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OndinitaAKALibchit · Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 2:56 pm Post subject:

Man, that sucks, guys! What a mess!
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dick · Journeyman Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 3134

My power (and heat) went out about 11PM on Friday night. Right as the sun was all the way down and the house was about 30 degrees, the power came back on around 6PM on Saturday. I was just about to shut the water off and drain the pipes.

If there is a good side to all of this, I'm probably in the best shape I've been in since my sophmore year of college. I haven't stopped shoveling since Friday morning, and now I'm digging out at work. Oh, and its also good that my wife didn't go into labor.... real good.

To all my Washpa peeps w/out power, cuddle up and try to stay warm.
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Cylinsier · Master Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 13229 Location: Oh shi-

Well, it took me 2 hours to get into work on the bus. My garage door was frozen shut. The boss swore in an email last night we were open but changed her mind this morning...about 10 minutes after I had gotten on the bus and had no way of checking my email. So here I am...in my office...all alone...
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ellipses · Mod Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 9218 Location: WashPa!

I think there are 7 of us here (out of 20)... The absolute hardest part of my commute was literally the last 3 feet at the top of my driveway... it keeps re-freezing right there and my wife's car refuses to get enough traction to get over it.
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dick · Journeyman Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 3134

Thats chitty.
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OndinitaAKALibchit · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:37 am Post subject:

That sucks, Cy! See, when we had snow in Atlanta a few weeks ago, I told my husband that since we have the longest commute to the office, we weren't going in until someone was actually at the office. It's a good thing I didn't try to be the responsible one that day bc my boss decided to close at the last minute. We would've been at the office by the time he made up his mind.
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Cylinsier · Master Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 13229 Location: Oh shi-

At least the boss called it through Wednesday this week, so I will be working from home through then. It was an ass pain getting in today. I had to walk the last 24 blocks because the damn bus just never came.
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SSSS · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:42 am Post subject:

Brant-if Breezy Heights has power for the cooler and the broaster-what more do you need? Say Hello to Dominick for me!
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ellipses · Mod Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 9218 Location: WashPa!

Dude, that sucks!

My wife and I are going to dig out my truck tonight (I parked at the bottom of the driveway so she'd be able to get out in her car if need be) to go check on my grandmother who lives In-The-Middle-Of-Dawddamn-Nowhere Greene County... she hasn't had electric or phone since Friday and their roads haven't been plowed yet due to too many trees being all crashed down over the roads. She has a wood stove for heat, so it's not like she's frozen... and she also has a year's worth of food in her freezer... but no way to cook it (sans cooking french bread pizzas in said wood stove)...

If we get stuck somewhere out in the woods of Greene County, I may just say "Ef it, we live here now"
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Cylinsier · Master Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 13229 Location: Oh shi-

Let's just say a couple more of those Sam Adams are going to be gone when I get home. I need to self-medicate after this fiasco.

BTW, Sam Adams noble pils is probably the best gulper of a beer I've ever had. The perfect complement to pizza and wings for just chugging.
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Brant · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 12:19 pm Post subject:

That noble pils is a tasty beer. Had a few the other night at the Union Grill. When I left the house today, we still had no power (or water). I'm hoping for a wonderful surprise when I get home today. Laughing

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dazes · Professional Joined: 08 May 2009 Posts: 1422

Mom was out in Canonsburg from Friday night until late yesterday morning. They live in the Senior apts. No one check on those old people until yesterday morning, when Solobay came in. I guess he got his ass chewed out my a bunch of steamed seniors. The man probably feared for his live! They did have a generator in the rec room, so they did have light and heat but only there. A funny side note, I was on the phone with Mom Friday when the power went off and the phones went dead. She had been sitting on her Craftmatic bed talking to me and had it in the upright position. The poor dear couldn't get the bed back down and had to sleep on the couch. She said she was comfy enough though.

Cylinsier · Master Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 13229 Location: Oh shi-

That sucks. Those beds should have a battery feature with enough juice to reset a position when the power goes out. Storms like this make me wish I had some money aside for one of those battery backup systems for my computer as well, long enough to at least shut it down properly. But they're so damn expensive.
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dazes · Professional Joined: 08 May 2009 Posts: 1422

Friends ran out and bought a generator yesterday. I guess Lowes in Wash. had them probably because the store had been closed. By the time they left the store the generators were sold out. We did our grocery shopping yesterday and WalMart was a zoo. The funny thing was the only aisle that sells cigarettes had the longest line. That line went around to the left and almost to the entry. Luckily I got a carton on Friday pre-blizzard or I would have been there too. You'll walk a mile for a Camel!