As many of you know by watching the news, our area was hit by a bizarre ice storm yesterday leaving thousands, over 600,000 people, without electricity. In our rural areas this also means without water, as well pumps run on electricity. This also means, for the most part, people are without heat, unless they are lucky enough to have a wood burning or gas powered stove or fireplace. For those of us with electric ranges, this also means no cooking.
Our power went out early yesterday morning. I'm not sure exactly when but at 6:15 or so when the school district superintendent woke me by phone to tell me school was canceled, my clock was no longer on. I'm not sure exactly when it came back on but I suspect after midnight last night because at 4:20 this morning, when my alarm company woke me by phone to tell my my alarm system battery was running low, the power was back on!
It seems to me that if the phone had never rung almost 24 hours apart, I may have gotten a lot more sleep and been a lot less cold! Being without power can be a very frustrating experience and I especially feel for those with small children. As of this afternoon, there are still many people in our area without electricity with no hope of getting it back any time soon.
Click here see an updated outages map from PECO.
This Thankful Thursday post is dedicated to all of the hard working individuals who risk life and limb to get out to the affected areas in all kinds of bad weather so that we can be safe and warm in our homes. One of my closest friends is married to one of these brave and hardworking individuals and he put in at a 16 hour day yesterday and was back out there early this morning.
Carpe Diem and be careful out there.
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