Owego has their flood.... other's have hurricanes, tornadoes and forest fires. We get to claim the gory glory of "Alfred the Nor'Easter Snowstorm of the Century". Twenty inches of snow and a week without water or power, no school for a whole week--yay!! Oh-so fashionable us!
Lucky for us, Scott's wisdom and fore-sight of enthusiastic tree-trimming over the past few years saved us a lot of grief. That seemed to be the root of the evil: heavy wet snow on big old leafy trees crashing down on power, cable and phone wires. Many places around us said that the damage was worse than both the recent hurricanes. Driving around proved that to be true--many roads were closed due to what looked like a giant tasmanian devil that had whizzed through and mangled all of the trees.
I don't think that we have ever been without power or water for that long--it was stressful, at best. At least the weather wasn't dangerously cold or overly miserable. We were able to stay warm in the sun by the campfire during the day. There was plenty of melted snow water for washing dishes and flushing toilets (eww). We were able to travel within a couple days to get gas, food and drinking water. The snow provided the kids (and dog) hours of entertainment. There is probably something to be said for owning a generator--might make the top 10 list of appliances we'd love to own. Stories of Carbon Monoxide poisoning withstanding.
Living without running water just really stinks.
We all enjoyed epic showers today, and I have about 30 loads of laundry to catch up on (mostly wet snow things!) By Monday we will all be clean and fresh, ready to launch back into the hot and furry, electric-buzzy, rat race--Slightly Damp, April Fresh, Cling-Free, Permanent Press!
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