Thank goodness for a generator. It's a small one, but I can keep the refridgerators going and take turns plugging in the coffee pot, microwave and computor. Looks like we will be out this time about 4 or 5 days. Problem is no heat. Storm took down 3 or 4 trees but ruined some 10 or so more. Much worse than the Hurricane that went through. Lots of sun today helped considerably. Dog pens had to be hand shoveled because the snow (10"+ inches) was so heavy. One of our pens collapsed from the weight of the snow on the slanted roof. Through all of last years heavy snows it was no problem. Not this time. And to think we actually went to Southern Jersey for a dog show yesterday! How dumb was that????????????? I had always thought that getting old was supposed to make you wiser. Not us!!!! Good luck to all you North Easterners in dealing with this mess. John V ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================