| OMG.....I want to know what happened now not next week! I'm sitting here with my broken arm reading your horror story as the rain pours and the wind howls outside. I'm glad you and Merlin are safe. What an awful ordeal to go through by yourself. I hope everything is ok and please give us the rest of the story. Keep warm, Marie and Moses |
| Ginnie, I remember those ice storms from the time when I lived in Massachussetts. They can be very bad. I am glad the situation is much improved by now.
Ingrid |
| Isn't it awful to be trapped by the weather! I can sympathize with your loss of beautiful trees and living with no power and no water... We experienced a similar situation last year when a hurricane rolled through town. (It gets pretty cold in October in Canada). Our poor Vegas was terrified (and now is afraid of rainstorms).
Hope you are all safe and warm. |
| Ginnie, I am about an hour from you in Aiken. We too lost power - for 4 days. Our mantle dane Rahl and mutt Lucy hunkered down with us to stay warm. Forty-two degrees in the house is a little chilly! Good luck clearing all of the poor fallen branches and trees. Hope none of them came through your house!
Thanks for the great site. I enjoy it every week. Jennifer |
| I remember the big ice storm when I lived in Greenville - it is no fun to be without power. After being without power for several days here in Michigan in the summer and in the winter, I decided I wasn't going to suffer through it again and bought a generator. There are several that are easy to start and quiet to run (Honda especially). You can cope with just the generator, but the best thing to do is have an electrician install a GenTran. This as box with about six circuits and you tell the electrician what things you want to be able to run on it. I always do the furnace, the well, the stove, a few of the lights, and the pool-they can get pretty nasty if the filter doesn't run for several days. You can't run everything all at the same time but you can alternate what you need and be very comfortable and self-sufficient. The electrician will install a receptacle on the outside of your house- he has to match it to the cord-plug of your particlular generator. So then when you're out of power you wheel your generator outside to the receptacle for the Gentran- fire it up- plug it in - and decide what you want to run. My 2 Danes sure enjoy staying warm this way. Thanks for your website- I love it and look forward to it every week. |
| I remember the big ice storm when I lived in Greenville - it is no fun to be without power. After being without power for several days here in Michigan in the summer and in the winter, I decided I wasn't going to suffer through it again and bought a generator. There are several that are easy to start and quiet to run (Honda especially). You can cope with just the generator, but the best thing to do is have an electrician install a GenTran. This as box with about six circuits and you tell the electrician what things you want to be able to run on it. I always do the furnace, the well, the stove, a few of the lights, and the pool-they can get pretty nasty if the filter doesn't run for several days. You can't run everything all at the same time but you can alternate what you need and be very comfortable and self-sufficient. The electrician will install a receptacle on the outside of your house- he has to match it to the cord-plug of your particlular generator. So then when you're out of power you wheel your generator outside to the receptacle for the Gentran- fire it up- plug it in - and decide what you want to run. My 2 Danes sure enjoy staying warm this way. Thanks for your website- I love it and look forward to it every week. |
| Oh, my Gosh!! I, too eagerly await the rest of the story!! (You could call it "Survivor: South Carolina" LOL).
Here in North Texas we can get nasty ice storms also. 20 years ago I lived on a lovely farm but the house was old and pretty primitive - the only source of heat was 2 huge fireplaces. I supplemented those with a kerosene heater that also served as my cooking surface when the power went out. I was nervous about using a chain saw too but I got one after the first real cold snap in that house - I'd go out, saw some wood, carry it in and put it on the fire, go out and cut come more, and by the time I carried that load in, the previous load was burned up!! I couldn't get ahead - but I certainly wasn't cold! :-) Hope you and the dogs have recovered by now! Barb |