Monday, February 8, 2010

It was better than the Donner Party....

Finally!  We have power again and I can check email, read blogs, etc.

The snow started falling at 7am Friday, Feb. 5, 2010.  Here are the stats from this weekend's storm:

6 - number of potatoes wrapped in foil we cooked in the fireplace
16 - inches of snow accumulated
36 - number of hours snow fell
46 - total hours without electricity
49 - temperature in the house this morning when the power came back on

The 16" of snow was on top of snow accumulations from earlier in the week.  We have around 2 feet on the ground right now and it is heavier, wet snow.  It packs very nicely.  They are predicting another storm starting tomorrow and that is supposed to dump another 3-5" on top of what we already have.  This is the never ending winter!

6 comments:

  1. Holy cow!! Glad no pipes froze and you had plenty of dogs to keep you warm.

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  2. We got alot more snow than you, but I sure am glad our power outage was only 9 hours! The official total at Dulles Airport was 32 inches and that's just a couple of miles from me.

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  3. I hope your power remains on for the next pile of white stuff. And hopefully spring is coming...

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  4. I'm sorry our storms keep coming at you. This is definitely a winter like no other (at least in recent memory)

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  5. Yikes! Glad you made it through but that is a long time with no power!

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  6. We did 7 days without power about 3 years back. The first two nights were so cozy and romantic. Cooking by the fire, got the old coffee percolator out, heated water for baths etc...

    By day 4 I was about to hurt someone...

    Thank doG for the shower facilities at work or many a dog would have been injured!

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