Baby It’s Cold Outside
I’m sitting here tonight in my warm house, with the lights, heat, and tv on, being very thankful for heat and lights. A week ago today, we were hit by a devastating ice storm. There was 1/2 to 3/4 inches of ice on trees, power lines, poles, any surface that was exposed to the elements. My power went out at 6:45 Sunday morning and was off until 10 am Thursday. I have an all electric house. Nothing runs on gas. I had no heat, no lights, no way to run the refrigerator or freezer. I have a portable generator that I use to run the freezer and refrigerator and I had prepared and had it ready to go. But it’s just a temporary fix. A few years ago, my sister bought one of those huge generators that will come on automatically and power the whole house. She got it after the last ice storm, 5 years ago. My mother was living then and was on oxygen. We used the small generator to run her oxygen concentrator during the day but we could...