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I Wished For More Time...The New Hampshire Ice Storm Gave Me 48 Hours
As many of you know, New Hampshire has been under a State of Emergency the last few days due to severe ice storms knocking out power to over 400,000 homes. The deep freeze has left most of New Hampshire powerless. We were lucky, we have a generator. When we built our house five years ago we installed the generator out of necessity. If the power goes out and the sump pump stops, the basement fills with water...it is that simple, we had no choice...generator or water in basement. We never really considered the possibility of being without power for an extended period of time and what a difference it would make. The rain started Thursday night and throughout the night we could hear the sound of breaking trees, transformers bursting, and sirens. We lost power around midnight and like clockwork the generator kicked in. When we got up on Friday morning we discovered several trees down in our yard...two across the driveway. The generator gave us limited electricity, heat and hot water, but the cable was out so no TV, phone, or Internet. Now, don't get me wrong...this post is about frustration, not hardship... I can't imagine how horrible it must be for the people who are still without power and could ... more
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