by Anura Guruge
on December 24, 2022
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That was one heck of a storm. Most brutal I that I remember weathering in quite a long time. The howling winds, torrential bursts of rain & then to cap it all snow during the night.
We lost power Friday morning. I had been dreading that all week. I have a FEW IRRATIONAL fears & loathings & losing power is high among these. I can’t rationalize it. In the scheme of things, other than missing out on my beloved ‘time on my PC‘, it is not too disruptive. I keep 3 generators. We need 2 going to power about 1/2 of this 4-storey house. But, with those 2 generators going we have heat, water, stove, fridge, freezer, lights in the bedroom & some outlets. So we can function. BUT, I HATE LOSING POWER. Puts me on edge. Totally rattles I.
We had 2 generators running from ~9am to 11:30pm. We used about 7 gallons of gas. I made two trips to get gas — though in the end I had over 10 gallons on hand.
I expected that we would be out of power most of Christmas Eve as well! That was not a pleasant thought. I had things to do. I had to go to Laconia to ring the bell for ‘The Salvation Army‘. At 9:15am ‘Eversource’ could NOT give me as estimate as to when we might see out power restored.
As it transpired we had power back within 45 minutes of that call.
I am not complaining. I was delighted. I waited 30 minutes before disconnecting the generators just in case we lost power again. So far, so good. I am happy.
I am never sure about Eversource! But, I will thank them again.
They made my Christmas.
Christmas would have been a drag without power.
