for their generator(s) & car also?No internet sucks. But electricity is so much more important! I feel your pain. I have my fingers crossed that ya]ll get the electricity turned on soon. Even my toes are crossed!
Katrina & Dan Martin 71'bus "Homer" http://web.mac.com/danandkatrinamartin http://ical.mac.com/danandkatrinamartin/Volks32Shows On Jan 30, 2009, at 12:42 PM, coocoo@xxxxxxx wrote:
I am almost dead. I am sitting in a coffee shop using their Wi-Fi, one of the few places that are open and have internet. The entire city of Springdale is dark. There is in inch of ice on everything. The ice crystals are growing UP from the grass. I have never seen that.The power went off three days ago, but using Gerald's big orange battery I could still get internet. We refugeed to Brad and Claudette's in Rogers, where only half the town was dark. but they had no Net. Then they lost power and my house now has no internet.We had to crash the Element through the hanging ice from the bent over trees. And then we lost traction going up the road to Nob Hill and it slid sideways into a ditch. We abandoned it and I walked back for the truck, but by then two or three trees and fallen and blocked our driveway, so I had to just plow through the woods, knocking down small trees.Then it got worse.Driving from Brad's, 12 miles or so, fighting my way down the road, machete, bow saw and small chainsaw, fed the dogs, checked on everything, going to the only grocery store open, stopping at the liquor store (it's not really open, just the drive-thru window. They have a laptop, take cash and go find what you want with flashlights) then arrive back at Brad's was 7 hours.Yesterday we went with a big chainsaw and it took about two hours to cut our way to the house. More trees keep falling.The neighbors, who are old and weak anyway, were suffering quietly when I went and checked on them. She chain smokes and had been out of cigs for two days and they had no toilet paper. I gave them by cell phone because their phone was dead. They had never worked one. When we were on our way back there I called to ask what they might need and she asked for two cups of coffee. Their stove is elect rick, so they hadn't had anything hot for two days. I gave them a cook top and a propane bottle. They still couldn't make coffee, cuz Mr Coffee won't work, so I went home and brought them a drip setup.We got the Element out of the ditch.I have borrowed a small generator from a guy who went and bought a bigger one after he found that he couldn't fun his furnace, freezer, fridge, plasma TV and his Mr Coffee with the little one. I supposedly will be able to plug this into my furnace and my projector TV.Well, I have delayed it about as long as I can. At least I need to feed the dogs.
