We had a baaaaaaaaaaddddd storm here in the Pacific Northwest last Thursday. Wind speeds of over 50mph and thunder, lightning, and heavy rain. Over 250,000 PGE (Portland General Electric) customers lost power. Our power went out a little past 5pm. We didn't get it back until Monday at approximately 11am. Those were 4 very cold nights. We pretty much stayed out of the house from morning until it was time to go home to bed. At night we would huddle around the fire, then head off to our beds and down comforters. It was a little hard to sleep with all of our snow gear on, but we managed. ; )
We contemplated going to a hotel, but kept thinking that at any time our electricity may be restored. On Friday we called our Insurance agent in the hope that our policy may have a provision for this type of thing. He kindly stated that State Farm would pay for a hotel stay for the duration of the outage and all of our meals, but that we would have to pay our $500 deductible.... Bummer.
Anyway, we survived and actually had some fun times and good memories. Did you know that adding an intact candle to the fire really lights up the room? At least for 2 or 3 minutes. Also, did you know that our iMac could survive house temperatures of less than 50'F for over 4 days? Lastly, did you know that our water heater could keep the water it had previously heated warm for over two days as long as you used it sparingly?
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