A snow storm knocked our power out
@shaggin (73200)
United States
November 23, 2024 5:11pm CST
After a very heavy wet snow we and about 18,000 other people in our county have been without electric. We have been without it for 38 hours.
We have a propane heater in the dining room that is keeping things warm enough. The freezer was starting to thaw out too much though even though we had only opened it a handful of times or less. So my husband went and bought a generator about 3 hours ago.
The internet was out as well and that just came back on so I’m able to use the WiFi until for about an hour when we shut the generator off for the night. My parent’s cell phones via AT&T aren’t even working.
My daughter is sick but her apartment got to cold so she and her boyfriend came here for a few hours and are spending the night at a friend’s house. She doesn’t have a propane oven or stove like I do so I made her a pizza to eat. My husband ironically brought home two pizzas from a restaurant when he went to buy the generator.
The photo is of Christmas books I collected for my great nephew all year. 25 of them wrapped and numbered for him to start opening daily December 1. I used scraps of wrapping paper I had leftover from last year.
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@GardenGerty (161595)
• United States
24 Nov
Modern day roughing it. I am glad you are safe enough and warm enough and saved the freezer. Great idea on the books.
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@shaggin (73200)
• United States
26 Nov
@GardenGerty thankfully do to the generator we didn’t lose any food even after 56 hours. My cat though went over and ate a package of frozen Turkey tacos my parents had chilling I in the snow outside 
. I offered to replace it waiting to see which they would rather have that or regular frozen ground beef.
. I offered to replace it waiting to see which they would rather have that or regular frozen ground beef.
Stay warm.
@MarieCoyle (39794)
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24 Nov
That’s a long time to go without power. I am glad you now have a generator, that’s wonderful. Hope it comes back on very soon!
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@shaggin (73200)
• United States
29 Nov
@MarieCoyle I am glad we have a generator now. It will be a good thing to have in case it’s needed in the future. The electric was out for 56 hours.
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@MarieCoyle (39794)
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30 Nov
@shaggin
A generator will no doubt pay for itself over time, in savings of just saving the food.
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@shaggin (73200)
• United States
24 Nov
@snowy22315 my husband makes a bit of a mess pouring the fuel in the generator and the fumes are bothering me. While I have enjoyed a few hours of lights and the freezer freezing things back up I’ll be glad soon when he shuts the generator off for the night.
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@allknowing (139078)
• India
24 Nov
38 hours is far too long for power to be off We have that here often but not for tht long.
We have a home UPS that takes carfe of our fans, computer and lights if the power goes off
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@shaggin (73200)
• United States
25 Nov
@allknowing it wound up being 56 hours. At least now we have a generator if this ever happens again.
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@allknowing (139078)
• India
25 Nov
@shaggin That was a wise decision to own a generator.
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@kaylachan (73606)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Nov
Stay warm, hopefully you can get the pwer back soon.
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@shaggin (73200)
• United States
30 Nov
@kaylachan it was out the longest I’ve ever experienced while living here. 56 hours. I’m so glad that’s all over with.
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@shaggin (73200)
• United States
30 Nov
@kaylachan yes and none of our food spoiled. Others were not so lucky.
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@kaylachan (73606)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Nov
@shaggin Well that still sucks, but at least you had your power back in less than a week.
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@wolfgirl569 (109922)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Nov
I hope they get it back on soon for you.
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@shaggin (73200)
• United States
29 Nov
@wolfgirl569 it wound up being 56 hours without power. It’s been back for a few days and is so nice to have all the things we need again like a furnace running and running water. We were supposed to get a bad storm last night into today. I’m thankful we didn’t as certain cell towers here still haven’t been repaired from the storm and I sure didn’t want to lose power again.
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@shaggin (73200)
• United States
25 Nov
@sallypup you are right it does kind of look like that now that you mention it. I’m hoping to drop it off to my niece tomorrow but as long as it’s there before the end of the month it’ll be fine. She was staying at her boyfriends and her mom was at a hotel (both due to the power outage) but she’s home now.
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@Deepizzaguy (105424)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23 Nov
Sorry to learn that a snowstorm did cause a blackout at your home.
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@shaggin (73200)
• United States
30 Nov
@deepizzaguy my little girl saw your avatar and asked who she is. I said it’s a show her older sister used watch. How come you chose it for your avatar I’m curious?
I’m glad the power has been restored it wasn’t fun without electric but we managed.
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@shaggin (73200)
• United States
30 Nov
@Deepizzaguy it’s a great show for kids I think 
. I didn’t make the connection to it with Superman before.
. I didn’t make the connection to it with Superman before.1 person likes this
@Deepizzaguy (105424)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
30 Nov
@shaggin I am a fan of Wordgirl since her show is a parody of Superman and the writer of the show like the Batman television series. Wordgirl on my avatar is on every other month.
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@aureategloom (11067)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
23 Nov
i'm sorry about that experience, it's good that you had a way to warm up.
i think your nephew is going to be happy about the gifts you got him
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@shaggin (73200)
• United States
29 Nov
@aureategloom yes thankfully we had a way to stay warm some people didn’t and had to sleep inside tents in their living rooms to help keep them from freezing.
My niece was very happy about the books for her son!
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@RasmaSandra (81710)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Nov
I hope you get the power back on soon, I would panic with no Internet, My apartment feel cold so I put on a space heater in the front room where I sleep since the temps here have gone down in the 40s during the night, Your great nephew will be so excited,
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@shaggin (73200)
• United States
25 Nov
@RasmaSandra well I could use the data on my phone but was trying to conserve it. My parents didn’t have cell service at all that would be a lot worse.
I had trouble sleeping as my bedroom was colder then I like it. Temps in there last night were fine though since our electric came back on but I was still unable to sleep. Go figure. I guess worrying about all that laundry I had to do. Got up at 4am to do a load since I wasn’t getting any sleep anyway.
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@LindaOHio (183932)
• United States
24 Nov
That's a long time to be without power. I'm sorry your daughter is sick. Books are an excellent gift for a child. Have a good day. I hope your power is back on.
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@shaggin (73200)
• United States
29 Nov
@Lindaohio my oldest daughter was still sick yesterday so I wasn’t able to see her on Thanksgiving :( I had already been exposed to it but we had to go to my parents for dinner and my mom has health issues.
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@Treborika (17853)
• Mombasa, Kenya
24 Nov
We had some storms yesterday but it didn't cause any harm to us
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@shaggin (73200)
• United States
30 Nov
@Treborika I’m glad you didn’t experience any problems with the storm you had. This was our first storm of the year and I am sure there will be many more so the generator will be a great thing to have on hand.
