12-19-22 VERMONT: We probably got two feet of snow, it’s hard to say exactly how much because the later snow compresses the earlier snow, it blows around. The snow continued until mid-day Saturday.
We lost power sometime Friday night. we were watching TV by the fire, when bang it was dark. the generator came on after a few minutes so we had lights in the stairways and essential services—heat, water, refrigeration, computer station. We still had phone and Wi-Fi and cell service. I called Green Mountain Power and found 20.000 people were without power ,and they knew about our road, and they’re on it. Ultimately 100,000 Vermonters lost power. By morning, Saturday, EC Fiber was down taking out all the Wi-Fi, phone and cell service.
We talked to neighbors, Steve and Diana, when they came over to borrow water, they don’t have a generator. We decided to do breakfast together, they brought the eggs, maple syrup, bacon and OJ, their daughters, Eliza and Clara, and their boyfriends, Ben and Elliot. I made pancakes, Steve made bacon, Judy scrambled eggs with ham and cheese. We made lots of coffee. The kids shoveled us out while we cooked.
TV service failed Saturday afternoon because the Dish dish had snow on it. It’s not that far away ordinarily, but Judy trekked out there in snow shoes to clean it off. She lost a snow shoe at one point and had a tough time getting it back on. The snow was too deep for the dogs to go with her, they turned back.
Sunday after the driveway was plowed and after we cleared the garage entry of the snow that fell off the roof, we went to town for extra batteries for the flashlights and more food and stuff. Many trees had fallen on the wires and road.
Today we did more shopping for the Xmas party planned for the 25th, assuming that the power would come back at some point. Yesterday afternoon and today we shoveled the deck a few times because snow kept sliding off the roof and falling on the deck. There’s still more up there.
The generator sucks up propane, so I called for a delivery. I shoveled the tank out yesterday and checked the level yesterday and today. The level dropped 5% in 24 hours.
The power came back on tonight with all the comms, and we started the dishwasher and the washing machine—Hallelujah.
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