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Tangent Corner / Re: still kickin'.......

« on: September 03, 2011, 08:18:06 PM »

I still have matches, but they burn down to my fingers before I get anything lit, and lighters are so much fun. I love the long stem lighters for the barbecue.
You don't want to have this happen in winter without that backup generators.
Interesting that you held off on shopping; my daughter in New York said the stores were packed on Friday. Usually impending disaster makes everyone think they have to stock up. They didn't lose power but they had some anxious moments wondering if the flood waters would reach them.

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Tangent Corner / Re: still kickin'.......

« on: September 03, 2011, 06:50:38 PM »

The first 4 crews were probably supervisors who know nothing technical, probably just stalling until the guys who knew what they were doing could get there.
We used to live in an area where there were only 58 homes on our particular power grid, so when the power went out, it was low priority, and we had to wait until they had some free time to fix it. So I know how frustrating it can be. But at least the restaurants still had power so we could go out to eat. Of course, you have to throw away everything in the refrigerator, which for me is a huge investment because I tend to keep the freezer packed.
How did you deal with food? Could you cook? Even if you have a gas stove, most of them have electric ignitions, so they won't work.
Thanks for the welcome.

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Tangent Corner / Re: still kickin'.......

« on: September 03, 2011, 03:57:47 PM »

Glad you got your power back. I live in California and the day of the hurricane I met someone who works for the power company here. He said that he was on call to go out east to help fix the power as soon as it was safe. Apparently, they send people from all over the country to help when something like this happens. So they must have had the most people working on it that they could in order to get it working as fast as possible.