friking weather...we have an ICE storm and just lost all power

[greenbriar]

we have a generator so it is running things for a while, but it is going to get mighty cold in our home tonight with no heat

[No.23]

1. Sorry to hear that.

Glad you have a generator though.

You may want to try snuggling up with each other too.

Sharing body heat is an old camping trick.

Share the love.

And best of luck.

[Hekate]

2. Bundle up, wherever you are. Tuck the children in bed with you.

:grouphug: Stay safe.

Hekate

[NJCher]

3. been through it

Down comforter?

Good luck to you! :)


Cher

[AndyTiedye]

4. A Transfer Switch Would Let You Run Your Furnace off the Genny

(assuming you don't have electric heat, anyway).

We get fairly frequent power failures out here, so we got a transfer switch installed so we can run anything in the house off the generator except the electric stove and electric dryer.
That means we can keep the heat going.

[sandyj999]

10. That's what we did. Only problem is I can't start the generator by myself. Poor planning. n/t

[1]

5. ice storms are the worst storms. i hate the ice...

good luck!

[KillCapitalism]

6. Kind of makes you second guess global warming. n/t

[Hekate]

7. Why would it? Global warming causes *extremes* of weather.

:eyes:

[SidDithers]

16. Not really...nt

Sid

[orleans]

8. get out all the blankets, find the earmuffs and mittens, winter coats & scarfs

grab towels and throw rugs and block off window and door leaks

if you're up candles (in those glass jars) give off a bit of warmth and light (at least i think a bunch of them burning will warm up a room a bit--that is why i stopped burning them in the summer--felt like they made the surroundings too uncomfortably warm)

best of luck with this. what a drag. sorry to hear it.

[Judi Lynn]

9. Are you in Kansas, greenbriar? What part of the state?

Good luck, hope you'll be getting good news soon.

[moez]

11. Must be global warming....

[Judi Lynn]

12. Catastrophic ice storms didn't happen often at ALL in the Midwest before the last 15 years or so.

When we grew up, ice loading the trees and toppling them over onto electric lines, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without heat in the winter just didn't happen.

Now we have far more tornadoes to duck, and devastating, long term power loss every year to fear.

[greenbriar]

13. power is back on

now it is snowing

We had tornado watches and warnings Monday and blizzard on Friday


I HATE Kansas

[The Straight Story]

14. blizzard of 77?

I was 11 at the time.

[8 track mind]

17. I was 6

and living in Strafford, Missouri. I remember that we spent an entire month out of school. It got down to -20. You would walk out side and it would just sting you. You could spit and it would be frozen before it hit the sidewalk.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. Come on up!

No bad weather here yet. Just stupid weather forecasters.

[greenbriar]

18. shoot, we have had rain, ice, slush and now it is snowing like the dickins

we are shut in

I am not going ANYWHERE. I figure I am going to run out of pepsi and cigs before we get out. I plan to sleep a LOT...oh and I Have mountains of grading to do, so it will get done for a change

[greenbriar]

19. still snowing

have not seen one car go down our street


kind of freaky

it is like we are all in stand still

[blaze]

20. I love it when everything comes to a standstill!

As long as I'm fully stocked and the power stays on!!

Hope you don't lose power again!

[lonestarnot]

21. Damn!